Author: Lynet Awino

British Airways will fly to Tanzania again from next year, ending a gap that has kept the airline out of the country since 2013. The airline confirmed on Thursday that it will launch a new route connecting London Gatwick with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar starting 29 May 2027. The service will run three times a week through the end of October, covering the peak safari season and UK school holidays. It marks British Airways’ first scheduled return to Tanzania since it withdrew its Dar es Salaam route in March 2013, a gap of 13 years driven largely by competition from Gulf…

Bank of Baroda Kenya has dismissed reports that it is closing its operations as false and misleading, moving to calm customers days after a court ordered the attachment of its assets in a Ksh2.99 billion dispute. In a statement issued on 18 September 2026 and titled Official Clarification, the lender said reports circulating about an alleged shutdown of its Kenyan business had no basis in fact. It urged customers, employees, business partners and members of the public to ignore the claims and rely only on official communication from the bank and its regulators. “The Bank continues to operate normally in…

Nation Media Group has answered a week of public pressure with numbers, but not the ones critics asked for. In a statement dated 18 September 2026, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Geoffrey Odundo said women make up 36 percent of the company workforce, 33 percent of the newsroom, 42 percent of the Executive Committee and 41 percent of heads of department. The company has set a target of 40 percent representation. What the statement leaves out matters just as much. NMG did not disclose what share of its senior leadership team women hold, nor what share of senior editorial…

DStv has launched a new brand identity called Expect+, alongside a full overhaul of its subscription packages, MultiChoice confirmed this week. The changes took effect on 17 September 2026 in South Africa. The rebrand marks the biggest change to DStv’s package structure in fifteen years. It follows the acquisition of MultiChoice by French media group Canal+, completed in 2025 in a deal worth more than R50 billion. Six Packages Replace The Old Lineup MultiChoice has cut its package structure down to six tiers: Starter, Select, Sports, Movies and Series, Premium, and EasyView. Each targets a specific type of viewer instead…

Kenya’s High Court has nullified the government’s sale of a 15% stake in Safaricom PLC to Vodacom Group, ruling the transaction unconstitutional and ordering the shares restored to the state. A three judge bench of the Constitutional and Human Rights Division, comprising Justices Francis Gikonyo, Roselyne Aburili and Tabitha Ouya, delivered the 144 page judgment on 15 September, at the end of a case brought by activist Tony Gachoka and Professor Fredrick Ogola and later joined by Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka. The judges declared the deal “invalid, null and void” and quashed Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2025, the…

Twiga Foods Limited has entered administration. The company now operates under the name Templar Field Limited. Mohamed A. Mohamed of Maawiy Financial Advisory Services took over as administrator. The company board made the appointment. A release from the administrator, dated 15 September 2026, confirmed the move. The appointment follows a filing at GT Flow Limited, formerly Twiga Foods One Limited. GT Flow entered administration on 17 August 2026. The same administrator took charge there. The board authorized both appointments under Section 541(2) of Kenya’s Insolvency Act, Cap. 53. No court order was required. No creditor filed a petition. Kenya Gazette…