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EAST AFRICA El Niño boosts Kenyan maizeRecent rainfall in Kenya boosted by the El Niño phenomenon is expected to result in a bumper maize crop from mid-February. The latest report from the Kenya Food Security Steering Group anticipates a strong harvest in the country's coastal and south-eastern regions. 5 Feb 2010 07:53 EAST AFRICA 2010: after third phase, tickets go to PMAs
 EAST AFRICA Kenya: Cash alone won't make microfinance workNAIROBI/TRANSMARA: Two years ago, fed up with a husband who drank too much and provided too little, Julie Amunga, who lives in the sprawling Mathare slum in the capital, Nairobi, decided to start a business that would enable her to support her family. 23 Dec 2009 17:49 EAST AFRICA Somali livestock sales boostedSales of Somali livestock have seen a sudden increase over the past few days since Saudi Arabia lifted a nine-year ban on imports of the kind from Somalia last week. 12 Nov 2009 08:06 EAST AFRICA Somaliland gets first debit cardA debit card service was launched for the first time ever in Somaliland last week. The region broke away from Somalia in 1991, when the country's government collapsed, and has been relatively stable ever since. 2 Nov 2009 08:25 EAST AFRICA Uganda: Barclays sends local entrepreneurs to China expo[Walter Wafula] Barclays Bank has flagged off a group of 15 Uganda businesspeople to the Canton III Fair in China to strengthen trade ties with their Chinese counterparts. The trade fair will take place between 31 October and 4 November 2009. 29 Oct 2009 10:50 EAST AFRICA Finlay shuts down Mara Mara factory
EAST AFRICA Uganda woos entrepreneurs to invest in energy sector[Walter Wafula] Ugandan businesspeople have been urged to invest in mini-hydro power projects to encourage the establishment of cottage industries across the country. 25 Sep 2009 10:09 EAST AFRICA Kenya: Farmers “need help to reap rewards of El-Niño rains”NAIROBI: Following below-average harvests in 2007 and 2008, Kenya's grain farmers need seed and fertiliser support to enable them to make use of El Niño rains, expected between October and December 2009, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says. 28 Aug 2009 09:51 EAST AFRICA EABL takeover deal frozen by UK court[Titus Kaloki] A bid by East African Breweries Limited (EABL) to end its partnership with competitor, South African Breweries Miller (SABMiller), and join another brewer was put on hold by a UK court. In a ruling passed last week, Diageo - majority shareholder in EABL with a 50% stake - and SABMiller were ordered to begin an arbitration process. 24 Aug 2009 09:47 EAST AFRICA Kenya: Massive crop failure in "grain basket"
EAST AFRICA Malawi hails COMESA Regional Procurement Market[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi has hailed the establishment of a regional procurement market for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) which is scheduled to be launched next month. 20 Aug 2009 10:06 EAST AFRICA To be the toast of TanzaniaAlcohol producer and distributor Distell is spearheading a viticultural initiative in Tanzania expected to enable wine farmers in the Dodoma highlands to double their crops within three to five years — and may yet be developing a feasible model for rolling out vineyard productions across sub-Saharan Africa. 18 Aug 2009 13:41 Latest jobs | Ad showcase |
FIFA has agreed to create a new participating member associations (PMAs) sales phase between 9 February and 7 April 2010, it announced on Friday, 15 January 2010. Only one such phase had previously been planned, which closed on 13 January 2010. 
NJORO: Two months before harvest time, the maize in Kenya's Rift Valley should be tall, lush and green, bursting with life. Instead, crops in the province's Lare division are stunted, barren fields of parched browns and pallid yellows. 
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