China unveils new Ksh.6 trillion kitty for Africa

By PSCU,

The 2018 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation kicked off on Monday with China unveiling a new $60 billion (Ksh.6 trillion) kitty for Africa...

china , President Xi Jinping , SGR , Sino-Africa , summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Shock of young Kenyan entrepreneurs in Ksh.7M tax debt

By Waihiga Mwaura,

Young Kenyans looking to avoid unemployment are often encouraged to start their own businesses but end up a discouraged lot when the taxman suddenly e...

kenyan entreprenuers , KRA , kuhustle , Nailab , sam gichuru

Barack Obama arrives in Kenya

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Former US President Barack Obama has arrived in Kenya. He is currently at State House Nairobi with his sister Dr. Auma Obama for a meeting with Pre...

Barack Obama , Gina Din , raila odinga , SIAYA COUNTY

OPINION: Heads of agencies allowing fake goods should have resigned yesterday

By Victor Bwire,

The on-going purge on contraband and counterfeits in the country shows one thing: the private sector is a major contributor to corruption and lack of ...

Contrabands , KRA

Just who is PS Lillian Wanja Muthoni Omollo?

By Sam Gituku,

She was arguably little known until the new Ksh.9 billion National Youth Service (NYS) scandal surfaced. Lillian Wanja Muthoni Mbogo Omollo, 44, ca...

Lillian Omollo , NYS scandal

Govt sets up tech hub to acquire ICT solutions

By Mumbi Warui,

The government is in the process of setting an incubation hub to support local techprenuers in its pursuit to acquire tech solution to improve service...

apps , Connected Summit , ICT , incubation hub , Jerome Ochieng , Joe Mucheru , tech solutions , White Box

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

Devolution Conference to cost Ksh.200M, says CS Wamalwa

By Eric Ayiro,

The fifth devolution conference to be held in Kakamega County from next week is expected to cost Ksh.200 million, Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa has sai...

Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa , Fifth Devolution Conference , Kakamega County , Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala

President Kenyatta mourns Kenneth Matiba

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned veteran politician and second liberation hero Kenneth Stanley Njindo Matiba who died on Sunday, April 15. In a...

Karen hospital , Kenneth Matiba , Multi-party democracy , Second liberation

FCB banks on SMEs to drive growth

By Kepha Muiruri,

Sharia compliant financier First Community Bank (FCB) has credited its primary focus on developing the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on the sign...

Chamber of commerce , Fazal Saib , FCB , First Community Bank , sharia compliant bank , SME

Youth to benefit as Taita Taveta County partners with Equity Bank

By Citizen Team,

The Taita Taveta County Government has formed a partnership with Equity Bank to empower entrepreneurs, especially the youth, through financial support...

equity bank , Granton Samboja , TAITA TAVETA

GE upscales efforts to tame maternal,infant mortality

By Wangui Ngechu,

Social entrepreneurs operating in the healthcare space are now set to acquire business fundamentals that will help them build and grow their impact. ...

Chief Innovation Officer at Miller Cente , entrepreneurs , enya School of Monetary Studies , Ethiopia , Executive Director , Executive Director Robert Wells , GE , General Electric New Growth Markets , Ghana , Healthcare , healthymagination , infant mortality , kenya , Liberia , maternal , Mother and Child Programme , Nigeria , r Pamela Roussos , Robert Wells , south africa , uganda

Govt sets up blockchain taskforce

By Mumbi Warui,

The government plans to leverage on the emerging blockchain technology gathering prominence around the world to structure the lands and education sect...

artificial intelligence , Bitange Ndemo , blockchain , government , Joe Mucheru , Safaricom , Steve Chege , taskforce

Vaping, the new trend for smokers

By Sally Boyani,

As shisha fanatics are still grappling with idea of a forced detox after the Ministry of Health banned their favourite leisure feature, some budding e...

cdc , electronic cigarettes , shisha , vaping , World Health Organisation

Former US envoys ask Trump to reassess his views on Africans and African Americans

By VOA,

Seventy-eight former U.S. ambassadors to African countries have sent a letter to the White House, expressing “deep concern” over President Donald ...

Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell , Former US envoys ask Trump to reassess his views on Africans and African Americans , US ambassadors comment on Trump's foreign policy , US President Donald Trump

Evolving job market guides education system overhaul

By VOA,

Kenya is embarking on a pilot program to overhaul the education system. The aim is to emphasize skills over knowledge and to include more science, tec...

8-4-4 system , Acting education cabinet secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i , Digital literacy in Kenya's education system , Education system change , Evolving job market guides education system overhaul , STEM education emphasis , The 2-6-6-3 education system , The chairperson of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development Council Sarah Ruto , The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development

College gets Ksh.5B from student who barely graduated

By CNN,

Austin McChord wasn't the best student at Rochester Institute of Technology. In 2007, shy of a few credits, the bioinformatics major left school ...

$30 million donation , Austin McChord the 32 year old founder of Datto , College gets Ksh. 5B from student who barely graduated , Vista Equity Partners.

Govt to reclaim land to boost food security

By Citizen,

Owners of idle land will soon find themselves at loggerheads with the government as it institutes structures to compulsorily acquire land to put to ag...

agriculture , food production , food security , land , Land Acquisition , Uhuru kenyatta , Willy Bett

Ethiopia Plans to Close 27 Refugee Camps

By VOA,

The government of Ethiopia says it will close all 27 refugee camps in its territory over the next 10 years and integrate residents into local communit...

President Kenyatta urges AU-EU partnership to empower youth

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said a partnership between the African Union and the European Union should result into concrete policies and programmes t...

Africa’s transformation. , AU-EU partnership , creativity , empower youth , innovation , internships , job creation. , job seeking , President Uhuru Kenyatta , youth volunteer programmes