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A leaked promo image leaves little to the imagination that ordering a Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus will get you free Samsung Buds Plus for free. The Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus will reportedly come free when you preorder one of the brand's more expensive S20 smartphones, which are due
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* Mirror 27th Jan 2020 09:02:25 GMT +0300 The helicopter which crashed killing basketball legend Kobi Bryant, his daughter and seven others has been identified as a 29-year-old Sikorsky S-76B. NBA great Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died when the private helicopter they were travelling in crashed
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By Josephine Wawira In a continent where over 60% of the adult population is unbanked and the financial sector is considerably underdeveloped, fintech has been a welcomed revolution that is seen to be boosting Africa’s financial infrastructure. With a growing population, an increasing rate of mobile and internet penetration,
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Bottled water consumers will have to pay more for the product starting February 1 as bottlers begin to pass down additional costs emanating from excise tax on non-alcoholic drinks. According to Water Bottlers Association of Kenya (WBAK), the price of a litre of bottled water will rise by about Sh10.
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African countries and Britain have signed deals worth Sh857 billion at a landmark event in London which began on Monday. The deals are expected to drive jobs and growth in all parts of the United Kingdom and Africa, benefitting a range of British companies from family firms to major multinationals.
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The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries - Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania - to its travel ban list, U.S. media reports said on Tuesday. Some countries will face bans only on some visa categories, the Wall Street Journal reported. The list of countries
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Microloans are small loans offered to people over a shorter period of time, typically without providing any form of security for the lender and often without requiring a credit history from the recipient. They are very similar to credit cards, but are more widely available, especially in markets where a
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A firm that got a Sh500 million tender in Kiambu County used a forged letter alleged to be from a Chinese company. Testimony Limited used a forged introductory letter from a Chinese construction firm, China Wu Yi Company Limited, cooked its employees resumes to get a road construction tender, according
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2,153 of the world's richest people hold more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019 while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry, Oxfam said. The report released ahead
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Hundreds of mismanaged infrastructure projects have stalled and it will cost the country around $10 billion (Sh1 trillion) to revive them, the IMF said in a report. The report’s findings point to a growing power struggle at the heart of government. Amid mounting public anger over ballooning state debt
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British oil explorer Tullow has set the capital expenditure for its Kenyan operations at Sh4.06 billion ($40 million) for this year, a reduction of 43 percent compared to last year as the firm continues its shift in focus from exploration to production. The lower capex points to leaner times
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Later this year, Ethiopian Airlines will start constructing a new $5 billion airport, its chief executive officer was quoted as saying on Wednesday, as the rapidly-expanding carrier outgrows capacity at its current base in Addis Ababa. The airport, which will cover an area of 35 square km, will be built