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/ 1 February 2010
Africa’s telecom sector will surpass the $55-billion promised by investors at a United Nations backed meeting in 2007.
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/ 31 January 2010
The African Union (AU) has selected Zimbabwe for a place on its Peace and Security Council, one of the bloc’s most powerful organs.
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/ 11 September 2009
Mini hydro plants could be the answer to a lack of power in rural Africa, industry officials say.
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/ 3 September 2009
Islamic banks have grown to account for about 1% of gross assets in the Kenyan banking sector since they first opened their doors early last year.
Kenya Airways posted its first annual loss on Friday in 13 years after unrealised losses on jet fuel price hedges hit the bottom line.
Kenya’s fragile coalition government lost its first minister on Monday, a day after talks to heal rifts within the alliance collapsed in acrimony.
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/ 12 November 2008
Subscribers in Kenya’s biggest cellphone operator, Safaricom, rose 50% in the first half of the year as the company invested in network coverage.
Africa’s electricity supply problems result from poor governance and not lack of capital, the head of a union of producers and distributors said.
Kenyans voted on Wednesday for five parliamentary seats that will decide who holds the majority, a test of stability in the East African nation.
Kenyan police on Tuesday fired tear gas at demonstrators protesting against the proposed size of a coalition government, as pressure mounted on the president and prime minister-designate to name a Cabinet. President Mwai Kibaki and future prime minister Raila Odinga signed a power-sharing deal last month but have been wrangling over who will get key ministries.