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NAIROBI, Kenya — For years, Safaricom customers accumulated Bonga Points almost unconsciously. A few points from a phone call. More from buying airtime. Additional rewards…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s new Gambling Management System is designed to give regulators something they have never fully possessed before: real-time visibility into one of…
KAMPALA, Uganda — For businesses that import fuel, machinery or raw materials, it is a statistic that may quietly save millions of shillings. For policymakers,…
ENTEBBE, Uganda — When Uganda Airlines returned to the skies in 2019 after an 18-year absence, the challenge was not simply to restart a national…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The apartment looked perfect on paper. It sat on the third floor of a newly completed block in Kasarani, with reliable water,…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Every evening after finishing his shift, Corporal Michael Mwangi begins another working day. The police officer leaves his station, changes out of…
NAIROBI, Kenya — On a busy weekday morning in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD), a customer approaches a roadside tea vendor and orders breakfast. The…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan motorists will continue paying the same prices for petrol, diesel and kerosene over the next month after the Energy and Petroleum…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has licensed 25 additional Digital Credit Providers (DCPs), raising the total number of regulated digital lenders…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyans could face higher fuel prices in the coming months as renewed conflict in the Middle East drives up global crude oil…