Kitui locust invasion: Chopper to return on Thursday with aerial spray

By Jackson Muli,

A chopper that was deployed to Kitui County after locusts invaded part of the county will return on Thursday. The aircraft sprayed some parts of Ng...

locusts kitui

Kenya’s first green bond lists on London Stock Exchange

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s first green bond has begun trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as a shilling denominated bond. The cross-listing of the bond by Ac...

Acorn Holdings , Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , green bond , nse

USIU-Africa and the Academy of International Business Africa hold joint conference

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USIU-Africa and the Academy of International Business-Africa hosted a joint conference from January 7 –9. The conference themed ‘Facing the Dis...

USIU

USIU-Africa and Academy of International Business Africa hold conference on disruption in global business

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USIU-Africa and the Academy of International Business-Africa hosted a joint conference from January 7 –9, 2019. The conference themed ‘Facing t...

USIU-Africa

BWIRE: Busia roads a disgrace to the nation

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The level of neglect shown by the authorities in Busia town both national and county government on managing the national transnatio...

Busia

BWIRE: Let us have clean energy-powered festivities

By Victor Bwire,

Its holiday time and as Kenyans troop to the villages, eating will be a major menu on the schedules. As it were, goats, chicken and bulls will be slau...

Herd of One: Unique elephant conservation initiative launched

By Agencies,

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Kenya and Sankara Nairobi have launched a unique partnership to enhance elephant conservation and the livelihoods of th...

Sankara , World Wide Fund for Nature-Kenya

OPINION: How to boost Africa and South East Asia cooperation

By Citizen Reporter,

By Joel Okwemba Considered one of humanity’s great early achievements is the crossing of early man from Asia to Australia. Archeological, geneti...

How group in Lamu is using solar energy to change agriculture

By Citizen Reporter,

Food security has been a conversation that has now become a global concern especially when we factor in the climatic instability caused by global warm...

agriculture , lamu , World Wildlife Fund , WWF

Where ice is like gold and rare in our rich fish industry

By Citizen Reporter,

Fishing is considered the mainstay of communities in the Coastal part of Kenya providing employment for generations. The industry has however endur...

Kiwayu Beach Management Unit

Michelle Obama pens heartfelt message to Greta Thunberg after Trump attack

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Michelle Obama was full of praise for Greta Thunberg after Donald Trump mocked her on social media. In her message, she tells Thunberg not to allow...

Greta Thunberg , obama , Trump

What kind of president bullies a teenager? Trump under fire for mocking Greta Thunberg

By Citizen Reporter,

President Donald Trump trained his guns at 16-year-old Greta Thunberg after she was named Time's Person of the Year. The American President known t...

CLIMATE CHANGE , Greta Thunberg , Trump

OPINION: Unemployment in Kenya; A Socio-Economic menace hitting unprecedented levels

By Desmond Boy,

Unemployment in Kenya is a challenge that is certainly crippling the country’s economic progress as well as the people’s welfare. Being a subject ...

unemployment

Local firms chasing Kenya’s ultra-rich diaspora community

By Kepha Muiruri,

Local firms have doubled down on their efforts to attract Kenya’s ultra-rich diaspora community as they increasingly view the segment as a source of...

CBK , Kenya Diaspora Allliance (KDA) , remittances

31 Kenyan women entrepreneurs win Invest2Impact awards in Rwanda

By Rachel Ombaka,

31 Kenyan women entrepreneurs have been unveiled as some of the winners of the inaugural Invest2Impact. They are among 26 Tanzanians, 15 Rwandans, ...

2X Invest2Impact

BWIRE: Let’s listen to weather experts to minimise disasters

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The adverse weather conditions including the devastating floods being witnessed across the country including in West Pokot where li...

Kenya Meteorological Department , West Pokot

Stakeholders launch Ksh.95B project to boost Africa’s coffee industry

By Agencies,

The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) has joined forces with the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) and the Internatio...

OPINION: Coastal cities are exposed without mangroves

By Citizen Reporter,

Two things happened on October 31, 2019, it was World Cities Day and the three-day mangrove conference ended in Lamu County - home to around 60% of th...

coastal , lamu , mangrove , Paris

Keitany ‘ready to tackle’ New York City

By World Athletics,

Defending champions Mary Keitany and Lelisa Desisa are back in the Big Apple to chase more glory at the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday. Keita...

Lelisa Desisa , Mary Keitany , New York City marathon

Botswana is the ancestral homeland of humankind, study claims

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A large wetlands region to the North of Botswana could be the origin of the world's population stands at 7.7 billion. The Garvan Institute of Medic...

Botswana , homo sapiens