Golf great Tiger Woods suffers serious leg injuries in car wreck

By Reuters,

Golf champion Tiger Woods was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday with severe leg injuries suffered when his car careened off a road and rolled dow...

Los Angeles , Mark Steinberg , tiger woods

Kenyans abroad sent home Ksh.30.5B in January: CBK

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans abroad sent home Ksh.30.5 billion ($278.4 million) last month marking a continued flow in diaspora remittances at the start of the year. Ac...

CBK , Diaspora

The future of cash: Is the globe going to be a cashless society?

By Agencies,

For a few, money is as yet something they utilize regularly. For more youthful population, money is getting increasingly out of date. The fate of mone...

Bitcoin: Dawn of new era

By Citizen,

The worth of it rises to the sky when the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, the owner of the tesla company claims the use of bitcoin also that he will...

When China and other huge nations dispatch digital currencies, will it commence worldwide chaos?

By Agencies,

Probably the most sweltering subject in cryptographic forms of money is the possibility of significant economies dispatching state-sponsored computeri...

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala makes history as first woman, first African WTO head

By Reuters,

Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday to...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , World Trade Organization

Is online trading a safe way to invest in markets?

By Citizen Reporter,

COVID-19 has definitely disrupted several economies resulting in catastrophic losses but if one were to look at the financial markets' conditions, it ...

Elon Musk , Forex , GameStop , online trading

Rockefeller Foundation in Ksh.3.8B plan to boost COVID response in Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced an initial USD 34.95 million (Ksh.3.83billion) for COVID-19 response efforts in Africa. This is to ensure ...

coronavirus , Rockefeller Foundation , SHOFCO

Kenya, U.K. to co-host global education financing conference: Uhuru

By PSCU,

Kenya and the United Kingdom will co-host a two-day conference on global partnership for education financing on July 25 and 26, President Uhuru Kenyat...

education financing

Kenyan climate policy expert Mohamed Adow wins global award

By Ian Omondi,

A renowned Kenyan climate policy expert has bagged a prestigious award in recognition of his work addressing climate change. Mohamed Adow, the Dire...

Climate Breakthrough Award , Mohamed Adow , Power Shift Africa

Revoking global gag rule will save lives, civil society says

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyan civil society organizations (CSOs) focused on reproductive health and justice have welcomed US President Joe Biden’s decision to revoke the G...

abortion , eproductive health , global gag rule

Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions

By CNN,

President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expand...

abortion , marie stopes , PEPFAR

Google announces Ksh.1 billion grant to support Kenya’s post COVID-19 recovery

By PSCU,

American technology giant Google has announced a Ksh.1 billion package to support Kenya's post COVID-19 recovery efforts. The announcement was made...

Google , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Bill Gates sees 6-8 month lag for poor countries to get COVID-19 shots

By Reuters,

Poorer countries face a best-case scenario of a 6-8 month lag behind richer nations in getting access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect their population...

bill gates , COVID-19

Google parent Alphabet shutting down internet-beaming balloon project Loon

By Reuters,

By Reuters and Kepha Muiruri Google parent Alphabet Inc is shutting down its internet balloon business, Loon, which aimed to provide a less expensi...

Alastair Westgarth , Alphabet , Google , Loon , Uhuru kenyatta

Trump ends tumultuous term under cloud, faces uncertain future

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump leaves the presidency on Wednesday under a dark cloud of his own making, ending his single four-year term stained by two impeac...

biden trump

China says its ready to help Kenya deal with its debt challenges

By Reuters,

China stands ready to help Kenya deal with its debt challenges and both sides are holding “smooth” talks over the issues, the Chinese embassy in N...

china , debt , Xi Jinping

Internet access in Uganda restored

By Waihiga Mwaura,

The digitally isolated country of Uganda is now back on the World Wide Web after the government restored the internet almost one week after it was thr...

Internet Shutdown , uganda

Kenyans abroad sent home a record Ksh.341 billion in 2020

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home a record Ksh.341 billion in 2020, growing their remittances by 10.7 per cent from Ksh.308 billion in 2019....

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , diaspora remittances

Shilling sinks past 110 mark again

By Kepha Muiruri,

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...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , shilling