Jomo Kenyatta International Airport temporarily closed

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was on Monday morning closed by the Kenya Airports Authority after a Singapore Airlines cargo plane developed mechanical glitches, putting its single runway under the spotlight. The KAA announced in a statement on Twitter that the plane failed to take off following a bird strike that caused an engine glitch. “We would like to…

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See reason why Tanzania is set to overtake Kenya as East Africa’s second largest economy

As presently constructed, Kenya stands as East Africa’s second largest economy in terms of overall GDP, second only to Ethiopia. However, Kenya’s spot as the subcontinent’s second largest economy could change within the next decade owing to the rate at which East Africa’s 3rd largest economy, Tanzania is growing. This prediction is based on a report issued by the…

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See reason why Tanzania is set to overtake Kenya as East Africa’s second largest economy

As presently constructed, Kenya stands as East Africa’s second largest economy in terms of overall GDP, second only to Ethiopia. However, Kenya’s spot as the subcontinent’s second largest economy could change within the next decade owing to the rate at which East Africa’s 3rd largest economy, Tanzania is growing. This prediction is based on a report issued by the…

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$300 M to be invested in Tanzania’s Hydropower Project

The government of Tanzania, the African Development Bank, and the French Development Agency (AFD) have signed agreements for two development project loans worth $300 million. The funds will finance the construction of the 87.8-megawatt Kakono Hydropower Plant located in Kagera region in the northern part of Tanzania. The project also received a grant of EURO 36 million from the…

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$300 M to be invested in Tanzania’s Hydropower Project

The government of Tanzania, the African Development Bank, and the French Development Agency (AFD) have signed agreements for two development project loans worth $300 million. The funds will finance the construction of the 87.8-megawatt Kakono Hydropower Plant located in Kagera region in the northern part of Tanzania. The project also received a grant of EURO 36 million from the…

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TNT Africa & Warner Bros. celebrate a century of film

This month TNT Africa (DStv Channel 137) is celebrating its 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. with a global centennial campaign Celebrating Every Story “We’re proud to play a part in celebrating a century of film with Warner Bros. Studios this month – and seeing the exciting plans the global team has lined up for the rest of the year,”…

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TNT Africa & Warner Bros. celebrate a century of film

This month TNT Africa (DStv Channel 137) is celebrating its 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. with a global centennial campaign Celebrating Every Story “We’re proud to play a part in celebrating a century of film with Warner Bros. Studios this month – and seeing the exciting plans the global team has lined up for the rest of the year,”…

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French luxury group LVMH becomes world’s 10th biggest company (and EU’s largest)

Paul Theron, MD at Vestact Asset Management, and South African fashion designer David Tlale speak to The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield about French multinational LVMH. A 5% rise in LVMH’s share price in mid-April saw the company’s market capitalisation reach $486 billion, briefly ranking it as the world’s 10th-biggest company. The luxury-brand powerhouse also becomes the first European company…

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Explainer: Achraf Hakimi and Hiba Abouk divorce drama

Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi has been a trending topic on all media platforms across the world, in the last few days. This was after his wife, a TV model, discovered he owns ‘nothing’ despite earning millions of Euros in his football career. Hakimi is a football player with Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and the Moroccan national football team which…

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Conflict in Sudan: What we know

Nearly 100 civilians have died and hundreds wounded in ongoing battles between Sudan’s regular army and a powerful paramilitary force after long-running bitter brinkmanship spilled into conflict. At its heart lies two rival generals, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the large and heavily armed paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), formed from…

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