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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 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 Finlay shuts down Mara Mara factory
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 Kenya: Massive crop failure in "grain basket"
Biggest windfarm in Africa slated for Kenya[Alison Walkley] A 300 megawatt windfarm, coined the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, is being developed in Kenya in the hope of decreasing the country's greenhouse gas emissions. A total of 365 wind turbines are slated for installation in northern Kenya. 17 Aug 2009 10:39 P&G relaunches Ariel in Kenya
Kenya: Slum-dwellers priced into hungerNAIROBI: Millions of people who live in Kenya's sprawling slums are among those worst hit by the food price crisis, yet they receive far less humanitarian attention than other demographic groups, according to officials, who pointed in particular to the plight of malnourished children in such settlements. 29 May 2009 10:27 P&G launches Pampers Magic in Nairobi
Kenya: Alice Wanjiru, "Now it's no meat, less ugali"NAIROBI: With the UN World Food Programme already feeding up to 1.2 million hungry Kenyans, hundreds of thousands more - the urban poor and those in drought-affected areas - are grappling with shortages, high food prices and the impact of post-election violence in early 2008, which contributed to a reduction in food production in the country's agricultural areas. 22 Jan 2009 12:00 Spend merrily, pay the price in JanuaryOn December 24, last year, Joseph Wambua had Sh40,000, as his salary. He was paid early because of Christmas festivities. 23 Dec 2008 06:19 Retailer ventures into convenience stores market[Carole Kimutai] Kenya's Nakumatt Holdings will soon unveil its plans to launch convenience stores (c-stores) as part of its expansion plans following a viability study showing a gap in the Kenyan market. 11 Dec 2008 14:20 Qatar to grow crops in KenyaQatar is hoping to grow crops in north-east Kenya. The Gulf state, made up mostly of barren desert, has asked Kenya to lease 40,000 hectares of land. In return it will fund a port on the tourist island of Lamu costing 3.5 billion US Dollars. 4 Dec 2008 09:50 Latest jobs | Ad showcase |
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. 
NAIROBI: Procter & Gamble, through a local distributor, Hasbah Kenya, re-launched a new formula of Ariel washing powder in Kenya. The company staged a consumer, stakeholder and media launch at the open grounds of Uhuru Park, Nairobi earlier this week. 
NAIROBI: Pampers recently released a new product they claim is a much thinner but highly absorbent version of the brand, aiming to provide dryness for a longer period. Pampers Magic, coined to support its "magical" absorption of faecal releases by babies, is a Procter & Gamble (P&G) brand. 
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