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

World Bank to invest Ksh.547B in 11 African countries

By Reuters,

The World Bank on Monday said it would invest over $5 billion (Ksh.547.8billion) over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve...

World Bank

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

African free trade bloc opens for business, but challenges remain

By Reuters,

African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavir...

AfCFTA

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

Kenyan banks begin issuing cheap mortgage loans

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyan commercial banks have begun issuing cheap mortgage loans following access of State backed financing. On Thursday, the Kenya Mortgage Refinan...

Housing Finance , Kenya Mortgage Refinancing Company , mortgages

Africa must risk capital for its youth, Adesina urges

By Citizen Reporter,

Africa must leverage investment to unleash the potential and ingenuity of its youth, its most important asset, African development Bank President Akin...

adesina , African Development Bank , African youth , CLIMATE CHANGE

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

Safari Rally guru Nagin Chouhan passes on

By Agencies,

Nagin Chouhan -who for donkey's  years served as Mount Kenya area coordinator of the iconic Safari Rally- has passed on in his Nairobi residence aged...

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...

OPINION: Why affordable housing is a game changer

By Guest Writer,

Home ownership in Kenya has generally been reserved for wealthy individuals with considerable disposable income and for bankers who have access to loa...

Access Bank unveils Kenyan operations after Transnational takeover

By Kepha Muiruri,

Africa’s largest retail lender Access Bank has unveiled local operations in the country following its acquisition of Transnational Bank at the end o...

Access Bank , Transnational Bank

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

Miners face new tuberculosis threat as COVID-19 disrupts treatment

By Reuters,

Vama Jele’s heart dropped every time he heard that another migrant miner home from South Africa had died from tuberculosis (TB) due to skipping trea...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Miners , Tuberculosis

Shelter Afrique to develop another 10,000 affordable homes in Rwanda

By Citizen Reporter,

Shelter Afrique Board has approved the development of another 10,000 affordable homes in Rwanda. Making the announcement in Nairobi, Shelter Afriqu...

Kinyinya Park Estate Project , Shelter Afrique