‘Digital authoritarianism’ threatening basic rights in Africa: study

By Reuters,

From internet shutdowns and online surveillance to social media taxes and arrests for anti-government posts, “digital authoritarianism” is a threa...

African Digital Rights Network , digital authoritarianism

World Bank readies COVID-19 vaccine funds for around 30 African countries

By Reuters,

The World Bank is preparing emergency financing to help about 30 African countries access COVID-19 vaccines, the global lender told Reuters, as the co...

coronavirus , vaccine , World Bank

President Kenyatta congratulates new IFC boss Makhtar Diop

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated Mr Makhtar Diop on his appointment as the new CEO of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member ...

IFC , Makhtar Diop

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala makes history as first woman, first African WTO head

By Reuters,

Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday to...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , World Trade Organization

Global data centre market size poised to hit USD 200 billion by 2021

By Agencies,

Data centers are the heart of our online world. They store the data and increasingly they host the applications that we use to work, shop, bank, and e...

COVID-19 shots to cost Ksh.300 to Ksh.1,000 under African Union vaccine plan

By Reuters,

African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), acco...

COVID-19 shots to cost between Ksh.330 to Ksh.1100 in AU plan

By Reuters,

African countries will pay between Ksh.330 ($3) and Ksh.1100 ($10) per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the Afr...

coronavirus , vaccine

China promised Africa coronavirus vaccines were a priority. But where are they?

By CNN,

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi concludes his tour of Africa this weekend without making a single concrete vaccine commitment to a continent hoping a...

china , coronavirus , vaccine

Kenya among countries with majority of people in extreme poverty: WB

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya is among eight out of the 10 Sub-Saharan countries with the highest number of people living in extreme poverty. Also Read: 'Half of Kenya liv...

coronavirus , poverty , World Bank

Desert locust upsurge continues to threaten food security in Horn of Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

A new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn ...

Desert locust , FAO

President Kenyatta mourns Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence to King Mswati III and the people of Eswatini following the death of the country’s Prime M...

Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini , eSwatini , President Uhuru Kenyatta

EABC urges partner states to harmonize tax regime

By Citizen Reporter,

The East African Business Council (EABC) is urging for tax regime harmonization within the East Africa Community (EAC) and improve ease of doing busin...

EABC , nesbitt

Conference on Africa governments delivery of election pledges kicks off in Nairobi

By Citizen Reporter,

A conference that brings together specialised units that have been set up by governments in Africa to speed up the delivery of development programs ki...

President Uhuru Kenyatta , Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Kenya to host Africa’s delivery units virtual conference

By Guest Writer,

By Eden Getachew Delivery units are becoming a common feature of many governments across the world as leaders grapple with the challenge of del...

ODM leader Raila Odinga leaves for two-day visit to DRC

By Citizen Reporter,

ODM leader Raila Odinga left the country on Wednesday morning for the Democratic Republic of Congo. A statement from his Spokesperson Denis Onyango...

Inga Hydropower project , raila , Tshisekedi

Tanzania president Magufuli aims for second term as polls open

By Reuters,

Tanzania’s president John Magufuli hopes to win another five-year term when the East African nation holds presidential and parliamentary elections o...

magufuli , Tanzania

LSK now wants MPs salaries, security withdrawn from October over gender rule

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has weighed in on the ongoing debate triggered by Chief Justice David Maraga's advisory asking the President to dissolv...

LSK , Nelson Havi , two thirds gender rule

USIU-Africa formally commissions inaugural cohort of Mastercard Foundation scholars

By Sponsored,

USIU-Africa formally welcomed the inaugural cohort of Mastercard Foundation Scholars made up of 24 students drawn from across the country. This fol...

Mastercard Foundation , Scholars Program , USIU-Africa

Kenya joins global condemnation of Mali military takeover

By PSCU,

African Heads of State have strongly condemned the Mali military takeover during which President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was seized by mutinying soldie...

Boubacar Keita , MALI

Judge opts out of Raphael Tuju’s Ksh.1.6 billion debt case

By Dzuya Walter,

High Court judge Grace Nzioka has recused herself from hearing a case between Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju and and East African Develo...