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28 April 2025 - Besides debt swaps for food security, Kenya has also been considering debt-for-nature or climate swaps to unlock funds for dams.

28 April 2025 - From bean to brew, COFFEE IN TANZANIA is starting to reveal the hidden world of plant communication. Picture a cofee bean and you’ll probably think back to the bag you picked up from the artisanal shop to grind at home. You’ll tell your friends or…

28 April 2025 - Every Monday, Money254 will be publishing the prices of 10 basic products, including maize flour, rice, cooking oil, and eggs, and comparing prices across four major outlets to help you make a decision which deals to snatch. Here we compare the…

28 April 2025 - APRIL 28 – In Armenia tech education starts early. In a typical three-storey state school in the suburbs of Yerevan, the Armenian capital, nine-year old Slavik is demonstrating his invention – a box with three LED lights. “He has learned how to…

28 April 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, April 28  – The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approved a 65 percent acquisition of Takaful Insurance of Africa Limited’s issued share capital by Tamini Insurance S.A., a private limited liability company incorporated in…

28 April 2025 - Millers suspend operations as maize shortage in the country bites.

28 April 2025 - The concept of Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts (UISAs), previously considered in the country, offers an interesting alternative model.

28 April 2025 - Parents lamented that they were unable to buy stationery and meet school fees as schools reopened on Monday, April 28 — an inconvenient date for many salaried individuals.

28 April 2025 - A failure to approach sustainability reporting holistically could result in severe consequences for an organisation and be very costly.

28 April 2025 - Johann Rupert, South Africa's richest man, had a considerable increase in his wealth in April compared to last month, consolidating his status as one of Africa's most influential industrialists.

28 April 2025 - Zimbabwe's central bank has resumed issuing gold coins, a move it had suspended 10 months ago.

28 April 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, April 28 – The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has intensified its push for reforms in the Finance Bill 2025 to strengthen industrial resilience, improve tax efficiency, and enhance private sector involvement in national…

28 April 2025 - The United States has expressed interest in investing in Africa’s most ambitious gas pipeline project, which aims to connect Nigeria to Morocco.

28 April 2025 - DAR ES SALAAM, April 28 (Xinhua) — Tanzania reversed the ban on agricultural imports from Malawi and South Africa two days after the East African nation imposed the restriction, citing ongoing diplomatic engagements and hopes for a long-term…

28 April 2025 - With the commodity maintaining its status as a safe-haven asset amid economic uncertainty, the stakes are high for African economies—especially those heavily reliant on commodities or with currencies pegged, informally, to the U.S. dollar. Gold prices…

28 April 2025 - On the 25th of April, Bloomberg reported that ‘a large fuel-production unit at Nigeria’s Dangote Oil Refinery’ was undergoing maintenance. However, the Dangote Refinery has come out to dispute this report.

28 April 2025 - The World Bank projects that economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa will climb from 3.3% in 2024 to 3.5% in 2025, and further accelerate to 4.3% by 2026–27.

28 April 2025 - The World Bank projects that economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa will climb from 3.3% in 2024 to 3.5% in 2025, and further accelerate to 4.3% by 2026–27.

28 April 2025 - Topline Shein and Temu, major online retailers known for their wildly low prices, said they would raise prices for some products Friday after President Donald Trump imposed hefty tariffs on China, though it’s unclear which products will get more…

28 April 2025 - APRIL 28 – Over the past week I have crossed a radically changing North America, from Arizona to Washington DC in the US and then on to Saskatchewan in Canada, witnessing clear evidence of the consequences of historic change in the way the world…

28 April 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, April 28 – The Ministry of Health, through the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), has recalled several batches of pharmaceutical products, including paracetamol injections, Augmentin tablets, and S-Prazo capsules, citing quality…

28 April 2025 - In this Newsletter, we cover the back-to-school headache for parents, coffee farmers smiling all the way to the bank, Kenya’s upcoming Ksh97 billion loan, and 97 Kenyans scammed Ksh15,000 each.

28 April 2025 - Double muscling is visually striking and the animals appear to be struggling with the burden of more that usual muscle.

28 April 2025 - Higher figure defies government bid to implement austerity measures.

28 April 2025 - President has to delicately balance repayment and providing services to the public without increasing tax burden.

28 April 2025 - Only about three in 10 eligible girls in Kenya received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in 2023.

28 April 2025 - The codeshare grants KQ passengers connection to two daily flights by Safarilink to the Mara airstrip as well as Amboseli, Nanyuki and Samburu.

27 April 2025 - A mining company backed by U.S. billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos is expanding operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo's rich mineral sector.

27 April 2025 - Tanzania has decided to lift a ban on imports of agricultural produce from Malawi and South Africa, just days after imposing it

27 April 2025 - The Malawian government has announced the collapse of its $350 million Transport and Land Compact following the shutdown of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S agency funding critical road projects in the country.

27 April 2025 - The next wave of Artificial Intelligence doesn’t wait for your prompts. It watches, decides, and acts on its own. Here’s breaking down the difference between today’s AI and tomorrow’s agentic systems- and what may go wrong when AI agents go rogue.…

27 April 2025 - SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 (Xinhua) — The Trump administration said Friday that it will reverse the termination of the legal statuses of more than 1,200 international students amid legal challenges. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was in…

27 April 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, April 27 – For 32 years, Vieterina Muthoni Bundi fought a quiet battle against the rains that turned her roadside makeshift vegetable stall into a muddy mess, against the sun that scorched her skin, against the winds and dust storms…

27 April 2025 - The government wants to tap artificial intelligence to help mark exams, especially for multiple-choice and structured questions.

27 April 2025 - The Bill seeks to break the current practice where Budget estimates are presented in blocks, making it difficult to know what each sub-county is entitled to.

26 April 2025 - The Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI)'s Operation Artemis has reported over $65 million in financial losses, due to sextortion crimes, with some cases linked to Nigerian nationals.

26 April 2025 - Spotify users outside the United States are set to see higher subscription prices, as the streaming giant moves to adjust its rates in several international markets.

26 April 2025 - Commercial banks will have until May 2, 2025 to submit their feedback on the Central Bank of Kenya's consultative paper on the review of the risk-based credit pricing model.

26 April 2025 - Angola is conducting stress tests to assess the impact of falling oil prices on its government finances, Finance Minister Vera Daves de Sousa said on Friday, noting that the situation increases the likelihood of seeking an IMF loan programme.

26 April 2025 - Rewards far outweigh the challenges for those who get it right.

26 April 2025 - Modern mushroom farming will enhance food security, improve climate resilience and support forest conservation, innovator says.

26 April 2025 - The young Kenyan farmer is turning waste into wealth by creating affordable organic fertiliser.

26 April 2025 - For Lesotho, every inch on the football pitch has been gained the hard way. Mokhosi Mohapi is overseeing a revolution, from the National teams to improvements in the domestic league, academy and women’s football, all on a relative shoestring budget.…

26 April 2025 - Farmer makes use of abundant black soldier fly maggots to supplement her fish feed.

26 April 2025 - Programmes use technology to train smallholder farmers on the proper use of pesticides and herbicides.

26 April 2025 - The brutal violence that has plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for months has come to an end after Rwanda and the DRC signed a peace agreement.

26 April 2025 - A series of high-level meetings between Saudi Arabia and South Africa over the past year has led to discussions and signed deals valued at billions of dollars in Africa’s most industrialized nation, with even more corporate activity expected.

26 April 2025 - The National Assembly passed the long overdue County Governments Additional Allocation (CGAA) Bill 2025.

26 April 2025 - APRIL 26 – Top gaming and casino players on the 22Bet platform walked away with a total of Kshs 8.4 million on well-calculated bets and odds on the platform’s casino and sports betting. Among the most notable winners was Muigai M, who won multiple…

26 April 2025 - Burkina Faso’s military-led government has granted an industrial mining license to Russian company Nordgold for a new gold project.