Marathon legend Kipchoge endorses Amina’s bid for WTO job

By Agencies,

Kenya’s Sports Minister, Ambassador Amina Mohamed, who is in the running to become the first African to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), has...

Eliud Kipchoge , Sports CS Amina Mohamed , World marathon record holder , WTO job

Race for World Trade Organisation DG enters home stretch

By Kepha Muiruri,

The selection of the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General is expected to close in the coming weeks as the General Council begins narro...

CS Amina Mohammed , World Trade Organisation (WTO)

EAC business council backs CS Amina’s quest for top WTO seat

By Kepha Muiruri,

The East African Business Council (EABC) has endorsed the nomination of Kenya’s Amina Mohammed for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-Gener...

CS Amb. Amina Mohammed , East African Business Council , World Trade Organization (WTO)

Kenya gets nod to host Blue Economy summit in November

By PSCU,

Kenya has won support from the Commonwealth to host the Blue Economy Summit in November. The global conference is expected to push for better explo...

Blue Economy summit , CHOGM 2018 , Justin Trudeau , Uhuru in London

African leaders sign pact forming world’s largest free trade area

By AFP,

President Uhuru Kenyatta joined 44 other African leaders on Wednesday in signing an agreement to establish a free trade area, the largest in the world...

Africa Union , Albert Muchanga , Continental Free Trade Area , intra-Africa trade , markets , Nigeria , Trade , Uhuru kenyatta

5 things to know about CS Amina Mohamed

By Moses Ngugi,

Kenya is pushing hard to have her foreign affairs Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohamed elected as the first Kenyan chairperson of African Union ...

CS Amina Mohamed

Australia wins court challenge to tobacco plain packaging

By Koome Kimonye,

A Singapore-based court has refused a challenge by Philip Morris to Australia's landmark plain packaging legislation passed in 2011, which the tobacco...

President Kenyatta optimistic of Africa’s economic transformation

By Maureen Murimi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has voiced his optimism for Africa’s push to be part of the global economic transformation. Speaking when he official op...

Police announce roads to be closed during WTO conference

By Gathoni Jemimah,

Nairobi Police Commandant Japheth Koome has said that all roads around the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) will be closed starting Mon...

City Hall Way , harambee avenue , Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) , Nairobi Police Commandant Japhet Koome , Parliament Road , Taifa Road , Wabera Street , WTO conference

Sirleaf thanks Kenya for helping Liberia fight Ebola

By Agencies,

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has thanked Kenya for supporting her country to eradicate Ebola. She said Kenya proved to be a true friend...

africa , ebola , kenya , Liberia , Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , president kenyatta , President Sirleaf , WTO

Gov’t defends Uhuru’s trips abroad as Kenyans rant on Twitter

By Lisa Kamau,

The government has come out strongly to defend President Uhuru Kenyatta’s trips overseas saying they have brought much gain to the country in the fo...

Kenyans on Twitter , uhuru trips abroad

Uhuru confident Tokyo conference will benefit Kenya

By Benjamin Wafula,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has exuded confidence that the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which is set to be held in Keny...

president kenyatta , Tokyo International Conference on African Development , Uhuru kenyatta

Kituyi challenges Africa to set new trade rules

By Benjamin Wafula,

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi has challenged African countries to demand new global...

africa , Mukhisa Kituyi