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 site is planning to change its signature feature: the 140-character...
Land Bill enters second reading amid calls to fast track Constitutional pending bills
Kenyan's National Assembly spent the better part of Tuesday afternoon discussing the long awaited Land bill. The bill is one of the legislation stipulated as necessary in the implementation of the Constitution, 2010.
The bill...
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 be De-gazetted after uproar. Tuesday's changes by the president were...
CMA Issues New Corporate Governance Code and Guidelines on AML
On 9th March, 2016 Kenyan Capital markets Authority published the newly gazetted guidelines that seek to stem poor corporate governance on bourse listed companies as means of protecting investors.
The authority also issued a related...
Apple launches smart watch, new iPhones and mobile payment system
Apple has finally released a watch, along with new larger iPhone designs and a payments system. In an eagerly anticipated keynote, Apple has moved into wearables, its first new product category since 2010.
The new...
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. The figures behind this claim are striking – just 62...
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 not die out soon. This may seem like a bad...
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 it since the swearing in of the current regime.
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 opening day after the market plunged, triggering the new circuit-breaker...
U.N. Security Council Votes for tougher Sanctions on North Korea
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday voted unanimously for toughest sanctions against North Korea after its recent nuclear and missile tests on 6th January 2016.
The sanctions seeks to block all imports of materials...