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Jacob Onyango

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  • Journalist, Freelance
  • Managing Editor and Head of Business Desk, Tuko
Nairobi
As seen in: Tuko, Taylor & Francis Online, International News Media Association (INMA)
Covers:  Mostly business and technology, but I also take an interest in health, education, local politics, and geopolitics.
Doesn't Cover: Relationship topics.
Accredited Newsman & Editor-in-Chief @TUKO.co.ke. All tweets are mine.
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Why African airlines are struggling to make profit

Why African airlines are struggling to make profit

The challenge is bigger than Kenya Airways (KQ) alone can tackle, For the past two years, major African airli…

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Job-seeker gives Posta fresh hope to reclaim its mojo

Job-seeker gives Posta fresh hope to reclaim its mojo

How new innovation is set to revolutionise mail delivery system. Two years ago, Abdul-Aziz Omar Mohamed, fou…

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This tycoon built Kenya's first private brand

This tycoon built Kenya's first private brand

After transforming his father's store into a regionally recognised manufacturing company, Chintan Thacker, th…

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Africa's Uber for motorbike taxi operators

Africa's Uber for motorbike taxi operators

Just as dust settles following the stormy arrival of Uber in Kenya, another player is set to join the country…

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We Need Paradigm Shift in Higher Education

We Need Paradigm Shift in Higher Education

For how long are we going to consume Chinese products? That is the billion dollar question that Prof David So…

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Transforming legal training in Kenya

Transforming legal training in Kenya

Steering the Ksh 2.2 billion transformation agenda is Prof PLO Lumumba, a widely feted African scholar and ru…

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Free grain to Africa: Ukraine comes to aid of African countries facing hunger

Free grain to Africa: Ukraine comes to aid of African countries facing hunger

Ukrainian government will provide free grain to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Federal R…

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Yehor Cherniev: Ukraine is ready to resume grain exports to Africa

Yehor Cherniev: Ukraine is ready to resume grain exports to Africa

TUKO.co.ke speaks to Ukrainian MP Yehor Cherniev on the global food crisis, Russian blockade at the Black Sea…

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TUKO.co.ke becomes member of UN's Sustainable Development Goals Media Compact

TUKO.co.ke becomes member of UN's Sustainable Development Goals Media Compact

TUKO.co.ke has made another major milestone by joining the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals …

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Showmax Standard vs Showmax Pro: All you need to know

Showmax Standard vs Showmax Pro: All you need to know

About a month ago, Showmax launched a new video-on-demand service that comes with music, news and live sport …

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Dr Sospeter Ngoci Njeru: Son of Chemistry teacher discovers potential TB cure

Dr Sospeter Ngoci Njeru: Son of Chemistry teacher discovers potential TB cure

In 2019, an estimated 10 million people fell ill with TB, and a total of 1.4 million people died of the disea…

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US election: Top 5 issues that Americans voted on

US election: Top 5 issues that Americans voted on

Election exit poll by Edison Research showed economy and coronavirus pandemic were some of the key issues tha…

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KwaZulu-Natal, Africa's most preferred business, leisure travel destination

KwaZulu-Natal, Africa's most preferred business, leisure travel destination

Tuko.co.ke News ☛ Far from the wild safari in the south coast of KZN, travellers from all walks of life are i…

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Bleak future as Kenyan companies announce mass layoffs to cut costs, stay afloat

Bleak future as Kenyan companies announce mass layoffs to cut costs, stay afloat

East African Portland Cement in August 2019 announced it was planning to send packing its entire workforce on…

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Cytonn's The Alma Phase One handover marks new dawn for homebuyers

Cytonn's The Alma Phase One handover marks new dawn for homebuyers

On Thursday, July 18, Cytonn Real Estate, affiliate of Cytonn Investments, handed over Phase One of The Alma,…

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Christine Lagarde: IMF first female chief resigns after 8 years at the helm

Christine Lagarde: IMF first female chief resigns after 8 years at the helm

The French national who started her career as a lawyer has been the Fund's managing director since 2011 - Dav…

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New online service slashes bid bond processing time from 4 days to 5 minutes

New online service slashes bid bond processing time from 4 days to 5 minutes

Tuko.co.ke News ☛ Over the decades, the tendering process in Kenya has been riddled with paperwork and snail-…

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Ethiopian: Africa's largest airline flies high with zero funding from government

Ethiopian: Africa's largest airline flies high with zero funding from government

Tuko.co.ke News ☛ When Tewolde GebreMariam took over as the Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines in January 2011, …

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Ex-employee who invented Safaricom's Please Call Me to be paid

Ex-employee who invented Safaricom's Please Call Me to be paid

Former employee of South Africa's Vodacom Group Limited, which owns 35% shares in Safaricom, is set to receiv…

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China's KSh 6 trillion investment pledge to Africa raises eyebrows

China's KSh 6 trillion investment pledge to Africa raises eyebrows

China's president, Xi, said the money would go towards infrastructure development in the continent - He rubbi…

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Kenyan chef who built KSh 30 million hotel reveals how story on TUKO.co.ke drove customers to his...

Kenyan chef who built KSh 30 million hotel reveals how story on TUKO.co.ke drove customers to his...

Tuko.co.ke News ☛ When TUKO Media first met Joab Okeyo in 2017, his business was not doing very well, and so …

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