KCB Group is scaling up its youth empowerment and job creation programme - 2Jiajiri - in Kenya as it also looks to extend it to other regional markets where the lender operates.
The new approach, which includes the inclusion of AjiraForShe apprenticeship - a new programme specifically for women - is aimed at bridging the digital gender divide.
The local flower industry has been urged to embrace sustainable practices to reduce their carbon footprint amid growing concerns about climate change.
“We are really passionate in advancing the agenda at the national level toward women in business and enabling that space for women,” Vicky Karuga president of FOWEK.
According to the cigarette manufacturer's 2022 Sustainability Report, its current female workforce stands at 44 per cent against 56 per cent for men.
Coffee farmers are set for a major boost after the government announced plans to inject Sh4 billion into the New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union to enhance the Coffee Cherry Revolving Fund.
Standard Investment Bank (SIB) has unveiled a Shariah-compliant investment banking division dubbed SIB Najah, and the division’s flagship product, MansaX Shariah.
KAM says priority area would be reduction of electricity costs to raise Kenya’s competitiveness.
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