Uganda: Mobile payments driving commerce
Mobile money business is big business. The new mobile phone based money transfer system is enabling financial access faster than commercial banks have done in the past 100 years. Bank ...
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Generating power from human waste
Many people complain about the high cost of living and utilitie bills. The expense in paying for electricity and supplementing it with charcoal, which is not only expensive but leads ...
East Africa to set uniform standards for edible oil
The east African Community (EAC) will harmonise the standards of oil seeds and edible oil made within the region to improve the quality of foodstuffs in the trade bloc, officials ...
Tanzania’s Bunda district touts cotton contract farming
Bunda district authorities has been spreading the concept of cotton contract farming among the people, saying it is the solution to farmers’ problems in growing the crop. The Bunda District ...
Mwanza officials allay fears on pesticide causing infertility, loss of libido
Mwanza regional Health office has dismissed speculation that residual of a pesticide spray causes men to be infertile and experience loss of libido, which has caused the people to shun ...
Equity Bank takes on Safaricom’s M-Pesa with new money transfer service
Equity Bank has launched an international money transfer service in an attempt to grab a slice of the lucrative mobile money market currently dominated by Safaricom. In a partnership with global card ...
Agriculture Secretary outlines plan to raise Kenya’s share of meat market
Government has stepped up plans to increase livestock production through investment in genetic improvement. Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Cabinet Secretary, Mr Felix Kosgey said shortage of disease resistant breeds, which produce more milk is a ...
Farmers fault Kenya’s deal with the EU
Small scale farmers have opposed the decision by the Government to enter into Economic Partnerships Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union. Through the Kenya Small Scale Farmers Forum, they told a Nairobi Court ...
Kenya economy to grow by 6 percent in 2013, Waiguru says
Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya’s economy is expected to grow by about 6 percent in 2013, up from a growth rate of 4.6 percent last year, driven by growth in sectors like agriculture, Devolution and Planning ...
Civil Society groups petition US, EU over WTO TRIPS Agreement
The Civil Society organizations working on Trade Intellectual Property, access to medicine food and seeds have accused the US and EU of playing an unprincipled, tag-team game of coercion at ...
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