Business / Finance
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Why Smart Professionals Are Buying Phones for Performance, Not Prestige
The smartphone on the table used to say a lot about the person sitting behind it. A premium logo could signal success before a conversation even started. In boardrooms, restaurants, and airport lounges, the device…
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Fly Skyward Airline Launches Inaugural Flight from Nairobi to Garissa
NAIROBI — Fly Skyward Airline has launched its inaugural scheduled flight from Wilson Airport to Garissa, a move set to strengthen air connectivity and unlock new opportunities for the people of Garissa and the wider…
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Boost as young environmental innovators awarded KSh 31.5 million
Nairobi, Kenya, 31 July 2026 – The Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) has awarded KES 31.5 million to seven youth-led enterprises and community organisations developing groundbreaking solutions to some of Kenya’s most pressing environmental challenges.…
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BMW Aims to Cut 8,000 Jobs by End 2027: Company Source
About 40,000 of BMW’s roughly 85,000 permanent German employees would receive the offers from October, the source said, adding that production line workers would be spared the cuts.
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Carrefour Kenya, KCB Bank Kenya and Mastercard Launch Prepaid card for Smarter Grocery Budgeting
Nairobi, Kenya, 28 July 2026: Carrefour, which Majid Al Futtaim holds the exclusive rights to operate in Kenya, has collaborated with KCB Bank Kenya and Mastercard to launch the Carrefour Prepaid card. The payment solution…
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Microsoft Strikes Deal for Mistral’s AI Computing Power
The agreement “strengthens Europe’s AI infrastructure while helping Microsoft meet growing demand for cloud and AI services” on the continent, the two companies said in a joint statement.
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Swisscontact Study Says Apprenticeship Programme Boosts Business Productivity, Youth Employment in Kenya
A Swisscontact study has found that Kenya’s industry-led dual apprenticeship programme delivers measurable financial returns for businesses while improving employment prospects for young people, offering evidence that skills development can help address labour shortages and…
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European stocks drop as oil prices rise
European stock markets retreated Wednesday as oil prices built on recent strong gains, with traders focused firmly on the Middle East conflict and technology sector. Seoul led gains across Asian equity indices as tech firms…
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Kenya’s Healthcare Future May Start with the Smartphone in Your Hand
In many countries, especially in Kenya, healthcare is still defined by distance, cost, and long waiting times. A hospital, anywhere in the world, is not a place one would willingly want to be, but circumstances…
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OpenAI number two Simo steps down to focus on health
Top Silicon Valley executive Fidji Simo announced Wednesday she is leaving her full-time role at OpenAI to go part-time as an advisor and focus on recovery from a chronic illness.
