Kenya Power Contracts Indian Firms for Grid Projects
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- Published on Saturday, 16 June 2012 05:05
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Kenya Power has awarded contracts worth Sh1.13 billion to two Indian companies to increase connection of electricity in various parts of the country as it targets to register 300, 000 new customers this year alone.
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Kenya’s Pan Paper Mill now reopens in September
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- Published on Thursday, 25 August 2016 12:01
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Kenya’s paper maker Pan Paper Mill factory will now reopen in mid September, General Manager Y. V Choudray has confirmed. The paper factory located in the western part of Kenya has been facing challenges in acquiring new machinery and upgrading thus pushing back the re-opening date.
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Kuguru to set up Sh2bn sanitary towels plant in Nairobi
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- Published on Monday, 29 June 2015 12:42
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Businessman Peter Kuguru has ventured into the sanitary pads business, with plans to set up a Sh2 billion manufacturing plant in Nairobi.
Mr Kuguru, who is better known for his Softa beverages company, says he has diversified into the new business line to tap growing demand for the towels.
He has registered a subsidiary, Sanitary Pads and Diapers International, which is jointly owned with a group of foreign investors.
The businessman is currently importing the All Whites sanitary pads from China, having won the franchise to sell the towels locally.
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Recycling in Kenya now a booming business
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- Published on Monday, 23 November 2015 11:31
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The collection of plastic wastes is becoming a lucrative business for some people in Kenya. Though not all of these collectors know exactly what these plastics they gather and sell out are used for, they consider it a livelihood.
Currently, plastic is being given a new lease of life in Kenya as they are recycled into poles for construction and road signs, a new technique, slowly changing Kenya's landscape.
The plastics are melted and used to make poles for construction and road signs. The concept is still new in Kenya - and expensive given the manufacturing costs - but the poles are slowly changing the landscape.
Jumia Kenya launches online marketplace
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- Published on Monday, 04 August 2014 09:13
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Jumia Kenya recently launched Online Marketplace that will empower small, medium and large business enterprises by allowing them to sell their products directly to the company’s large customer base. The platform which operates on familiar criteria, where sellers decide what to sell, at what price, upload a picture of the item and create a description of the product before the product goes live on the company’s website www.jumia.co.ke. This is meant to transform your local shop into a national shop and ensure wider reach and audience.
