Zain Africa up for sale

Kuwait-based mobile telecommunications company Zain is in exclusive talks with India’s largest mobile telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel, for the sale of its Africa operations excluding Morocco and Sudan. The Indian company is understood to have offered US$ 10.7 billion for...

New restaurant at Nairobi GoDown

A new restaurant has opened at the GoDown arts centre on Dunga Road. The Manna opened to the public on 1 March and serves breakfast, traditional dishes, daily specials and sandwiches. Located in a former car warehouse in the industrial area...

Safaricom promotes contemporary Kenyan artists

Safaricom is opening an exhibition space for the visual arts on the ground floor of its new extension at Safaricom House in Westlands. The space is to be available for local contemporary artists and is designed to promote not only...

Kenya Airways flies high

Kenya Airways (KQ) saw an increase in both cargo and passengers in the three months to December 2009, confirming its place as one of the leading carriers in sub-Saharan Africa. Cargo volume increased by nine per cent from the 14,006...

Kenya prime minister position to be abolished

Members of parliament working on a new draft constitution for Kenya have agreed to abolish the position of prime minister in favour of an executive president checked by a strengthened parliament and judiciary. The prime ministerial post, currently held by...

Kenya steps up fight on HIV/AIDS

Kenya has unveiled a new strategy to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS that will specifically target the most at risk populations in the country, including male and female sex workers and intravenous drug users in Nairobi. Recent studies show that...

Digital TV in Kenya

Kenya has begun the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT), the second African country to do so. South Africa began its migration to DTT in 2008, partly in view of the football World Cup in 2010. Kenya’s president...