With endless confusion what next for Mombasa port?
By Abdullahi Jamaa The import industry in Kenya is in a deep crisis orchestrated by agencies that are relentlessly disregarding internationally accepted regulations on…
App helps kenyan herders find pasture
A Kenyan herder shows his smart phone with the Afriscout app installed.( United States Agency for International Development ) Reuters During times of…
New solar project in Garissa signal potential for growth
By our correspondent Garissa — The much anticipated Garissa County solar project has been commissioned this week with expectations to yield 54 megawatts of…
Africa: a new frontier for Islamic banking
By Sarah Rundell The first modern-day Islamic bank was founded in 1963 in the dusty aluminium town of Mit Ghamr, 80 kilometres north of…
IDB to launch $2.5b benchmark Sukuk
LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – The Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the largest development organisation in the Muslim world, will launch a $2.5 billion sukuk…
Taiwan attracts Muslim tourists
Muslims praying during Friday prayers at a mosque in Taipei. AFP By Agencies From halal fried chicken to hot springs hotels with prayer facilities,…
VAT and Islamic finance: A complicated relation
By Arno Maierbrugger/Gulf Times Correspondent /Bangkok Now that two countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Saudi Arabia and the UAE, introduced a value…
West Bank gets 3G mobile service, but Gaza waits …
A Palestinian man speaks on his phone as he walks past a 3G sign outside the building of Jawwal company, in the West Bank…
Is Galana-Kulalu food project a failure?
By Rhoda Mutuku A section of Coast leaders have kicked up a storm over the proposed privatization of part the 1.7 million acre Galana-Kulalu…
Rising from the ashes: Mombasa mechanic’s struggle for a living
By Rhoda Mutuku It is a sweltering afternoon in the port city of Mombasa, but Mcharazo garage in King’orani Majengo area is abuzz with…
