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WHO raises concern over rising COVID-19 cases in Kenya
By Dorcas Wangira,
1107, August 13, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns over the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Kenya, which they attribute to laxity and lack of...
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Equity completes purchase of stake in Congolese bank for Ksh.10.3 billion
By Kepha Muiruri,
1534, August 11, 2020 (EAT)
Equity Group has completed the acquisition of a 66.53 per cent bank in the Commercial Bank of Congo (Banque Commerciale du Congo). The deal which d...
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COVID-19: South Africa in 5th place on global map as continent cases top 1M
By Reuters,
1152, August 8, 2020 (EAT)
South Africa is the world's fifth worst-hit nation and makes up more than half of sub-Saharan Africa's case load. The country's health ministry sai...
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Flower workers receive Ksh.8 million COVID-19 aid
By Kepha Muiruri,
1738, August 6, 2020 (EAT)
Flower workers are set to benefit from aid worth Ksh.8 million in the form of food packages and mobile money transfers. The aid by civil society gr...
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Choppies reveals loans worth Ksh.850 million in Kenyan banks
By Kepha Muiruri,
1625, August 1, 2020 (EAT)
Botswana based retailer Choppies has revealed loans worth Ksh.850 million in local banks at the end of its operations in the country in October last y...
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COVID-19 in South Africa: How inequality, poverty undermined country’s response
By Reuters,
1508, July 31, 2020 (EAT)
When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa’s government-run Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up isolation wards t...
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Coronavirus rapidly spreading across Africa
By VOA,
1449, July 31, 2020 (EAT)
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading across Africa and a lack of adequate testing is preventing health care professionals from being able to ass...
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EABL profit sinks by 39pc as COVID-19 restrictions dent sales
By Kepha Muiruri,
1842, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
The East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has announced a 39 percent dip in profit after tax for the year ending June 2020. The Nairobi Security Exch...
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How Kenyan consulate in Lebanon became feared by women it was meant to help
By CNN,
1633, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
A deep sense of fear descended over Gloria as she stepped off the bustling street into her country's consulate. Weeks earlier, she said, she paid t...
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OPINION: Telling Africa’s story: the future is podcasts
By Guest Writer,
913, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
Adelle Onyango was feeling fearful. It was March 2019 and she had just quit a high-profile radio presenting job to launch her own podcast. She reac...
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Alila ‘confident’ of dethroning Mwendwa in FKF polls
By Jacob Icia,
1408, July 28, 2020 (EAT)
Jacob Icia Chief football writer Former Football Kenya Federation National Executive Committee representative of Nyanza region Tom Alila has emer...
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Coronavirus infections accelerate in Africa
By Tonny Ndungu,
1323, July 23, 2020 (EAT)
The spread of the coronavirus in Africa has lagged much of the globe, but it’s picking up speed. Health authorities say the highly infectious virus ...
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Kirwa: Diamond League races litmus test for athletes
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1018, July 23, 2020 (EAT)
National athletics head coach Julius Kirwa has said the upcoming Diamond League season will help coaches gauge the level of fitness of athletes after ...
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Aga Khan University Hospital opens executive specialty clinic in Westlands
By Citizen Reporter,
1535, July 21, 2020 (EAT)
Aga Khan University Hospital has launched a new Peponi Specialty and Executive Clinic in Westlands as part of its commitments to provide quality speci...
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Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80
By CNN,
1352, July 19, 2020 (EAT)
John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a toweri...
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WHO reports record daily increase in coronavirus global cases for second day in a row
By Reuters,
1240, July 19, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in ...
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Royal Media Services Chairman S.K Macharia mourns Papa Shirandula
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1737, July 18, 2020 (EAT)
Royal Media Services (RMS) Chairman Dr. S.K Macharia has expressed his condolences following the death of popular TV actor Charles Bukeko, who was pop...
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Yego vows to fight for athletes in the newly formed Athletics Association
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1152, July 17, 2020 (EAT)
Gilbert KiprotichChief Athletics Writer Olympics javelin silver medallist Julius Yego has vowed to defend the rights of athletes following his appoin...
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OPINION: Celebrating the World Youth Skills Day 2020, the hard truths
By Guest Writer,
1627, July 14, 2020 (EAT)
By Ramakrishnan Hariharan (Ram) The aim of World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) is to recognize the strategic importance of equipping young people with sk...
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Counting the burials: African nations scramble to track COVID-19
By Reuters,
1547, July 13, 2020 (EAT)
Long after the funding for his project was frozen, Bilal Endris has kept a lonely watch over cemeteries in Ethiopia’s capital by slipping cash to gr...
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