Author: David Indeje

Kenya’s national football team, Harambee Stars, improved 3 spots to be placed at the 103rd position in the latest FIFA world rankings released Thursday. The national team has 1205 points, four behind Libya, and one ahead of Palestine. Uganda is the highest-ranked nation from the CECAFA region with 1321 points in 78th position. Senegal remains Africa’s highest-ranked team in the 21st position, followed by Tunisia in 26th and Algeria in the 30th. Nigeria and Morocco complete the African top 5 in 32nd and 39th positions respectively. Top ten teams in Africa 1.Senegal 2.Tunisia 3.Algeria 4.Nigeria 5.Morocco 6.Ghana 7.Egypt 8.Cameroon 9.Mali…

Kenya tea exports have dipped marginally from 337,000 tons in 2019 to 323,000 tons in 2020 according to data. The Tea Directorate says this is due to a decrease in the demand for the produce in the world market which witnessed a 7 percent drop in exports to Pakistan and a 14 percent drop in exports to Egypt.  Pakistan is Kenya’s largest market, shipping about 36 percent of the total production. On the other hand, the volume of tea produced in the eight months grew by 33 percent representing 375,000 tons against 281,000 tons in the same period in 2019.…

Tea farmers are set to receive 28 billion shillings as bonus payments from 54 tea Factory companies managed by the Kenya Tea Development Agency for the year ending June 30. However, this is lower compared to last year’s payment of Ksh 28.8 billion attributed to excess global supplies. This year’s total payment represents an 11.6 percent increase from last year and means that, on average, farmers will take home more earnings than they did last year. The growth is attributed to an increased green leaf production by the factories, which grew by 29 percent for the year to stand at…

Truecaller has rolled out three highly anticipated features, Call Reason, Schedule SMS, and SMS Translator, for users globally, to make communication safer and more efficient for them. The Swedish Mobile App has been a pioneer in the mobile identity space and has advanced caller ID innovation to unprecedented levels. Consumers trust Truecaller to tell them who is calling, but now they will also know why they are calling. Call Reason enables users to set a reason for their call, enabling the receiver to check what the call is about and whether the incoming call is personal, business, or urgent. This…

Netflix Inc, says it is going to scale up its ‘Made by Africans, Watched by the World campaign’, through diversification which would attract more subscribers on the continent. The global streaming entertainment service offering movies and TV series commercial-free, with unlimited viewing on any internet-connected screen for an affordable, no-commitment monthly fee, says it will continue partnering with telecom operators to make it easier for potential subscribers to make payments. Dorothy Ghettuba, Netflix head of Africa originals speaking to Reuters Africa Wednesday said, “Given the low credit card penetration across the continent… we have partnered with local telcos… for their…

In a move to boost growth, the government is considering restoring tax benefits on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by amending the Micro and Small Enterprises Act, 2012. This is one of the key proposals made by the Building Bridges Initiative report. If the report is approved and law amended, it will to the establishment of business incubation centers across the country providing business advisory services. “The Bill seeks to amend the Micro and Small Enterprises Act, 2012 to give youth-owned enterprises a seven-year tax break and to establish business incubation centres across the country for the purposes of providing…