OPINION: Innovative partnerships create opportunities for youth

By Guest Writer,

By Reuben Mbuve A decent job is an essential marker of a young person’s success. It provides financial security for his or her future family and ...

2jiajiri , Elumelu , YALI , Youth Connekt

India’s new education policy focuses on young minds

By Agencies,

The Budget proposals of 2021-22 envisage strengthening 15000 schools across India under New Education Policy (NEP). India till 2015 was ranked 92 in e...

Economy in distress, Pakistan struggles to come out of CPEC-fuelled debt trap

By Agencies,

Pakistan’s economy is in shambles, and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is making it worse. Initially, the CPEC was touted as saviour for...

Lives and Livelihoods Fund deliver sanitation trucks to tackle rapid urban growth challenges in Guinea

By Agencies,

The Government of Guinea and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund (LLF) provided 56 sanitation trucks to the National Agency for Public Hygiene and Sanitati...

Kenya in talks for Ksh.82 billion World Bank loan

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury is in talks for the disbursement of a fresh Ksh.82 billion ($750 million) from the World Bank before the end of June. The fac...

CS Ukur Yatani , National Treasury , World Bank

Huawei releases its 2020 Annual Report

By Agencies,

Huawei has released its 2020 Annual Report. Growth slowed, but the company's business performance was largely in line with forecast. Huawei's sales...

Kenya’s debt will stand at Ksh.10.6 trillion in June 2025

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s stock of debt will have shot up to Ksh.10.6 trillion by the close of June 2025 according to estimates by the National Treasury. This mean...

IMF , Kenya's debt , National Treasury

IMF board approves Ksh.255B loan, initial Ksh.33.5B to be issued in a few days

By Kepha Muiruri,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 38-month program which will see Kenya receive a total of Ksh.255.1 billion ($2.34 billion) in loa...

Eurobond , International Monetary Fund (IMF) , Kenya's debt distress , World Bank

Persons with autism in the workplace greatly affected by COVID-19: First Lady Margaret Kenyatta

By PSCU,

Today, we join the international community in marking World Autism Awareness Day. This year’s theme: Inclusion in the Workplace: Challenges and O...

coronavirus

Charges resume for transactions above Ksh.100 via mobile money wallets: CBK

By Citizen Reporter,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced the resumption of charges for transactions above Ksh.100 effected through bank specific (in-house) mobil...

CBK , mobile money wallets , saccos

Acorn Holdings raises Ksh.7.5B for student housing projects

By Kepha Muiruri,

Student accommodation developer Acorn Holdings has raised a total of Ksh.7.5 billion following its issuance of two real estate investment trusts (REIT...

Acorn Holdings Africa , Qwetu residences

PROFILE: Yvonne Okwara – Matole, authentic and unafraid, a trailblazer in Kenya’s media industry

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu Yvonne Okwara - Matole is a household name in Kenya, having been in the media industry for over 15 years now. ...

Yvonne Okwara

Kagwe roots for social protection to cushion economically vulnerable Kenyans

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has underscored the role of social protection programmes’ to ease economic challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

coronavirus , social protection

Kenya to receive Ksh.34.5 billion IMF loan next week: CBK

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya is expected to receive Ksh.34.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next week. The loan represents the first batch of a $2.4 b...

IMF , loan

Family Bank Group registers Ksh.1.4B in profit for 2020

By Citizen Reporter,

Family Bank posted Ksh. 1.440billion profit before tax for the group for the full year 2020 against Ksh. 1.422billion in 2019. A statement from the...

Family bank

AK rallies stakeholders to be part of Athletics Global Conversation

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya wants stakeholders to provide suggestions on how to improve athletics nationally and globally, following last week's launch of the Glo...

Athletics Kenya , World Athletics Global Conversation

CBK retains benchmark lending rate at 7% for seventh time

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has retained its benchmark lending rate unchanged at seven per cent for the seventh straight time. The reserve bank...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Central Bank Rate (CBR) , COVID-19

NSE profits double on cost cutting

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has seen its 2020 full year profits double to Ksh.167.9 million from Ksh.80.2 million. The significant profit...

Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)

Former Kuria East MP Shadrack Manga dies aged 81

By George Juma,

Former Kuria East Member of Parliament Shadrack Manga has succumbed to cardiac arrest at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi aged 81. The deceased�...

Aga Khan Hospital , cardiac arrest , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Shadrack Manga

Uhuru mourns former Kuria East MP Shadrack Manga, media personality Lorna Irungu

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned the deaths of former Kuria East MP Shadrack Roger Mwita Manga who passed on Thursday night and the late media per...

lorna irungu , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Shadrack Roger Mwita Manga