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Can 10,000-character tweets boost Twitter’s flatlining user growth?
By Felicity Duncan,
On January 5, Twitter founder and recently reappointed CEO Jack Dorsey appeared to confirm a story on Re/Code claiming that the micro-blogging...
Guilty or Not Guilty – Waiguru denies ever meeting NYS Scandal suspect
While most of Kenyans thought the ghost after former CS Waiguru has been exorcised, it has glared its head again and the fire may...
Was there ever a time when so few people controlled so much wealth?
By Eoin Flaherty,
Oxfam’s latest report claims that income inequality has reached a new global extreme, exceeding even its predictions from the previous year....
Has the Jubilee government abandoned the Konza City idea?
Konza city, a technopolis plan designed as part of the 2030 vision flagship projects, seems to have stalled or rather, we hear less of...
China’s stock market is in for a turbulent 2016
By Michele Geraci
The Shanghai stock market has had a rough start to the New Year. Bourses are down and trading was halted on its...
How closer is Kenya to achieving vision 2030?
Rebasing of the GDP indices moved some countries in Africa into the middle income economies. Kenya and Nigeria reviewed their measures placing both countries...
The Truth Behind Kenya-Uganda Business Pact
There has been a lot of shouting surrounding the undertakings of a delegation to Uganda led by president Uhuru Kenyatta in which it's alleged...
Fastjet jets in Kenya
The battle lines are already drawn in the aviation industry in Kenya with entry of wholly owned subsidiary of Fastjet Plc of UK
The entry...
Suspension of Ms Kaindi as Deputy Inspector General of Police elicits uproar from opposition
Since the first appointments of current government, there has been several abortive actions that have left various groups divided. Some appointments have had to...
Teachers’ strike enters day 5 with no party ceding ground
In a non-precedented move, Teachers' Service Commission (TSC) moved to court to petition it to declare the ongoing teachers' strike illegal. at the same...