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5 Apr 2024
TikTok ban debate: Kenya demands compliance with privacy laws amid concerns over harmful content.
Kenya has demanded that TikTok demonstrate its compliance with local privacy and user verification laws. This action comes amid concerns that the platform is being used to spread propaganda, commit fr...
5 Apr 2024
Kenya’s Economic Freedom Ranking: A Look at the 30th Anniversary Index Results
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Index of Economic Freedom. Kenya holds the 20th position in Africa and ranks 120th globally, categorised as ‘mostly unfree’. The score falls abo...
28 Mar 2024
FINGER ON THE PULSE.
Raila’s Bid for AU Chairmanship The government is developing a fully-fledged campaign secretariat and a comprehensive budget to support Azimio Leader Raila Odinga’s bid for the chairmanship of the...
28 Mar 2024
TRADE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUND-UP.
KENYA Kenya ends oil import feud with Uganda Kenya will finally license the Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc), ending months of a major feud that spilled over to the regional court and hurt diplomati...
28 Mar 2024
POLITICAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS ROUND-UP.
KENYA Policy measures to enhance state corporation’s revenue collection and expenditure rationalisation The National Treasury, on 27th March 2024, issued a circular to all CEOs of State Corporations...
28 Mar 2024
Accelerating Africa’s Digital revolution: Prioritising transformation in telecommunications and banking.
Africa is on the brink of a digital revolution. With the growing recognition of the pivotal role digital technologies play in economic development, African nations are increasingly prioritising digita...
28 Mar 2024
Navigating trade harmonisation in African regional economic integration: Focus on AfCFTA.
When contemplating the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and its implementation, numerous complexities arise, particularly considering that most African nations are members of one or more Re...
28 Mar 2024
Kenya leads mobile money innovation: Trends and key insights from State of the Industry Report 2024
The State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2024 has revealed interesting insights into the mobile money landscape across sub-Saharan Africa. Among the countries analysed, Kenya emerges as a foca...
28 Mar 2024
Regulation in business: Corporates should watch judicial decisions for compliance yardsticks.
As the world continues to transform rapidly, business regulation continues to grow unabated. Regulations come in the form of laws made by Parliament or common law (laws emanating from judicial decisio...
28 Mar 2024
EACC report reveals police, immigration and registration of persons as corruption hotspots.
Greed and desire for quick services have been identified as the major cause of corruption in public service. The National Ethics and Corruption Survey (NECS) Report, 2023, which was carried out in D...
22 Mar 2024
FINGER ON THE PULSE.
President William Ruto recently achieved political victories despite legal setbacks. He successfully assented to the Affordable Housing Act 2024, which now enables the government to collect a 1.5% nat...
22 Mar 2024
TRADE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUND-UP.
Kenya Kenya’s coffee exports nearly doubled in January on demand Kenyan coffee exports nearly doubled to 2,685 tonnes in January on demand for the larger quantities of quality crops from the main Oc...
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