- BY ARNOLD MUTHAMA NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – As the world marks the International Day of Education this week, Kenya stands proudly among nations globally, committed to ensuring universal access to education for every child. This success can be attributed to the provision of free primary education…
- By Nzola Miranda NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has ignited an unparalleled enthusiasm, captivating the imaginations of millions, including citizens from 30 countries whose national teams did not qualify for the tournament in Côte d’Ivoire, where the continent’s biggest…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – Landowners, tenants, and building managers have been given eight days by Nairobi County to clear pending land rates. The 100 percent waiver was originally scheduled to expire on December 31, 2023; however, it was extended to January 31, 2024. “Land and property, tenants and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – Breakfast cereal manufacturer Weetabix is eyeing millennials through a Sh85 million expansion of its plant, brand, and distribution. While Sh23 million will go into the distribution channel, production process, and consumer rewards, Sh62 million will be used to upgrade…
- NEW YORK, United States, Jan 24 – Teenagers and young adults in the United States are at risk of developing a psychotic disorder or schizophrenia after using cannabis, say doctors, researchers and a government agency, as thousands of cases among teenagers have been diagnosed. The number of people…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – President William Ruto’s affordable housing project will create 750,000 jobs for Kenyan youths, Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has said. CS Kuria added that the programme goes beyond the construction of housing units to offering means of sustenance to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – President William Ruto’s affordable housing project is set to create 750,000 jobs for Kenyan youths, Public Service Cabinet Secretary (CS) Moses Kuria has said. The CS said that the program goes beyond the construction of houses to offering means of sustenance to Kenyans. “…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – Four businessmen have been charged with stealing 70,000 litres of Diesel worth Sh13.5 million. Appearing before a court in Nairobi, they however denied the charges and were released on a Sh500,000 cash bail each. The prosecution told the court that the diesel belonged to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – Users of Bolt’s ride-hailing services will now be able to appreciate drivers through a new feature. Named ‘Driver Compliments’, riders will be prompted to give a specific, additional piece of positive feedback in addition to the star rating they assign their drivers. The…
- SYDNEY, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) — A teenager, believed to be a 16-year-old boy, died following a light plane crash in Sydney’s southwest at about 3:15 p.m. local time on Wednesday, said the police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). The boy, who is yet to be formally identified, was the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – A kilo of sugar dropped by Sh5 in November last year on the back of rising imports from abroad. Data from the Agriculture and Food Authority’s Sugar Directorate shows that a kilogram retailed at Sh213 in November 2023, down from Sh218 in the preceding month. In November,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – The United Kingdom has guaranteed a Sh9.6 billion loan from the African Development Bank (AFDB) to Kenya in climate financing. This is after the country was selected as a beneficiary of the Transmission Network Improvement Project under the Room To Run Sovereign Transaction…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – The Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) is seeking answers from the government over approval for the labeling of velo products. “The chilling revelations as contained in the latest UK’s Guardian newspaper confirming the Ministry of Health (MOH) betrayed public interest and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – Huawei today unveiled its new Smart PV Solution and Residential LUNA 2.0 in the Eastern Africa market. LUNA 2.0, which offers stable and reliable power, is an upgrade of LUNA 1.0 that has been installed in residential homes and small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMME)…
- KHARTOUM, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Sudan’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced as “unjust” the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Sudanese economic institutions. “The sanction operation, which is especially directed against (Sudan’s) national institutions, will not help achieve peace,” the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – The National Treasury is looking to hire a new Public Debt Management Director General (DG). The soon-to-be DG will take over from Haron Sirima. Sirima began his career at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) as a graduate trainee in 1986 before rising through the ranks to…
- HARARE, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Zimbabwe will host the 56th session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development from Feb. 28 to March 5 in the resort city of Victoria Falls. In a statement released on Tuesday…
- NAIROBI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Kenya’s mobile service provider Safaricom and Chinese pay television company, StarTimes, on Tuesday announced a partnership to broadcast the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 games on mobile devices for the tournament that is taking place in Cote d’Ivoire and ends on…
- NAIROBI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — The Kenyan shilling traded at a new low of 161.4 against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said on Tuesday, as it continued with its free fall against major global currencies. The local currency crossed the psychological 160 mark against the…
- MANILA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — The Philippines on Tuesday launched a four-year plan to boost the halal industry, hoping to turn the country into a leading halal hub in the Asia-Pacific region by 2028. Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual said the Philippine Halal Industry Development…
- ELDORET, Kenya Jan 23- Residents of Uasin Gishu County have urged lawmakers to consider incorporating a provision for a tribunal to address any disputes that may emanate from the transactions of the affordable housing project. Speaking during the fifth day of public hearings on the Affordable…
- CAIRO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — Egypt’s digital exports increased by 26.5 percent to 6.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, up from 4.9 billion dollars in 2022, Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat said Monday. Talaat spoke to the Egyptian Senate about his ministry’s…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – Ugandan motorbike taxi and delivery platform SafeBoda will be resuming its operations in the country after exiting the market about three years ago. The firm announced on its X platform that it will be making a comeback into the country within the next 12 days. “SafeBoda is…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – It is every parent’s goal to see their children access better and uninterrupted educational journeys. However, there are numerous stumbling blocks to such successes due to the unforeseen deaths of parents or guardians as well as the loss of jobs. Such scenarios could impact…
- By Kuda Mukova NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – One of the most frequent narratives you’ll hear about any green initiatives in Africa is that doing so puts much-needed growth at risk. Historically, it hasn’t been one without merit either. African countries are reportedly responsible for just four percent…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – Infobip, a global cloud communications platform, now empowers businesses to design and implement end-to-end customer purchase journeys directly within WhatsApp. Using the latest features in the WhatsApp Business Platform with Infobip, businesses can build pathways for…
- By Eric Muli NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – It’s no secret that there’s still a long way to go when it comes to achieving true financial inclusion in Africa. As recently as 2021, 45% of people in sub-Saharan Africa didn’t have access to a formal bank account. That doesn’t just make it difficult for them…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – More infrastructure projects will be built in Kenya under the public-private partnership model, following the success of the country’s first toll expressway financed and constructed by China, according to a senior Kenyan official. While attending the launch of Haile…
- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Malaysia, the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, has kept its crude palm oil (CPO) export duty for February at 8 percent. A circular from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board website showed on Tuesday that the CPO reference price for February has been lowered to 3,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – Agri-tech firm Twiga Foods has settled a Google Cloud Services debt dispute with Incentro Africa, a global Google Cloud provider. The debt wrangle between the two companies began in September last year when Incentro Africa served a statutory demand for $261,878 in debt…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – The Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) is looking to hire a new managing director (MD) to replace Pamela Mutua. Mutua was last year interrogated by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) over the Sh16.5 billion edible oil scandal. DCI also questioned other…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – The International Tracking Standard Foundation (I-Track) has appointed the Energy and Petroleum Authority (EPRA) as the local issuer of the I-REC(E) to Kenyan renewable energy companies. EPRA has been tasked with conducting inspections of energy-generating facilities in the…
- YANGON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Myanmar’s central bank has been raising awareness to combat financial fraud through mobile payments in cooperation with relevant ministries and financial organizations, local media reported on Tuesday. According to the state-run daily The Mirror on Tuesday, an awareness…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – Coffee miller NKG Coffee Mills Limited is shutting down its milling business in Kenya after failing to secure a government license. The closure follows the implementation of the Coffee Regulations 2019 and the Capital Markets (Coffee Exchange) Regulations 2020. Gazetted in…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – Safaricom is saying that payments through the M-Pesa paybill are currently experiencing some technical challenges. However, it states that they are working to address the issue. “We are experiencing a recurring service intermittency affecting some PayBill payments. The…
- SACRAMENTO, United States, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — The United States has witnessed rapid growth in zero-emission trucks over the past year, while facing hurdles ahead to decarbonize the country’s trucking industry, a new study has revealed. As of June 2023, more than 17,500 zero-emission trucks (ZETs)…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – Techstars has toppled Launch Africa as the most active investor in Africa, the latest data shows. According to Africa: The Big Deal, a platform for startup deals, Techstars made 56 deals on the continent last year, above Launch Africa with 19. This is the first time that…
- OTTAWA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller announced on Monday that the federal government will cap the number for international student visas over the next two years. The cap will cut the number of undergraduate study permits in 2024 to 364,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 — The Executive, Judiciary and the Legislature are set to submit proposals on a renewed anti-graft campaign before the National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) within 30 days. The agreement is part of consensus following a meeting bringing together Heads of…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 – Showmax has introduced new payment methods to afford customers more options. Under this, users can pay monthly charges using Visa and Mastercard, credit and debit cards, DStv add-to-bill, vouchers, and M-Pesa via USSD. “We’re pleased to be partnering with many companies in…
- SACRAMENTO, the United States, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) — In the wake of recent incidents involving guns on campuses, some U.S. students began their new semester by staging walkouts to protest gun violence — also a public health crisis which experts said has left persistent mental scars for child victims.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 – The value of building approvals in Nairobi grew by Sh50.3 billion to Sh195.1 billion in the 11 months to November last year, despite the high cost of building materials. Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that this was an improvement from Sh144.9…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 – The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has raised a red flag on land grabbing and use of fake academic papers to gain employment across the country. The Commission Chairman Bishop David Oginde says the two vices remain a great concern for the anti-graft agency.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 – Seven in 10 Kenyans are struggling to make ends meet, a new survey shows, highlighting the impact high inflation is having on the country. Data from Infotrak shows that 73 percent of Kenyans are currently facing severe economic hardship. While 55 percent of them are…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, Jan 22 – France and Germany have set wheels in motion to return more items plundered from former African colonies. The nations will jointly invest 2.1 million euros ($2.3 million) over the next three years on analyzing items from Africa in their national museums to build up…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 – The manufacturer of maize and wheat flour, Kitui Flour Mills Limited, is set to acquire a 100 percent stake in Rafiki Millers Limited. The proposed takeover has already been approved by the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK). “The proposed transaction involves the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 – Private candidates performed well in last year’s Certified Human Resource Professionals (CHRP) and CBET Diploma in HRM exams. The private candidature program, which pioneered the November 2023 exams series, attracted 405 candidates, highlighting a growing interest in…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 – The Ministry of Health has invited comments on the draft Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) Regulations of 2024. According to a public notice from Health CS Susan Nakhumicha, the public has until February 9th, 2024, to submit their views through virtual and physical…
- OTTAWA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) — The Canadian federal government announced Sunday that a national summit on combatting auto theft will be held to ensure a coordinated response to this serious issue. The summit that takes place on Feb. 8 in Ottawa will serve to identify short-, medium- and long-term…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 – Farmers and staff of four government sugar companies are set to be paid Sh6.94 billion in accrued arrears. It will apply to those working at Nzoia Sugar Company Limited, South Nyanza Sugar Company Limited, Muhoroni Sugar Company Limited, and Chemelil Sugar Company Limited.…