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Kenya is running out of US dollars
Quartz via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoKenya is facing an acute foreign exchange crunch, with US dollar reserves dropping to their lowest in eight years as its currency keeps plummeting...
Tough times have begun one day after Kenya's new president was sworn in
Quartz via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoFor many Kenyans, life was unbearable during former president Uhuru Kenyatta’s reign. But just one...
Kenya's election rips open scars of inequality, corruption
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoIn the shadow of a glossy, thousand-dollar campaign billboard, one of many across Kenya’s capital,...
Kenya’s Fingo partners with Ecobank, launches neobank on the back of $4M investment
TechCrunch via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoYesterday, Fingo, a YC-backed Kenyan fintech, launched its neobank, which it developed in...
The company that pioneered electric taxis in Kenya is closing shop
Quartz via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoEkoRent Africa, the Finnish owner of the startup that pioneered an electric taxi-hailing service...
Kenya's Hustler Fund is raising data privacy concerns
Quartz via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoAn easy mobile-loan scheme that catapulted president William Ruto’s rise to power in Kenya only a...
A bill now seeks to give Kenyans the 'right to disconnect' after work
Quartz via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoA new bill is being proposed through Kenya’s senate to block employers from interfering with the...
Kenya wants to use Tanzania's gas deposits to dominate east Africa's LPG market
Quartz via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoReports of residents in Nairobi’s slum areas burning plastics and gunny bags to cook their meals...
Kenya's capital markets have gained over $350 million after Ruto's win was validated
Quartz via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoKenya has experienced an overall economic slump since presidential candidate Raila Odinga filed a...
NopeaRide, Kenya's first EV taxi service, shuts down
TechCrunch via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoKenya’s first fully electric taxi service, NopeaRide, is exiting the market after its parent company EkoRent Oy failed to raise additional funding to...