State sets aside $ 10.6 million to settle sugar industry workers’ salaries, it introduces 27 new cane varieties
Speaking at Chemelil Sugar Company in Kisumu, Mr Ronoh said the arrears had been fully audited and provided for in the national budget, paving the way for payment to employees who were originally hired by the government before the mills were handed over to private investors.
Sports economics: ‘Pioneer’ Harambee Stars wingback Vincent Kwarula lays foundation for soccer academies in Kakamega, Nairobi
At present, Kenya is investing in infrastructure without corresponding investments in development and technological for skills expansion. More than three quarters football coaches have little more than rudimentary training in the sport, a situation that obtains in other disciplines in the industry.
Bruising tussle for sea resources pits Lagos fisher-folk against sand harvesters as dredging reshapes Nigeria’s megacity coast
Dredgers and local traders say the price of sand, crucial for making concrete, has risen steadily as development in Lagos has accelerated. A standard 30-tonne truckload of what’s known as sharp sand – coarse and gritty – now sells for about 290,000 naira or roughly $202, reflecting strong demand.
Tradition, changing tastes driving demand for chicken demand in Zambia in post-Christmas and New Year spending
As demand and spending during the festive season flattens, small-scale poultry businesses in Zambia are still recording a surge in demand for chickens and eggs. The Christmas and New Year period has traditionally been a peak season for these businesses but last year’s demand and spending activities appear to be...
Nairobi Coffee Exchange weekly auction rakes in $11.6m in first week of business after Christmas
According to NCE records on the auction, the strength of prices signalled sustained international demand for Kenyan coffee. In the auction conducted at Wakulima House in Nairobi, Gititu Farmers’ Cooperative Society (FCS) of Kiambu earned the best price after selling a lot of 10 bags of grade AA at Ksh62,823 per bag.
Error of judgment? US President Trump’s scramble for Venezuelan oil coincides with transition shrinking appetite for fossil fuel
Experts caution that a number of realities – including international oil prices and longer-term questions of stability in the country – are likely to make this oil revolution much harder to execute than Trump seems to think.
Chinese state-owned company and Cooperative University enter deal to add 40MW solar power to Kenya’s national grid
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said the move was in line with the country’s proposed infrastructure development plan that align seamlessly with its national priorities on affordable renewable energy, climate action, industrial skills development and the bottom-up economic transformation agenda whose implementation is planned to start this year.
Sugarcane farming in Kenya expected to be hit hard as COMESA safeguards lapse and table sugar drops to industrial raw material
Globally, sugar is no longer treated solely as a single consumer commodity. In competitive markets, sugarcane is increasingly viewed as an industrial raw material, with refined table sugar becoming a secondary product. Value is derived from integrated processing, including the production of ethanol from molasses, electricity generation from bagasse supplied to national grids, paper and board manufacturing, industrial alcohols, and other downstream products.
Tourism agency says Kenya is on course to hitting five million visitors target as cruise ship lands in Mombasa
Speaking at the port, Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) Chief Executive Officer June Chepkemei said the year had begun on a high note, with notable growth being recorded in cruise tourism.
