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Kenya

tune boom

How Chinese, Kenyan, and Swedish Music streaming Apps are battling it out in Africa

Global streaming giants are flocking to the African market, with Swedish music streaming provider Spotify announcing a sweeping expansion to 40 ... new countries on the continent. As Spotify attempts to expand its reach in Africa, they may have to take a note from Transsion-owned Boomplay and shift their strategy. + What is the deal with Ethio Telecom + Covid19 costs for China's handset makers

city wildlife

Kenya: Nairobi is losing green spaces, leaving it vulnerable to disease

There’s been widespread concern in Kenya over the shrinking of green spaces in Nairobi, the capital city. Most recently, there was uproar over ... the construction of a raised highway.

banking

Scaling Up

Kenya’s crowded banking sector is ripe for consolidation, analysts say

A raft of small, undercapitalised operators in a market dominated by the main players creates a recipe for consolidation in Kenyan banking, analysts ... say.

gulf involvement

Kenya/Somalia: Is thawing of relations a major win for Qatar?

Somalia has announced it will be restoring diplomatic ties with Kenya, five months after it cut ties citing “interference” from Nairobi. ... Could this be the beginning of both countries turning the page on their simmering feud?

Kenya top stories

tune boom

How Chinese, Kenyan, and Swedish Music streaming Apps are battling it out in Africa

banking

Scaling Up

Kenya’s crowded banking sector is ripe for consolidation, analysts say

gulf involvement

Kenya/Somalia: Is thawing of relations a major win for Qatar?

tune boom

How Chinese, Kenyan, and Swedish Music streaming Apps are battling it out in Africa

banking

Scaling Up

Kenya’s crowded banking sector is ripe for consolidation, analysts say

gulf involvement

Kenya/Somalia: Is thawing of relations a major win for Qatar?

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Debt Traps

Kenya’s digital lending bill points the way for African regulation

Plans by Kenya to regulate digital lending highlight the need for supervision of the growth of loan platforms in Africa. ...

lonely at the top

Kenya: Martha Koome poised to be country’s first female chief justice

Kenya is poised to get its first ever female chief justice after the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) nominated Martha Koome to replace David ... Maraga, who attained retirement age of 70 in January.

New course

Kenya/Tanzania: Kenyatta and Hassan agree to reset diplomatic & trade ties

During the first visit by Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan to Kenya, she and her counterpart President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged to ... reset diplomatic and trade relations that were strained under Tanzania's late president John P. Magufuli.

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Nigeria’s insurtech Curacel eyes expansion to Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire

Nigeria’s Curacel, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect insurance fraud, plans to expand to seven African countries by the end ... of this year, CEO Henry Mascot tells The Africa Report.

Big Bang?

Kenya’s Jubilee Insurance eyes Ethiopia expansion with Allianz

Jubilee Insurance in Kenya aims to extend its partnership with Germany’s Allianz to penetrate underinsured Ethiopia. ...

New Deal on Debt?

AfDB says Covid-19 is giving East Africa chance to renegotiate debt

East African governments can use the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to restructure their debts, Nnenna Nwabufo, African Development Bank ... (AfDB) director general for East Africa, tells The Africa Report.

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