How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

Raila opposes plans by Gov’t to import maize

By Kassim Adinasi,

ODM leader Raila Odinga has criticised plans by Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri to import maize stating that the move will create room for cartels to t...

kiunjuri , maize import , raila

‘Appalling’ arson attack on Japanese animation studio kills at least 33

By Reuters,

A man shouted “die” as he doused an animation studio with fuel and set it ablaze in Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, killing at lea...

arson , JAPAN , Kyoto Animation , Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , Tokyo

Savannah Cement in Sh5 billion Expansion Drive

By Citizen Reporter,

Savannah Cement has lined up a 5 billion shillings in expansion investment with an eye on regional growth. The cement maker that is Kenya’s fourt...

Cement maker , Ronald Ndegwa , Savannah Cement

Fintech: Kenya’s Wapi Pay seeks payment solutions between Asia and Africa

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyan based financial technology (fintech) company Wapi Pay has moved to strengthen payments on its Afro-Asia corridor under a new partnership with S...

Afro-Asia fintech festival , CBK , digital payments , Wapi Pay

COMESA heads keen on SME growth in push for intra-regional trade

By Kepha Muiruri,

Heads of State drawn from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) are keen to see the incorporation of small and medium enterprises...

AFCTA , COMESA , smes , Tripartite Agreement

Foreigner conned Ksh.150M in Nairobi pleads for release of his passport

By Agnes Oloo,

A foreigner who was allegedly duped and defrauded Ksh.150 million by Kenyans on claims that they could sell him coffee and artifacts on Monday pleaded...

Nairobi

Three Kenyans killed in Kismayu hotel attack, death toll rises to 26

By VOA,

The death toll from the Kismayu hotel attack in Somalia has risen to 26, with three Kenyans, one Briton, two Americans and three Tanzanians among thos...

Al Shabaab , Hodan Naleyah , kismayu hotel attack

African Union launches continent-wide free trade area

By VOA,

At the African Union Summit in Niger, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched the African Continental Free Trade Area by signing the continent's ...

Africa - Free Trade Area

BWIRE: How the culture of greed is eroding gains in Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Kenya’s political scene has as always expected taken its shape; ugly, manipulative, dirty, sectarian and disruptive, frustrating ...

2022 elections

Uhuru, Magufuli to team up in fight against crime

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his host President John Magufuli on Saturday vowed to deal firmly with insecurity saying they will not spare anyone invol...

U.S. government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted

By Reuters,

A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department’s enforcement staff this week that China’s Huawei should still be treated as blacklisted, days...

Donal Trump , G20 summit , Huawei , Xi Jinping

China’s factory activity shrinks as U.S. tariffs, slowdown hit orders

By Reuters,

China’s factory activity shrank more than expected in June, an official manufacturing survey showed, highlighting the need for more economic stimulu...

china , G20 summit , President Donald Trump , President Xi Jinping , U.S. tariffs

Kenya’s avocado farmers eye Chinese market but there’s a catch

By VOA,

Kenyan farmer Alexander Muchiri tends 30 avocado trees he planted seven years ago on his farm in Muranga County. In previous years, most of his avo...

avocado farmers , CS Peter Munya , Kenya National Trading Corporation , Kenya-China trade

China bans all meat from Canada

By CNN,

The Chinese government has announced a suspension on imported meat products from Canada over claims of forged customs documents, the latest sign of de...

China-Canada meat ban

UN: Freedom of expression under threat from surveillance industry

By VOA,

A UN investigator says the rise of the private surveillance industry and the targeting of individuals by digital surveillance technology is underminin...

freedom of expression , U.N. Human Rights Council

Dutch police seize 2.5 tonnes of meth, in largest European haul of drug

By Reuters,

Dutch police said on Wednesday they had seized 2.5 tonnes of methamphetamine, in what they said was the largest haul of the drug to date in Europe, wi...

2.5 tonnes , drug , DUTCH POLICE , meth , warehouse

Britain bans sales of tear gas to Hong Kong after violence at protests

By Reuters,

Britain banned sales of crowd-control equipment such as tear gas to Hong Kong on Tuesday and called for an investigation after police clashed with dem...

Britain , china , Extradition bill , hong kong , protests , tear gas ban

In Pakistan’s northern mountains, plastic bags face the bin

By Reuters,

In this district in northern Pakistan flanked by soaring mountain ranges and glaciers, plastic bags are now illegal. In late April, the provincial ...

pakistan , plastic ban

In “climate apartheid”, rich will save themselves while poor suffer – UN report

By Reuters,

The world is on course for "climate apartheid", where the rich buy their way out of the worst effects of global warming while the poor bear the brunt,...

Climate Apartheid , U.N. Human Rights Council