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Kenya to guarantee large energy projects
The Kenya Cabinet has at last moved to secure guarantees needed to speed up implementation of key energy projects whose progress have been dogged by financial uncertainty for nearly one year....
News
Tullow loses money and rights as oil deal goes bust
The simmering battle between Uganda and exploration companies over oil revenues boiled over last week with Irish firm Tullow...
News
Let us raise electricity tariffs, Tanesco pleads
Tanzania’s power utility has warned that failure to adjust electricity tariffs upwards may result in the delay of major...
News
Museveni bid to lower retirement age faces problems
Lowering the retirement age from 60 to 55, as Uganda struggles to cope with youth unemployment, is back on the cards. But...
Business
Mobile price wars catch operators off guard
Bharti Airtel two weeks ago fired the first salvo in the battle to wrest market share from Kenya’s dominant telecommunications...
Business
Flower farming in Kenya slowly wilting
The high cost of doing business and lack of sector-specific incentives is costing Kenya foreign direct investment in the flower...
Business
No dent in Swissport earnings a year after loss of monopoly
Swissport Tanzania has reported improved results for the first six months of 2010 despite a decrease in the number of flights...
