OPINION: Leveraging the power of the digital economy to achieve Kenya Vision 2030

By Guest Writer,

By Will Meng UN Secretary-General Guterres stated: "The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global crisis since the Second World War”. The year...

Digital Economy , Huawei

PROFILE: Wanjira Mathai on continuing her mother’s legacy

By Guest Writer,

Africa Environment Day, also marks Wangari Maathai Day that celebrates the work of Kenyan environmentalist Prof. Wangari Maathai. In 2004, Prof. Ma...

Green Belt Movement , maathai , wanjira mathai

OPINION: Slum upgrading in Kenya – what are the conditions for success?

By Reuters,

By Jane Weru and William Cobbett Earlier this month, the Canadian High Commissioner hosted a roundtable to showcase the upgrading of Mukuru. The...

mukuru , slum upgrading

Lakers look to add to perfect road mark at Cavaliers

By Reuters,

The Los Angeles Lakers have the best record in the NBA, they’re unbeaten on the road, and LeBron James and Anthony Davis are playing at a peak level...

US House approves Ksh.99 trillion COVID-19 rescue package

By CNN,

Congress voted Monday evening to approve a far-reaching $900 billion (99 trillion Kenya shillings) Covid relief package that promises to accelerate va...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Gov’t to launch Ksh.250 million virtual library next year – President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

The Government is implementing a Ksh.250 million virtual library to ensure Kenyans have access to quality, timely and relevant information held by the...

COVID-19 , Kenya National Library , Maktaba Kuu , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Facebook faces hate speech crisis in India

By CNN,

Facebook is facing multiple simultaneous controversies in the United States, particularly around disinformation, hate speech and political bias. But t...

facebook , India

Kipchoge lands Laureus ambassadorial role

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge is the newest ambassador for the Laureus Sport for Good- a global charity that supports children and young...

Eliud Kipchoge , Laureus Sport for Good

Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can’t ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response

By CNN,

Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now s...

adolescent girls , defilement , early marriage , Fortunate Ayomirwoth , rape , sexual violence , teenage pregnancy

Alila ‘confident’ of dethroning Mwendwa in FKF polls 

By Jacob Icia,

Jacob Icia   Chief football writer Former Football Kenya Federation National Executive Committee representative of Nyanza region Tom Alila has emer...

FKF elections , Nick Mwendwa , Tom Alila

OPINION: Who would have thought that one global crisis would forever change the way humans worked?

By Guest Writer,

By Kagwe Kibugu Ever since COVID-19 ushered people into their respective homes and away from offices, work has rapidly shifted from desks and cubic...

DIAZ: A silver lining amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

The better part of Sunday April 12 saw the majority of social media platforms remain awash with doctored images showing Mt. Kenya as supposedly seen f...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , diaz , kilimanjaro

MCKINSEY: Priorities for school systems in the age of coronavirus

By Guest Writer,

As of mid-April, 191 countries had shut down all their primary and secondary schools, affecting almost 1.6 billion children. The shift to remote le...

coronavirus , online learning

DIAZ: EAC partnership the cornerstone of post Covid-19 recovery

By Guest Writer,

Images from around the world showing flowers being dumped told of a worsening situation as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic dealt a blow to the indust...

coronavirus , EAC , economy , IMF , Namanga , TRUCK DRIVERS

Routes and AFRAA sign agreement to drive growth for Africa aviation market

By Citizen Reporter,

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and Routes have signed their first formal agreement in history. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) sees...

OPINION: BBI report is right on corruption

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos Of the nine major issues of national importance highlighted by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce, perhaps the mo...

BBI report , Henry Rotich

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...

OPINION: Political reforms should champion for more women in power

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos Statistically, Africa is not doing badly in terms of female representation in politics. According to UN Women data as of Fe...

FIDA Kenya , Women and power

British newspaper celebrates Tabichi on World Teachers Day

By Citizen Reporter,

World Teachers Day is celebrated annually on October 6. On Saturday, the Independent, a morning paper published in London, recognized Kenyan teache...

tabichi , World Teachers Day

Four Kenyans secure spot in prestigious Future Leaders Connect programme

By Citizen Reporter,

Four young Kenyans have emerged winners in the British Council’s prestigious Future Leaders Connect programme 2019. The four were among eight sho...

british , Future Leaders Connect