17 January 2025
- Fuel prices across Africa are a tale of extremes. In some countries, people pay a premium for every litre, while others enjoy fuel at rock-bottom prices.
17 January 2025
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 17 – Leading health experts have condemned remarks by Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni, describing her statements about smoke-free alternatives as ‘unfounded and misleading.’ Michael Kariuki, Secretary General of…
17 January 2025
- JAN 17 – Apple has suspended a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that drew criticism and complaints for making repeated mistakes in its summaries of news headlines. The tech giant had been facing mounting pressure to withdraw the service,…
17 January 2025
- Diesel prices across Africa throughout last year varied significantly, with some African countries having prices as high as $2 while some, as low as $0.031. In a similar vein, 2025 seems to be starting on the same note.
17 January 2025
- JAN 17 – Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors has agreed to pay $1.6bn (£1.3bn) and plead guilty to deceiving US regulators about the amount of emissions produced by its diesel engines. The truck company will also be banned from exporting its diesel…
17 January 2025
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 17 – CMC Motors Group has announced its exit from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, citing economic pressures, currency depreciation, and rising operational costs that have rendered operations unsustainable. The firm stated it will…
17 January 2025
- Members of the National Assembly are urging the new Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) to implement pay rises that were halted in June 2024 following youth-led protests. The protests led to the freezing of salary increments for state…
17 January 2025
- Operations at the headquarters have come to a standstill as a power outage caused by unpaid electricity bills stretches into its second month.
17 January 2025
- Topline The cancer burden in the United States is shifting towards women and younger people, a new American Cancer Society study released Thursday shows, with disease rates in one group—women aged 50 to 64—surpassing those of men for the first time…
17 January 2025
- JAN 17 – China’s economy rebounded in the last three months of last year, allowing the government to meet its growth target of 5% in 2024, Beijing announced on Friday. But it is one of the slowest rates of growth in decades as the world’s second…
17 January 2025
- NAIROBI, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — Kenya’s economy is projected to grow by 5.3 percent in 2025, according to the National Treasury. In its Budget Policy Statement for 2025, released Wednesday evening in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, the Treasury said this…
17 January 2025
- The lawsuit alleges the song's lyrics incite public backlash and calls for vigilante justice, leading to security concerns for Drake and his family.
17 January 2025
- You have to do the sums for your car and your driving patterns to get your own overall costs (per year or per km) and interrogate the answers
16 January 2025
- The signing of the Tax Amendment Act and the Tax Procedures Act by President William Ruto on December 11th last year has set the stage for significant changes in Kenya's tax regime.
16 January 2025
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 16 – KCB Bank Kenya has unveiled the ‘Revvvisha na KCB’ campaign, aimed at promoting financial empowerment and instilling a savings culture among Kenyans. Running from December 27, 2024, to April 2025, the campaign aligns with…
16 January 2025
- Full rollout of the electronic government procurement system (e-GP) system will see that all government contracts are initiated, evaluated, and awarded online.
16 January 2025
- As FRELIMO’s candidate takes office under tight security and allegations of electoral fraud, opposition boycotts, youth-led protests, and mounting socioeconomic pressures reflect a nation at a crossroads. Yesterday’s inauguration ceremony in Maputo…
