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Trade ministry will tap @SafaricomPLC 's e-voucher technology to expand the distribution of cheap imported food besides the three technology firms that had previously been selected. - @BD_Africa.

Kenyan financial industry players, including banks, have warned that issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) may spark the collapse of an unspecified number of banks as customers rush to convert their money from the current form of deposits. @CBKKenya -@BD_Africa.

Its the thought that counts😂

Chinese imports valued at Sh431.9 billion for the first 10 months of last year are missing from official data reported by the Kenya Revenue Authority (@KRACorporate), raising concerns over the scale of tax evaded in the election year. -@BD_Africa.

The number of illegal immigrants in prisons costs the government about Sh15.54 million per day and if the situation remains as it is, the government will spend Sh5.673 billion annually to take care of the prisoners in #Tanzania. -@TheCitizenTz.

Kenyan landlords with properties listed on the short-term house rental platform Airbnb made Sh38,638.6 ($308) on average in the month of December attributed to higher bookings during the festive season and increased daily charges per night. -@BD_Africa.

British multinational @DiageoEU has kicked off the first phase of its plan to buy an additional 118.4 million shares in East African Breweries Plc (@EABL_PLC), with priority for allocation given to investors who were on the firm’s books by January 16.    -@BD_Africa.

The Water Resources and Management Authority (Warma) is the latest State entity to seek a bigger pie of the electricity bills in what looks set to further increase the cost of power. -@BD_Africa.

As the world toasted Nigeria’s Olugbenga Agboola of @theflutterwave as Africa’s freshly minted tech billionaire, Kenyan authorities were investigating his firm for possible money laundering links. -@BD_Africa.

The Kenyan cabinet has approved the proposal to implement new taxes on products that are imported into the country that are being manufactured locally. -@citizentvkenya 📸 @Pinterest.

The US Justice Department sued @Google on Tuesday for its dominance of the online advertising market. -@citizentvkenya.

Faster GDP growth in #Angola and #Ethiopia will see Kenya relegated to number five in sub-Saharan Africa’s economic rankings, according to projections by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that show #Nigeria as the largest economy on the continent. -@BD_Africa.

The @CBKKenya (Central Bank of Kenya) is being tipped to gradually hike benchmark lending rates and close the year at 9.5 percent, complicating the government’s push for cheap credit. -@BD_Africa. Photo: @kenyanwalstreet.

Nairobi Securities Exchange [@NSE_PLC] data show @SafaricomPLC traded volume jumped to 57.13 million on January 18 from Tuesday’s 4.06 million, a rare surge for a counter that had witnessed sub 10 million trading for multiple days in recent weeks. -@BD_Africa.

Junior Secondary School (JSS) parents, how are enrollment plans unfolding? How much are you paying for your child?

#Kenya: Data from the Ministry of Education shows an additional 27,569 candidates scored C+ and above, bringing the total to 173,345, compared to 145,776 recorded the previous year. -@BD_Africa.

Users allowed to sue Safaricom over clients bank details access -@BD_Africa.

Four of the richest people in Kenya have a combined net wealth of Ksh.333 billion and own more wealth than 22 million Kenyans combined, an analysis by Oxfam shows. -@citizentvkenya.

An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Yeti Airlines and a local official said. -@NationAfrica