(Ecofin Agency) – Earlier this month, Kenya’s telecom regulator awarded Safaricom 60 MHz of spectrum for 5G’s commercial launch. The rollout is expected to improve connectivity but according to Safaricom, not many people can afford compliant phones for the time being. Safaricom has decided to slow down on the deployment of the 5G in Kenya […]
Economy Kenya plans more big projects amid surging cost fears Thursday February 03 2022 Ongoing construction of the Nairobi Expressway along Uhuru Highway. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG By BRIAN NGUGIMore by this Author Summary In its new medium-term plan, the Treasury says it will prioritise spending to upgrade the nation’s rail system, road […]
Economy Kenya gets Sh85bn World Bank loan as cost of foreign debt doubles Friday March 18 2022 President Uhuru Kenyatta with World Bank Country Director for Kenya Keith Hansen. PHOTO | PSCU By OTIATO GUGUYUMore by this Author Summary The loan is the second tranche granted to the country after World Bank wired a similar […]
Economy Petrol crisis hits North Rift, western Kenya Tuesday March 29 2022 Motorcycle riders queue to fuel at one of the few petrol stations that had petrol in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County on March 28, 2022. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG By BUSINESS DAILYMore by this Author Summary Dealers who spoke to Business […]
Image courtesy Mobile Syrup The whole world was definitely excited when rumours of the iPhone SE 2020 had been making rounds on the internet. The phone then launched and it just blew up, not because of the name but the cost. For an iPhone with exactly the same internal specs as the iPhone 11, no […]
Hi Quartz Africa readers, In March 2017, I was driven by curiosity to open a bitcoin wallet. My main motivation was to understand how the entire bitcoin blockchain works. At the time, the price of bitcoin was $1,200, but by the end of the year, it rose to $20,000. The price would hit an all […]
Telkom Kenya and KaiOS Technologies unveiled the Kaduda T-Smart to the Kenyan market, marking the first operator launch for a KaiOS smart feature phone in the country. KaiOS Technologies said in a statement, the device will aid in increasing mobile internet access in Kenya and “address the growing demand for competitively-priced internet-enabled devices with affordable data […]
The Nokia 1.3 is HMD’s latest budget phone. Its current estimated price is $95. In Kenya, given pricing we saw with the Nokia 1 Plus, we can estimate a price range of between KES. 6,500 and KES. 8,000. The phone is part of the Android ONE program, so in two years it will still be […]
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Economy Kenya is now the cheapest country to purchase diesel in Eastern Africa Friday March 11 2022 A petrol station attendant fuels a car in Nyeri town. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG By JOHN MUTUAMore by this Author Summary A litre of the commodity costs Sh112.63 on average in Kenya, compared to Sh118.44, Sh139.08 and […]