The IMF’s latest Uganda review confirm Uganda’s strong growth performance and predicts that the fallout of the global financial crisis can be contained. Andrea Bohnstedt looks at some of the risk factors to the forecast.
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Just a generous offer to entice friends to try out the new Orange service, says Telkom Orange CEO Dominique Saint Jean. Is it going to impress consumers?
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The IMF’s annual article IV consultations with the Kenyan government show that the country is on track to overcome the impact of the political crisis in early 2008, but takes a cautious stance towards the planned sovereign bond issue.
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Unrelenting price increases in Kenya are becoming a growing concern for business as the economy recovers from the political violence in early 2008.
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Keroche Industries have announced that they will enter the breweries market, taking on beer giant EABL. Undoubtedly good news for Kenyan beer consumers, but will the windfall be to the advertisers and marketers who, according to the Steadman Group-a market poll researcher-have lost over 21% of revenues from the beverage industry?
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Kenya's Nairobi Star has announced plans to go national after one year of operations, which will add more competitive pressure in a dynamic industry where the dominance of the largest daily, the Nation, is gradually eroding.
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