Qatar Airlines will commence direct flights between Doha and Mombasa in December 2018 making its’ second Kenyan destination, in addition to existing flights to Nairobi. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: “Qatar Airways sees Kenya as an important market for our passengers, so we are delighted to offer this new service to a second Kenyan destination. We are sure our new direct daily service to Mombasa will prove very popular with tourists interested in exploring Kenya’s beautiful tropical beaches and coastline, as well as immersing themselves in the city’s fascinating diverse cultural mix. “This second new…
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Khusoko provides market insights into Africa's business investment as well as global trends that impact East African businesses.
University/college students’ Project reports that are prone to plagiarism. It is often said that if you want to hide anything in Kenya, put it in books because nobody bothers to dig out anything from books. Recent research revealed that Kenyans are average readers with more emphasis paid on newspapers. The reading culture in Kenya is below per making scholars blame it, as the reason why we have few individuals who have excelled in the field of literature and authorship of books to put the country on the international map as among them, renowned author Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Meja Mwangi, David Maillu,…
The Kaka Empire Foundation in partnership with Kim-Fay has launched a menstrual hygiene dubbed Bank on Me Sanitary Campaign. The objective of the campaign is to create a holistic approach to the issue of menstruation by raising 100,000 sanitary towels that will keep needy girls in schools targeting Machakos, Lamu, Thika, Turkana and Trans Nzoia. “This campaign is about recognizing the right of education for girls. Ministry of Health research shows that 65 percent of girls in rural and slum areas engage in transactional sex because they cannot access sanitary towels,” said King Kaka while speaking about the initiative. The…
Bungoma County plans to transform its defunct Matulo airstrip into a comfortable new class A rating Bungoma-Matulo International Airport with an investment close to Ksh 2.5 billion with an efficient passenger and cargo hub. Shelter Solutions Ltd and International Partners & BIIP. the project owner says the project is estimated to take 25 years and once complete, it will “Connect America continents, Asia and Europe direct and meet the growing needs of the market and creates favorable conditions for the long-term development of with other international aviation partners like Boeing, Airbus, Aeroflot, PJSC, Volga-Dnepr GC.” The main objective for the project…
Bwala Africa Group, a last mile logistics marketplace has secured KSh10 million financing from Stanbic Bank to venture into last mile logistics. With the Ksh 24m debt financing, Bwala Africa will roll out 8 new trucks from ISUZU East Africa, four directly funded by CFC and the other 4 funded internally by Bwala, bringing the cost of total invest to Ksh 23,000,000. The terms of the debt financing were not disclosed. “We have landed 3 major partnerships with Kenya’s top retail stores to power their last mile deliveries. The partners include Copia, Naivas, and Jumia which are by far the…
Finserve has launched mKey, Africa’s first keyboard app converging social, and financial services into an integrated lifestyle called mKey. “mKey has been created to be relevant to people’s social lives and support fun conversations on any social media platform. It is a revolutionary keyboard app with a wide catalogue of customized yetumojis and gifs that will be constantly updated to capture the pulse of trending conversations, celebrating our Kenyan identity,” said Finserve Managing Director, Jack Ngare. “mKey is the most groundbreaking keyboard app out of Africa that blends the social and financial into an integrated lifestyle providing unparalleled convenience. Why…