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15 June 2025 - By securing this leadership position, Kenya has a platform to influence decisions around funding, scientific research, and policy direction that could directly benefit its marine zones and those...

15 June 2025 - Apart from Zipline, other local companies such as Astral Aerial Solutions and Kenya Flying Labs are helping to develop an ecosystem for delivering healthcare by drone.

15 June 2025 - Plastic surgeon Dr Benjamin Wabwire explains the current landscape of clinical weight management and why deeper scrutiny is necessary before taking the plunge.

15 June 2025 - The budget of Kenya’s Financial Inclusion Fund, well known as the Hustler Fund was clipped in the financial year 2025/26 budget read by Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi on June 12, 2025.

15 June 2025 - The modern workplace is drowning in information, and it’s serving productivity a steady diet of distractions. The information overload has led some experts to suggest that we are living in the era of ‘infobesity’–a weighty issue that needs a swift…

15 June 2025 - Kenya aims to ignite local phone assembly through tax breaks, but a contentious VAT proposal threatens to push device costs higher.

15 June 2025 - Petition alleges that African staff at the operational core were systemically denied the opportunity to benefit from the firm's success.

15 June 2025 - Court lifted the order after the commission complained that its operations had ground to a halt due to a lack of funds.

15 June 2025 - JUNE 15 – Construction is booming in Somalia’s capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises from the ashes of its violent past it is also giving unexpected opportunities to women like Fathi Mohamed Abdi and Saadia Ahmed Omar. The two young female…

15 June 2025 - NAIROBI, June 15 (Xinhua) — Kenya’s foreign exchange reserves maintained upward momentum this week, rising by 357 million U.S. dollars to reach a record high of around 10.94 billion dollars, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said in its weekly financial…

15 June 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, June 15 – Shell Club, the loyalty program run by Vivo Energy Kenya, marked Father’s Day by offering direct assistance to select long-time customers who are single or widowed fathers. The initiative identified Shell Club members from…

15 June 2025 - Kenya's premier research institution staring at a possible closure unless it gets financial resources.

15 June 2025 - The boy who grew up on the wrong side of Muthaiga has done well for himself.

14 June 2025 - In a sweeping escalation of U.S. immigration controls, President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly considering extending travel ban to citizens of 36 additional countries—25 of them in Africa.

14 June 2025 - The southern African country of about three million people is not only the continent’s top performer but also the only African nation to break into the top 10 worldwide, a milestone fueled by its unprecedented leadership configuration. Namibia is…

14 June 2025 - A senior U.S. diplomat has stated that the United States is intensifying pressure for rapid progress in peace talks between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the goal of brokering a peace agreement as early as June or July.

14 June 2025 - Shipping lines have already announced an increase in charges to facilitate marshalling, cleaning, and inspection of containers.

14 June 2025 - South Africa, Africa's largest economy, is currently experiencing its most prolonged streak of foreign equity outflows in five years, with investors withdrawing a substantial $3.7 billion from the local stock market since October 2024, a data released…

14 June 2025 - In the workplace, we often assume that fairness means treating everyone exactly the same. The same treatment, same rules and same opportunities. It sounds entirely reasonable–perhaps even admirable. After all, most of us were raised to believe that ‘…

14 June 2025 - For the 23rd consecutive year, Forbes has released its Global 2000 ranking, highlighting the world’s largest and most influential publicly traded companies, with South Africa accounting for the majority of Africa’s entries.

14 June 2025 - The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, Roey Gilad, has voiced disappointment over Ghana’s decision to abstain from a vote in Vienna on whether Iran is complying with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) standards.

14 June 2025 - Super petrol will retail at Sh177.32 per litre in Nairobi from Sh174.63.

14 June 2025 - NEW DELHI, June 14 (Xinhua) — India’s federal civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu Saturday said keeping in view the utmost seriousness of the incident, another high-level committee has been formed to probe the deadly plane crash in the…

14 June 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 14 – Super Petrol price has increased by Sh2.69 per litre in the latest pump price review by the Energy and Petroluem Regulatory Authority (EPRA). The prices of Diesel and Kerosene have also decreased by Sh1.95, Sh2.06 per litre…

14 June 2025 - The government of Kenya has reduced its budget allocation for HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria by KSh 11.4 billion in the proposed 2025/2026 financial year, despite a KSh 31 billion shortfall caused by the recent halt in donor funding.

14 June 2025 - JUNE 14 – How would you feel if your internet search history was put online for others to see? That may be happening to some users of Meta AI without them realising, as people’s prompts to the artificial intelligence tool – and the results – are posted…

14 June 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, June 14 – The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) and the Judiciary have launched a Sh250 million project aimed at digitizing 42 law courts across 28 counties through the deployment of Local Area Networks (LANs). The initiative,…

14 June 2025 - The Port of Durban, in South Africa has made history with the arrival of the MSC Rifaya, the largest container ship to ever dock at a South African port.

14 June 2025 - China has expanded its 10-day visa-free transit policy to 55 countries, but notably excluded all African nations, raising questions about the scope of its global engagement.

14 June 2025 - The 2020-2022 dire drought... exposed the herders' soft underbelly on food security.

14 June 2025 - Give me a problem, and I will turn it into an opportunity.

14 June 2025 - Lake Gas General Manager Morris Mutiso acknowledged the issue.

14 June 2025 - Three senior officials of popular tourist resorts in Naivasha have been charged in court for failing to pay a government levy.

14 June 2025 - This is the fastest growth among bank-owned unit trust schemes in the first quarter of the year.

14 June 2025 - Finance ministers across East Africa have increased health spending following U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden withdrawal of billions of dollars in aid earlier this year.

14 June 2025 - NAIROBI, June 14 (Xinhua) — Earnings from Kenya’s horticulture exports shrank by 11.2 percent in the first quarter of 2025, the Central Bank reported Friday, with the decline in revenue attributed to a strong shilling and insecurity in the Red Sea…

14 June 2025 - JUNE 14 – Global oil prices jumped after Israel said it had struck Iran in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The price of the benchmark Brent crude rose more than 10%, reaching its highest level since January, before losing some…

14 June 2025 - By Adam Lane JUNE 14 – As leaders from across Africa gathered at the Connected Africa Summit 2025 under the theme “The Digital Journey: Vision to Reality,” one message was unmistakable: while remarkable progress is underway, digital transformation…

14 June 2025 - Debt servicing costs for the sovereign bonds are also expected to rise.

14 June 2025 - Jane catches the attention of the handful of people in the studio as she loads a 20-kilo barbell and executes the snatch workout effortlessly.

14 June 2025 - The government also plans to introduce a digital tagging system to identify livestock and monitor rearing practices across the country.

14 June 2025 - This comes amid calls for scrutiny of the public debt register and concerns over the high cost of debt Kenya has procured.

13 June 2025 - Africa’s music industry continues to witness unprecedented global growth, driven by the growing appeal of homegrown genres such as Afrobeats and Amapiano. According to 2024 streaming data, Afrobeats recorded a 28% increase in global listenership, with…

13 June 2025 - Mali’s government has announced plans to establish a state-controlled gold refinery in partnership with Russian firm Yadran.

13 June 2025 - President Donald Trump has initiated a leadership transition at the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) as Marine General Michael Langley's two-year term nears its conclusion.

13 June 2025 - The Government of Tanzania has announced a new mandatory travel insurance charge of USD 44 per person for all foreign non-residents entering the country, regardless of the purpose of visit — including tourism.

13 June 2025 - Tanzania is stepping up efforts to restore sovereignty over its gold reserves by requiring large-scale miners to process and trade at least 20% of their product locally.

13 June 2025 - China, Africa’s largest trading partner for the last 15 years, has announced that it will not charge tariffs on goods from 53 African nations it has bilateral relations with. The initiative was first suggested at last September’s Forum on China-Africa…

13 June 2025 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that the Ghana cedi’s strong appreciation against the US dollar in the first half of 2025 may necessitate adjustments to some of the targets outlined in its ongoing programme with Ghana.

13 June 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, June 13 – Global tech platform Glovo has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Kenya’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in a strategic move aimed at expanding the country’s platform economy, creating jobs, and enhancing…