/-/539444/539444/-/rdynki/-/index.html http://www.bdafrica.com/Looking%20for%20ways%20to%20make%20profit%3F%20Track%20the%20progress%20/-/539444/878722/-/l3fwbkz/-/index.html Some people are in business to save the planet or share their unique gifts with the world. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Why%20you%20cannot%20run%20a%20business%20without%20risks%20/-/539444/878718/-/nus1wez/-/index.html I thought it would be helpful to answer the five questions I am asked most often on my travels. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/How%20theft%20case%20helped%20reform%20corporate%20world%20/-/539444/878728/-/ofesop/-/index.html Directors & Boards is a publication I look at from time to time, and I was surprised to find this mea culpa from its editor this month. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Laying%20ground%20for%20a%20stable%20business%20strategic%20alliance%20/-/539444/878732/-/a71rg6z/-/index.html Today businesses are appreciating the need for forming strategic alliances for a number of reasons. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Vital%20lessons%20from%20life%20in%20Kenya%20public%20universities%20/-/539548/878776/-/eqma10/-/index.html Thwack! That was the sound of the GSU officer’s mud filled boots on the back of my suitcase that I held tightly against my chest to protect myself from his misplaced rage against any university student that dared to sully his path. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Water%20sector%20needs%20reforms%20/-/539548/878790/-/g8449b/-/index.html Water companies have issued notice to consumers living in major urban areas to prepare for higher tariffs. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Misuse%20of%20traffic%20lights%20causing%20jams%20/-/539548/878794/-/ug90r/-/index.html Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere and Traffic Commandant Aggrey Adoli should give this thought a chance. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Why%20oil%20should%20not%20be%20EACs%20curse%20%20%20%20/-/539548/878802/-/jh18n7z/-/index.html Dreams of petrodollars have followed the discovery of oil and gas in commercial quantities in Uganda, but the bonanza could make or break the fledgling East African Community Common Market — either opening up its new free market or strengthening state intervention and visiting the dreaded “resource curse” on us all. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/-/539552/878740/-/6ckiaq/-/index.html Investors whose money is locked up in Uchumi Supermarkets will have to wait much longer to trade their shares at the Nairobi Stock Exchange after the Capital Markets Authority maintained the retail chain’s application would be treated as a fresh listing. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Citibank%20boss%20explains%20IPO%20refunds%20delay%20/-/539552/878758/-/14v92n2z/-/index.html Citibank is holding Sh141.6 million belonging to investors who are yet to cash their cheques released after the conclusion of the Safaricom IPO in 2008. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/IMF%20sees%20Africa%20shunning%20dependence%20for%20trade%20and%20prosperity%20/-/539552/878874/-/hsmpy3z/-/index.html Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director, recently visited Kenya as part of his African tour. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/-/539552/878746/-/6ckiaw/-/index.html Keen to defend its customers deposits against fraud, Imperial Bank has invested Sh76 million in several products aimed at raising the bank’s defences against business risks. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Competition%20grows%20with%20Scangroups%20entry%20into%20research%20/-/539552/878752/-/qj1a1u/-/index.html The Sh2 billion research sector is set to become more competitive with the entry of marketing services giant, Scangroup. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Hidden%20files%20expose%20rot%20at%20Lands%20ministry%20/-/539546/878852/-/10lpi0p/-/index.html About 12,000 files containing land documents earlier classified as lost have been found tucked in the offices of senior civil servants at the Ministry of Lands, further exposing the rot in the government that has slowed down service delivery and helped rank Kenya among the world’s most corrupt countries. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/-/539546/878768/-/9xd457/-/index.html Lillian Mutuku, a 34-year-old mother of three, describes her home in Katine area, Tala, in Kenya’s Eastern province, as a harsh place to live in. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/878844/-/t2optiz/-/index.html The milk crisis has deepened with the reduction of producer prices by Sh7 per litre — a move that will hurt the earnings of thousands of farmers whose output got a lift from the December heavy rains. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/878836/-/t2opucz/-/index.html A change in shopping trends in Nairobi is spawning a battle for dominance in the billion-shilling retail chain segment. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Nile%20perch%20fillet%20exporters%20headed%20for%20a%20tough%20year%20/-/539550/878816/-/9gl9hy/-/index.html Exporters of Nile Perch fillets may face a difficult run this year when the US enforces a new farming Bill that stands to restrict imports of a rival fish species, Pangasius, into her domestic market. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Musicians%20raise%20stakes%20in%20war%20on%20piracy%20/-/539550/878834/-/13tpji3z/-/index.html The music industry is betting on digital music distribution to boost sales in the wake of increased piracy affecting music sold through CDs and consumers’ increasing preference to buy their favourite singles as opposed to a bundle of songs in a CD. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Kenya%20to%20tap%20power%20from%20its%20neighbours%20after%20grid%20connection%20%20/-/539550/878826/-/hdl2pfz/-/index.html Kenya’s unstable power grid will soon receive a major boost from a planned power line interconnection with Tanzania and Zambia. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Battery%20market%20in%20for%20jolt%20as%20new%20player%20joins%20sector%20/-/539550/878822/-/ksrxhpz/-/index.html Competition in Kenya’s battery market is set to increase as a new investor prepares to roll out an assembly plant in Embakasi, Nairobi. 2010-03-14T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/State%20to%20extend%20Aggreko%20contract%20due%20to%20poor%20rains%20/-/539550/877512/-/dbgo3cz/-/index.html Erratic rains in catchment areas that feed the country’s main dams used for electricity generation have forced the government to extend the services of an expensive emergency power producer - Aggreko - to the end of May for now. 2010-03-11T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/CNOOC%20steps%20up%20search%20for%20oil%20as%20deadline%20looms%20/-/539550/877520/-/cxfdog/-/index.html A Chinese company undertaking oil and gas exploration activities in northern Kenya has intensified its search with just one kilometre set to be drilled, ahead of next month’s deadline. 2010-03-11T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Telecoms%20monopolies%20a%20threat%20to%20Internet%20growth%20%20/-/539550/877550/-/dq29g0/-/index.html An international meeting on the future of the Internet is under way in Nairobi. 2010-03-11T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/ICANN%20plots%20change%20to%20unlimited%20domain%20names%20/-/539550/877516/-/mdm54z/-/index.html ICANN, an Internet regulatory body, is poised to shake up the world of branding and marketing by introducing online corporate identities. 2010-03-11T21:00:00Z