/business/-/2560/2560/-/onenc5/-/index.html http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Political+insurance+for+PE+funds+/-/2560/1315916/-/lugugkz/-/index.html It will also offer cover against other unforeseen circumstances that may affect deals 2012-01-29T11:24:40Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Rwanda+pumps+money+into+its+industries++/-/2560/1315912/-/dblgx8/-/index.html Government is targeting an annual increase of at least 12 per cent industrial growth to achieve 26 per cent GDP in the next eight years 2012-01-29T11:17:01Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Kenya+taxpayers+brace+for+tough+regime+/-/2560/1315908/-/li4aau/-/index.html Treasury proposes to have VAT raised to 16 pc thus pushing up the cost of electricity and industrial production 2012-01-29T11:07:27Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Are+you+tweeting+Millions+of+Africans+are++/-/2560/1315904/-/15gth78z/-/index.html African Tweeters also are far more likely to use their mobile phones, rather than computers, to post and read messages 2012-01-29T11:01:21Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/EA+firms+defy+global+trends+make+profits+from+local+market+/-/2560/1315900/-/x18npkz/-/index.html Some of the fastest growing consumer sectors are beverages, clothing, cars, IT services and products and financial services, with the products either imported or produced locally locally. 2012-01-29T10:57:03Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/KQ+posts+profit+warning+faces+hurdles+at+NSE++/-/2560/1315896/-/keo3ru/-/index.html The airline had planned on raising cash through a rights issue at the stockmarket 2012-01-29T10:53:19Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Bank+of+Kigali+fails+to+impress+as+regional+IPOs+lose+shine++/-/2560/1315886/-/m3o93n/-/index.html The Bank’s share price has only reached a high of US cents 33 against the offer price of US cents 21 2012-01-29T10:49:38Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Banks+to+feel+profit+pressure+as+cost+of+funding+rises/-/2560/1313218/-/o3g6xf/-/index.html Rising cost of funds is the biggest risk facing Kenyan banks in 2012, analysts say, as banks pay high interest rates to access deposits to lend out to customers. 2012-01-24T14:56:37Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Drive+to+tap+diaspora+investment+/-/2560/1311870/-/157f1eq/-/index.html 2011 remittances were 43 per cent higher than the figures recorded in November 2010 2012-01-22T11:27:44Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Rents+remain+high+as+construction+rebounds+/-/2560/1311866/-/2avb6sz/-/index.html Tenants in Kigali will have to endure paying higher rentals despite a rebound of the construction sector in 2011. 2012-01-22T11:24:58Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/+120m+for+Ugandas++higher+education+/-/2560/1311864/-/3q7tx3/-/index.html Uganda is to receiveve a Ush288 billion ($120 million) grant from the African Development Bank to be shared among six public universities. 2012-01-22T11:22:48Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Uganda+raises+revenue+bar+for+Africa+with+eTax+system+/-/2560/1311860/-/ywd92az/-/index.html The e-filing and e-payment processes cut down the time for filing documents from two days to just 10 minutes 2012-01-22T11:19:06Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Dar+firms+worry+over+power+bill+/-/2560/1311856/-/835pmo/-/index.html Businesses are weighing their options following Ewura’s recent approval of a 40.9pc increase in the price of electricity 2012-01-22T11:08:22Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Deacons+shops+for+male+buyers+as+it+lists+at+the+NSE+/-/2560/1311854/-/9nsjez/-/index.html The firm wants to tap into the region’s growing middle class to grow sales in the face of increasing competition from supermarkets and international brands 2012-01-22T11:03:18Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Global+business+value+addition++conference+set+for+Mumbai/-/2560/1305978/-/mvg3p1z/-/index.html A conference on pulses is set to kick off next month bringing together investment community, public sector and policymakers. The Global Pulses Conclave 2012, to be held in Mumbai, will kick off in February 15. 2012-01-15T12:28:16Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/IFC+funds+Tanzania+s+nickel+mining+project+/-/2560/1305954/-/gi2kb6z/-/index.html Tanzania will soon start exploiting its nickel deposits in Dutwa, in the northern part of the country, with the injection of $5 million into the project by the International Finance Corporation. 2012-01-15T10:14:12Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Citadel+looks+East+for+new+funds+/-/2560/1305950/-/vv2r6vz/-/index.html Having had its initial plans to raise growth capital from within scuttled by the unrest that rocked its North African base last year, Citadel Capital is revamping its fundraising strategy, even looking where it never had. 2012-01-15T10:10:56Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Tanzania+to+spend++189m+on+fibre+optic+network+/-/2560/1305948/-/q3we8v/-/index.html Tanzania will spend over $189 million on laying the national fibre optic network, which is expected to be complete by March this year, boosting access to and lowering cost of Internet. 2012-01-15T10:09:03Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Rwanda+urges+investors+to+develop+special+economic+zone++/-/2560/1305946/-/pg4kmx/-/index.html Rwanda urges investors to develop special economic zone 2012-01-15T10:06:48Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/NOCK+steps+up+search+for+oil+in+Rift+Valley+/-/2560/1305944/-/obsv9az/-/index.html Due to limitations of risk capital, well drilling among other operation has in the past been left to international firms 2012-01-15T10:04:51Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Qatar+Turkish+cause+waves+in+regional+airline+market+/-/2560/1305940/-/bnvrb2z/-/index.html As Air Uganda and RwandAir face off in a price war, Middle East carriers make in-roads 2012-01-15T09:56:25Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Investors+strike+deal+to+buy+TBL+shares+in+bulk++/-/2560/1305936/-/c8jxpcz/-/index.html The pre-arranged deals occur when institutional investors seek out buyers willing to take up all the shares at once 2012-01-15T09:51:47Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Bleak+times+for+investor/-/2560/1305930/-/7to1u0/-/index.html NSSF anticipates continued decline in share prices during the first quarter of 2012 and hence hopes to buy cheap shares to offload before end of year 2012-01-15T09:47:27Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Will+Equity+dollar+loans+really+be+cheap++Yes+/-/2560/1305926/-/8s1q43/-/index.html How cheap is “cheap”? Equity Bank last week announced it had received a €15 million loan ($19 million loan) from KfW, the German development bank, that will allow it to offer low-cost credit in dollars to SMEs. 2012-01-15T09:42:28Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Power+firm+to+invest++38m+in+biomass+plant++/-/2560/1301844/-/jdg3ww/-/index.html Tower Power Kenya Ltd plans to invest $38 million in two biomass electricity generating plants with a combined capacity of 23 MW. The facilities are to be constructed at Kalalani and Ngambo in Kinango and Marigat districts respectively in the rift valley. 2012-01-08T09:35:21Z