By the end of 2020, personal and household loans amounting to KSh 333 billion had their repayment period extended. Banks also restructured loans amounting to KSh 1.29 trillion issued to sectors like trade, manufacturing, agriculture, and real estate.
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Somalia had stopped the importation of miraa last year when international flights were suspended due to fear of the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, but when international air travels resumed, miraa importation from Kenya was still restricted while a different variety from Ethiopia was allowed into the country.
The company which mainly supplies glass bottles to beverages companies has been adversely affected by the closure of bars and restaurants in some East African countries as well as the restrictions on public gatherings.
Somalia has threatened to withdraw from a regional bloc after the group ruled in favour of Kenya in a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. The…
President Edgar Lungu of Zambia has removed 246 inmates, who were on death row, and commutated their sentences to life sentences. Minister of Home Affairs, Stephen…
In an effort to curb the spread of the virus, Rwanda has decided to increase the number of tests done daily.
Kenya and Tanzania are set to conduct a joint cross-border count of rhinoceros and other large mammals in the shared Mara-Serengeti ecosystem. The census is one…
“Conflict, insecurity and natural disasters have displaced nearly four million people since 2013,” the office said.
The start-up specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to protect smallholder farmers in Africa from risk.
A Kenyan man, Mansur Mohamed Surur, has pleaded not guilty to trafficking ivory and rhino horns worth millions of dollars in a U.S. court. He also…