/-/539444/539444/-/rdynki/-/index.html http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Bank%20barred%20from%20selling%20KPCU%20assets/-/539550/1006476/-/28ilsa/-/index.html A judge has extended orders barring Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) from selling the assets of Kenya Planters Co-operative Union over a loan of Sh644 million. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/1006300/-/14f5s89/-/index.html Kenya has started negotiations with Tanzania to stop plans to build a highway through the Serengeti National Park, a project that would disrupt the annual wildebeest migration. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Wind%20blows%20new%20life%20into%20KenGen%20power%20generation/-/539550/1006406/-/gu9kk5/-/index.html KenGen is banking on faster delivery of wind turbines to meet production target and ease the country’s vulnerability to the vagaries of weather in rain-fed hydro electricity generation. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Tullow%20raises%20stakes%20in%20Kenya%20oil%20search%20with%20$34m%20deal/-/539550/1006456/-/aiscxc/-/index.html UK explorer Tullow Oil has taken a Sh2.7 billion bet on Kenya’s oil prospects through an exchange of licences with cash-strapped Canadian firm Africa Oil. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/State%20to%20construct%20800%20cold%20storage%20units%20for%20fish%20sector/-/539550/1006470/-/4hn6h2/-/index.html The government plans to construct 800 cold storage facilities around the country to preserve fish. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Drought%20shock%20adds%20new%20twist%20to%20Kenyas%20economic%20outlook/-/539550/1006434/-/8tq31/-/index.html The weatherman’s warning of a looming drought in most parts of the country has cast a heavy cloud of uncertainty over Kenya’s economic outlook that got a fresh dose of optimism only five days ago when the National Economic Social Council predicted a doubling of the rate of growth to 5.2 per cent by end of year. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Netbook%20sellers%20bet%20on%20e%20learning%20to%20boost%20earnings/-/539550/1006430/-/yf2v6nz/-/index.html Netbook and mobile Internet access device vendors are betting on e-learning in Kenya to boost sales. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Kenya%20tops%20list%20of%20EA%20countries%20worst%20hit%20by%20computer%20viruses/-/539550/1006422/-/vyb5f/-/index.html Kenya has risen to become the most insecure country in East Africa in terms of virtual threats, according to new industry findings. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Bond%20market%20exerts%20pressure%20on%20interest%20rates/-/539552/1006212/-/2pt29r/-/index.html Buyers of Treasury bonds at the secondary market are getting a bargain as prices come down due to increased supply that rides on the back of a rally lasting nearly a year. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Rwanda%20says%20new%20airport%20will%20be%20ready%20by%202014/-/539552/1006220/-/w29nku/-/index.html Rwanda expects to have a new airport by 2014 and has set aside $98 million as capital for its national airline over the next three years with a view to then selling it off once it breaks even, a top government official said on Friday. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Ugandan%20insurers%20target%20traders%20to%20grow%20market/-/539552/1006230/-/jqqy78z/-/index.html Ugandan insurers have urged businesses to take up covers as a defensive measure against losses and hedge against possible risks. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Brewer%20sees%20new%20demand%20in%20growing%20EA%20population/-/539552/1006270/-/wdodq8z/-/index.html East African Breweries is betting that its regional expansion strategy will grow sales by doubling its customers. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/VAT%20refunds%20under%20new%20law/-/539548/1006388/-/dihei9z/-/index.html As a country we now have a new Constitution and I would believe everyone is eager to see it implemented in the way that it was envisaged. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Why%20we%20need%20to%20invest%20in%20East%20African%20region/-/539548/1006276/-/7froga/-/index.html The East African Community (EAC) common market protocol - signed and ratified by Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi – came into force on July 1st 2010, potentially allowing for free movement of goods, services, people and capital in a zone with a combined population of 135 million people – equivalent to the tenth largest country in the world. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Take%20weather%20alert%20seriously/-/539548/1006398/-/1504p96/-/index.html To be forewarned, so the saying goes, is to be forearmed. And so the weatherman has tried to forearm us by forewarning the entire country that below normal rainfall season is here with us for the rest of the year. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/How%20can%20we%20improve%20the%20global%20monetary%20machine/-/539548/1006278/-/rxjaquz/-/index.html The onset in 2008/2009 of the most serious global economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression is an indication of important systemic flaws, and a broad consensus exists that the system likely will face new challenges in the post-crisis environment. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/State%20needs%20techpreneurs%20to%20help%20create%20open%20government/-/539444/1006254/-/92md6gz/-/index.html The Connected Government Summit held in late May explained what the state is doing to mobilize services. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/-/539444/1006260/-/12pvmmsz/-/index.html Educational institutions are embracing school information management systems in a bid to boost operational efficiency and cut costs. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Discover%20your%20dream%20holiday%20destination%20online/-/539444/1006248/-/mgml5z/-/index.html A new internet campaign hopes to boost awareness about Kenya’s tourism by getting people around the world to answer that question creatively. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Kenyan%20wins%202010%20GE%20mentorship%20programme/-/539444/1006266/-/bx4g5c/-/index.html Kenyan Robert Mburu is this year’s winner of the GE Mentorship Experience after his prize, a mobile alarm system, scooped first position at last week’s 2010 Maker Faire Africa symposium. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Commercial%20banks%20leave%20comfort%20zones%20in%20hunt%20for%20new%20customers/-/539546/1006274/-/g4x6g0/-/index.html A synchronised selling rhythm from the shouting hawkers in their quest to grab the attention of potential customers is perhaps the best welcome note a visitor gets in Gikomba, the largest informal open air market in Kenya. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Shareholders%20yet%20to%20grasp%20business%20of%20AGMs/-/539444/1006188/-/kewcfh/-/index.html The other day, a colleague rather cynically remarked that Annual General Meetings had lost their flavour and were not worth serious consideration any more as they had become more about food and give-aways for shareholders than serious engagement with company boards. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Former%20glass%20cleaner%20clinches%20Fairmont%20Hotels%20coveted%20award/-/539444/1006184/-/12i2fkf/-/index.html When John King’ori joined Fairmont Hotels and Resorts 10 years ago, he started off with cleaning glasses at the bar. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Knowing%20when%20to%20register%20for%20executive%20coaching/-/539444/1006180/-/2xhpukz/-/index.html Picture this. You are a senior executive of a company, a position you have held for some time. Or maybe you have just been appointed to the post. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z http://www.bdafrica.com/Practical%20or%20luxurious%20There%20is%20a%20perfect%20car%20for%20you/-/539444/1006190/-/e0xuyf/-/index.html Our vehicles are transport vessels that are designed to ferry us from point A to B safely and in relative comfort. 2010-09-08T21:00:00Z