Passion for fashion: Zia’s journey from mitumba sales girl to dressing celebs

By Flavian Taria,

Starting an online business is never easy, especially an online clothing line as opposed to high street fashion shops. It takes passion determinati...

Zia Collection

The young politicians aiming to consign Africa’s old guard to history

By CNN,

Many called Chike Ukaegbu's bluff when he announced he was running for the highest office in Nigeria at the age of 35. The New York-based tech entrepr...

Nigeria , Nigerian Young politicians

Godec bows out as U.S Ambassador to Kenya after 6 years

By Ian Omondi,

Robert Frank Godec has officially ended his six-year term as the U.S Ambassador to Kenya and will now pave way for former Senator Kyle McCarter. Mr...

Kyle McCarter , President Uhuru Kenyatta , raila odinga , Robert F. Godec , U.S. Ambassador to Kenya , U.S. Embassy

Ivanka Trump to help select candidate to lead World Bank: White House

By Reuters,

Ivanka Trump will help manage the Trump administration’s selection of a U.S. candidate for the position of World Bank Group president, a White House...

NYS scandal: Prosecutors want maximum penalties as hearing starts

By Dzuya Walter,

Prosecution lawyers have vowed to seek maximum penalties and confiscate assets of those implicated in the NYS corruption scandal as the hearing of the...

National Youth Service , NYS , NYS Director General Richard Ndubai , PS Lilian Omolo

Gikomba 101: How to avoid being ripped off by mitumba sellers

By Eric Ndubi,

What I hate more than being swindled by a casually dressed tour operator is being ripped off by a sweet-talking hawker. That said you might have wi...

entrepreneurs , Fashion Watch , gikomba , Gikomba market. , Hawkers , Mutumba , Nairobi CBD , savings , Second-hand clothes , Style and Fashion , textile industry , Toi Market

Uhuru mourns former Youth Fund boss Bruce Odhiambo

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence to the family of the former Youth Enterprise Development Fund board Chairman Bruce Odhiambo ...

Bruce Odhiambo , Catherine Namuye , Youth Enterprise Development Fund

Chinese tech investors flee Silicon Valley as Trump tightens scrutiny

By Reuters,

New Trump administration policies aimed at curbing China’s access to American innovation have all but halted Chinese investment in U.S. technology s...

Technology startups , U.S President Donald Trump , Uber Technologies Inc

Michelle Obama’s Becoming tops list of most popular books in Kenya

By Wendy Abdallah,

For most Kenyan readers and writers, 2018 was definitely their year. It was marked by debut of epic books such as Biko Zulu’s “Drunk” and Su...

Becoming , Michelle Obama , top books kenya

The Me Too movement was silent in Senegal. These women are trying to change that

By CNN,

Late last year, as #MeToo spread from social media feeds in the United States, intensifying into a slew of global hashtags -- #BalanceTonPorc, #YoTamb...

#Metoo , #Nopiwouma , Fatima Zahra Ba , Harvey Weinstein , Ndambaw Kama , Olivia Codou , Oumy Ndour , Rokhaya Ngom , Senegal , Soukeyna Ndao Diallo , unicef

UN: Migrants must be protected, treated with dignity, respect

By VOA,

Tuesday is International Migrants Day, and the head of the U.N. Migration Agency is urging nations to drop their negative perceptions of migrants and ...

Antonio Vitorino , Joel Millman , marrakech , U.N

The business trends shaping Africa in 2019 — and beyond

By CNN,

The performance of some of Africa's largest economies in 2018 does not inspire confidence for the year ahead. Nigeria has endured a slow recovery f...

BBOXX , Fenix , M-Kopa , World Bank

Ahead of China anniversary, trade war fans calls for faster market reforms

By Reuters,

China’s trade war with the United States is spurring some Chinese entrepreneurs, government advisers and think-tanks to call for faster reforms in t...

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Ahead of China anniversary, trade war fans calls for faster market reforms

By Reuters,

China’s trade war with the United States is spurring some Chinese entrepreneurs, government advisers and think-tanks to call for faster reforms in t...

china , Deng Xiaoping , United States

Sustainable tree farming means better lives for Kenyan farmers

By VOA,

Wood consumption — including logging and the production of charcoal — is a leading cause of forest degradation in Africa. In some of Kenya's co...

Allan Ongang'a , Be Sulubu Tezo , farmers , kenya , Kilifi County , Wood consumption

Nairobi: The fastest city on the planet?

By CNN,

Nairobi's only been a city since 1954, but it's been making up for lost time ever since. The capital of Kenya is now a thriving metropolis that con...

Richard Quest Nairobi

President Kenyatta defends appointing 91-year-old Moody Awori

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has defended appointing former Vice President Moody Awori to an oversight board to manage the Sports, Art and Social Develop...

Art and Social Development Fund , Moody Awori , President Uhuru Kenyatta , sports

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta wins prestigious Eastern Africa award

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has been awarded the prestigious Eastern Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for her relentless efforts to stop preventable...

beyond zero , Margaret Kenyatta

Kenya, Canada to explore new opportunities for cooperation in maritime sector

By PSCU,

A Canadian delegation in Kenya for the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on Tuesday said their country will explore new partnerships with Kenya. ...

Inua Jamii programme , Jonathan Wilkinson , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Sustainable Blue Economy Conference , UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay , UNESCO General Conference

The Chinese phone giant that beat Apple to Africa

By CNN,

One of China's biggest smartphone makers has never sold a handset in the country. Yet thousands of miles away, it dominates markets across Africa. Unk...

apple , Tecno mobile