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Shilling sinks past 110 mark again
By Kepha Muiruri,
1521, January 14, 2021 (EAT)
The Kenyan shilling has slumped past the Ksh.110 mark in its valuation against the US dollar for the second time in two months. This is as recent g...
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The silent extinction: Less than 100,000 giraffes left in the wild
By Moses Ngugi,
2038, June 22, 2020 (EAT)
As the World celebrated World Giraffe Day on June 21, 2020, there remains growing concern over the endangered status of the world's tallest animal. ...
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African economies to lose Ksh.6.3 trillion from coronavirus hit: World Bank
By Kepha Muiruri,
1528, April 9, 2020 (EAT)
Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are set to slide into recession for the first time in 25 years as the region takes a hit from the coronavirus crisis. ...
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Shilling drops to lowest level since September 2015
By Kepha Muiruri,
2202, March 19, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya shilling dropped to its lowest level in valuation against the US dollar crossing the Ksh.105 mark on Thursday for the first time since Septe...
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Uhuru invites Barbadian business community to invest in Kenya
By PSCU,
1210, August 9, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has invited Barbadian investors to set shop in Kenya saying his administration has created an enabling environment for both f...
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Zimbabwean bank alleges loan defaults by 26 public figures
By VOA,
1204, August 9, 2019 (EAT)
The Zimbabwean president's son, a former first lady and 24 prominent politicians are accused of abusing their positions to acquire loans without colla...
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‘This is our land’: Uncertain future for Ugandans facing eviction from wildlife reserve
By Reuters,
953, July 23, 2019 (EAT)
The landscape is bucolic: shoulder-high grass, patches of woodland and the occasional homestead, all sloping down to the east bank of Uganda’s River...
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Fintech: Kenya’s Wapi Pay seeks payment solutions between Asia and Africa
By Kepha Muiruri,
1204, July 18, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan based financial technology (fintech) company Wapi Pay has moved to strengthen payments on its Afro-Asia corridor under a new partnership with S...
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Zimbabwe businesses drop local currency for US dollars
By VOA,
1909, June 2, 2019 (EAT)
As Zimbabwe’s economy struggles and the country faces scarce fuel supplies, some businesses are refusing to accept the ever-weakening local currency...
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For first time in history, South Africa Cabinet is 50pc women
By VOA,
1054, May 30, 2019 (EAT)
Half of the new South Africa Cabinet members are women, making it one of three African countries alongside Rwanda and Ethiopia, to achieve gender pari...
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Zimbabwe struggles to convince doubters as it launches new currency
By Reuters,
1000, February 25, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe’s government has a trust problem as it introduces a discounted currency in a bid to reverse chronic cash shortages that left people struggl...
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Zimbabwe to run out of bread in one week as flour stocks dwindle: millers
By Reuters,
1142, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after flour stocks dwindled due to the country’s failure to pay for imported wheat, according to a confide...
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Zimbabwe plans new currency as dollar shortage bites
By Reuters,
1234, February 12, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe will introduce a new currency in the next 12 months, the country’s Finance Minister said, as a shortage of U.S. dollars plunges the financi...
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Morocco to get Africa’s first high-speed train
By CNN,
1524, November 16, 2018 (EAT)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI are expected to inaugurate Africa's first high-speed train line on Thursday. These ...
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South Africa central bank to hold rates, but a close call: poll
By Reuters,
2045, November 15, 2018 (EAT)
South Africa’s central bank will keep interest rates on hold at its Nov. 22 meeting, according to a Reuters poll, but the number of economists forec...
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Sudan’s ‘sister coach’ takes love of football to field
By AFP,
1228, April 3, 2018 (EAT)
In Sudan, where a women's national football team remains a distant dream, Salma al-Majidi knew the only way to take part in her beloved spor...
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Deadline looms for S.Africa’s Zuma over revived graft charges
By Reuters,
841, December 1, 2017 (EAT)
Lawyers for Jacob Zuma have until midnight to file papers outlining why nearly 800 corruption charges shelved before he became South African presiden...
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Trump bashed at World Bank Forest meeting
By Citizen Reporter,
1210, September 28, 2017 (EAT)
US President Donald Trump continues to attract condemnation for withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, the global pact meant to reduce the impacts of c...
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No money to gamble at Zimbabwe’s fading racecourse
By AFP,
1457, May 21, 2017 (EAT)
Once the preserve of the ruling white minority, horse racing in Zimbabwe adapted to survive independence in 1980 by attracting a loyal following of lo...
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Hayatou speech to CAF Congress
By Citizen Team,
1255, March 16, 2017 (EAT)
May I, first and foremost, thank Ethiopian authorities, the African Union and the Ethiopian Football Federation, which is hosting us today, for the su...
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