- BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — Zimbabwe’s tourism sector is poised for a major boom, following the upgrading of the country’s major airports with enhanced passenger handling capacity. The country’s tourism and aviation officials shared their hope at the just-ended Sanganai/Hlanganani World…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 16 – President William Ruto is currently in China, where he is expected to pitch Kenya’s infrastructure development opportunities to Chinese enterprises. Ruto, who is attending the Third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, announced in his X app that the country is keen on…
- BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese-brand passenger car sales surged 21.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2023 to nearly 9.9 million units, industry data showed. The market share of such vehicles hit 54.6 percent in this period, 6.5 percentage points higher than the same period…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 15 – Anna Wanjiku once gave up on her tomato greenhouse installed on her 5-acre (2-hectare) farm in Matangi Tisa village in Kenya’s Nakuru County, because of bacterial wilt, a disease caused by soilborne bacteria. But things changed last October when she was approached by…
- ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — Desert locust swarms have been detected in five regions and one city administration across Ethiopia, an official said Saturday. Speaking at a press conference to state media outlets, State Minister for Ethiopia Government Communication Service Selamawit Kassa said…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 15 – Gertrude’s Institute of Health and Child Research has graduated 66 new paediatric nurses and critical care nurses. The institution says the new professionals will bolster service delivery in the country, especially for children. “This achievement is a significant milestone…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 15 – Safaricom has introduced a new platform called ‘Safaricom Hook’ that seeks to empower Kenyan youth in technology. Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa says the company is keen on creating a lasting connection with the youth, adding that they have unique and clearly cut-out needs. “At…
- NEW DELHI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — India and Sri Lanka on Saturday resumed the much-awaited ferry service after 40 years, officials said. The service was launched between Nagapattinam on the eastern coast of India’s Tamil Nadu state and Kankesanthurai near Jaffna in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – Kenyans are staring at difficult times ahead after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) today reviewed fuel prices across the country. A litre of super petrol, starting at midnight, will go up by Sh5.72, diesel by Sh4.48, and kerosene by Sh2.45. This means…
- CHINA, Oct 14 – Chinese home appliance maker Skyworth Group is ramping up efforts to further explore the new energy sector as it hopes to grasp the tremendous opportunities brought by the country’s dual carbon goalsto peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before…
- CHINA, Oct 14 – A new study has disclosed that “China’s sovereign financing in Africa” is mostly development-oriented and covers infrastructure, and has been bringing solid benefits and prosperity to many African countries. A report on the study was released at an event in Beijing on Thursday. At…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approved a joint control acquisition of Mawingu Network Limited by InfraCo Africa Investment Limited. The watchdog says that the deal was given a green light as it could not affect competition negatively and that the transaction…
- MOSCOW, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the country’s economy is expected to grow by around 3 percent in 2023, noting that it is a good result. The president made the remarks at a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States…
- JAKARTA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — The world’s largest palm oil producer, Indonesia, launched its crude palm oil (CPO) exchange on Friday, aiming to become a barometer of global prices, said Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan. While Indonesia produces 47 million tons of CPO per year with export figures…
- NAIROBI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — The earnings from Kenya’s sisal exports declined by 11 percent in the first half of this year as the East African nation exported lower volumes of sisal fiber to major markets like Nigeria compared to the same period in 2022, according to a report from the Agriculture…
- NEW DELHI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — India’s overall exports in September were estimated at 63.84 billion U.S. dollars, data released by the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Friday showed. The figure was compared to 64.61 billion U.S. dollars a year earlier. According to the ministry, overall…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 ‐ Strathmore University and ILab Africa are set to roll out the second edition of the Global Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Summit (GDSAI) in Nairobi. Dubbed ‘Unlocking the Power of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence’, the summit will take place at the university…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – The world of sports and betting, SportPesa Sportsbook is not only creating millionaires but fostering hope and generating opportunities for individuals and communities. In this inspiring narrative. First meet Mugo Nkonge, a steadfast farmer with aspirations that transcended…
- TOKYO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Tokyo stocks fell Friday, tracking Wall Street’s declines overnight amid signs of stubborn U.S. inflation. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, closed the day down 178.67 points, or 0.55 percent, at 32,315.99, snapping a three-day…
- NAIROBI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Kenya on Thursday launched its strategy for extending social protection coverage to workers in the informal and rural economy over the next five years. Florence Bore, cabinet secretary of labor and social protection, told journalists in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – Safaricom has hosted the second edition of its Engineering Summit under the theme of ‘Igniting Africa’s Digital Renaissance’. The two-day forum, attended by over 800 in-person industry stakeholders and thousands of others online, seeks to build on the learnings and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 12 – UK security has cleared a Kenya Airways (KQ) flight from Nairobi to London that was intercepted on Thursday afternoon due to what was described as a ‘potential security threat.’ The Boeing 787 was diverted into London Stansted Airport just before 3.45pm, but was later…
- SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s employment grew more than 300,000 in three months last month despite the manufacturing industry’s slump and the faltering real estate market, statistical office data showed Friday. The number of employed people aged 15 or higher totaled 28,698,000 in…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is seeing an untapped big tax collection base in the informal sector that could see it expand revenue collection. KRA pledged to address challenges facing the sector in a bid to incentivize and onboard them into the tax net. KRA…
- MANILA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Climate finance provided by multilateral development banks (MDBs) reached a new record high in 2022, according to a recent report. The Joint Report on MDBs Climate Finance, released on Thursday, said that 60.7 billion U.S. dollars of MDB climate finance was allocated for…
- TURKANA, Kenya, Oct 13 – The government is putting in place a solid institutional framework that will protect and promote the country’s rich and diverse traditions. President William Ruto said cultural assets will be instrumental in enhancing cohesion and stimulating economic growth. He noted that…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – Better eye health would add more to Kenya’s economy than the coffee market, according to new research that was released during World Sight Day yesterday. Avoidable sight loss costs the country Sh22.3 billion per year, almost double the estimated revenue of the Kenyan coffee…
- Username Investment Ltd., the leading real estate company in Kenya has launched Nawiri Pamoja an event that aims at bringing together investors to build a community within a project. The event was held at The Vineyard Ngong, one of the most prime projects done by Username Investments in Ngong along…
- SINGAPORE, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — A Scoot flight scheduled bounding to Perth, Australia, returned to Singapore Changi Airport on Thursday due to a bomb threat after takeoff, local media reported. A spokesperson for the airline told local media that the plane departed at 4:11 p.m. and turned back about…
- TOKYO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — Toyota Motor and Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan said Thursday that they have agreed to cooperate on developing next-generation batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). The two companies said they will set up a task force to work toward mass production technology for all…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – Absa Bank Kenya has increased the daily transaction limit on its mobile platform, Timiza, to Sh500,000, increasing the transaction limit for customers using the wallet. Previously, users were only able to transact Sh300,000 per day. Likewise, a cap of Sh150,000 on a single…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – The Environment Court has dismissed a petition challenging the importation and cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). In its ruling, the court stated that there was no evidence to show that the government breached the laws and regulations on GMOs foods. The…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – In August 2021, Brian Masengeli struggled to find work after graduating from Kenya’s South Eastern Kenya University. The only job he came across was one as a data entry intern at a local company. But something magical happened when he answered a recruitment advertisement in…
- KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade recorded a sales value at 142.5 billion ringgit (30.21 billion U.S. dollars) in August, up 6.7 percent year-on-year, official data showed Thursday. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that for month-…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – Sahimiye Foundation has called on De La Rue, the world’s biggest printer of banknotes, to cancel a contentious Sh1.43 billion ( )$9.6 million) contract to print 380 billion SL shillings for the Somaliland government. In an open letter to De La Rue, Sahamiye notes the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – Diplomats in Kenya have given the thumbs-up on their tour to the new Standard Gauge Railway in the country. The envoys from 13 countries made stops at key SGR facilities before boarding a train bound for the port city of Mombasa on Friday. The tour was part of the railway’s…
- SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s tax revenue fell for the first eight months of this year due to the economic slowdown and real estate market slump, government data showed Thursday. Tax revenue came in at 241.6 trillion won (180.3 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-August period, down 47.6…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – The Co-operative, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Cabinet Secretary (CS) has ordered an inquiry into suspected violations of Saccos regulations by the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Ltd (KUSCCO). The CS has directed the Sacco Societies…
- SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — More than 4,000 cases of industrial accidents had not been reported in South Korea for the past five years, government data showed Thursday. A total of 4,146 cases of non-reported industrial accidents had been found through supervision in recent five years, according to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – Kitui county in partnership with Safaricom has signed up for MyCounty app to increase its own-source revenue collections. MyCounty app platform seeks to digitize county services for efficient operations. The platform will offer services such as payment for county services,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – Financial experts, primarily drawn from the Islamic faith, have welcomed the move to establish a legal framework to regulate their institutions in the country. They agree that the move will significantly cut operating costs by removing additional expenses needed to comply…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – Ride-hailing platform Bolt will be investing Sh15.85 billion (€100 million) in Kenya to expand its presence across the country. The planned capital injection will see the firm enter more cities and town centres in Kenya. Early this year, the Estonian-based company announced…
- COPENHAGEN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) — By 2024, in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European Region the number of people aged over 65 is expected to exceed that of those under 15, according to a new report released here on Wednesday. Entitled “Promoting physical activity and healthy diets for healthy…
- KISUMU, Kenya, Oct 11 – The department of tourism in the national government has tipped county governments to maximize levy collection on their tourism products to spur growth in their counties. Tourism Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife Patrick Bucha says the counties have struggled…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 – Artcaffé Group has opened a new outlet in Nairobi’s Village Market Shopping Complex as it targets surrounding affluent areas. The new branch sells meat, rafted bakeries, wholesome ready meals, fresh fruits and vegetables, and fine wines and spirits. Sylvia Karimi, the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has re-deployed Lilian Nyawanda as the Commissioner of Customs and Border Control (C&BC). Nyawanda will oversee the department’s core business of trade facilitation, border control, and revenue mobilisation. “The re-deployment follows…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 – The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has said that it will not renew Bolt’s operating licence in Kenya until numerous complaints from drivers, including booking fees, and illegal commission charges are ironed out. The denial comes after the Estonian-founded…
- ISTANBUL, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) — Two of Türkiye’s airlines have suspended flights to and from Israel due to the ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and Israel, local media reported on Wednesday. Turkish Airlines (THY), the national flag carrier, announced Tuesday that flights were suspended until…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 – Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Susan Nakhumicha has announced that the government will not be renewing a deal with Cuban doctors. Instead, the CS said that the country will count on local healthcare professionals who are up to task. “As a ministry, I am confident that we…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 – The Africa Digital Media Institute (ADMI) and Women in Real Estate Society (WIRE) have partnered to promote digital literacy for women in the construction industry. The partnership will see women professionals in the built industry, which include architects, quantity…