Lives and Livelihoods Fund deliver sanitation trucks to tackle rapid urban growth challenges in Guinea

By Agencies,

The Government of Guinea and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund (LLF) provided 56 sanitation trucks to the National Agency for Public Hygiene and Sanitati...

Why is the price of bitcoin higher in Africa than in other countries?

By Agencies,

The whole world perceives Africa as an underdeveloped country suffering from poverty and malnutrition for ages. With all that not-so-good perception a...

bitcoin

KQ reports Ksh.36.2B loss, the largest in Kenya’s corporate history

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Airways (KQ) has reported a near three times loss expansion to Ksh.36.2 billion in the year ended December 31, 2020. This is the largest loss...

Allan Kilavuka , COVID-19 , Kenya Airways (KQ)

Is it worthy investing in Bitcoin?

By Citizen Reporter,

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, praised by supporters as a market-disrupting revolution and demonized by opponents as a sinister, unpredictable in...

Digital taxi app Bolt adds electric vehicles to fleet

By Kepha Muiruri,

Rides hailing company Bolt has added hybrid and electric vehicles to its fleet as the firm moves to align operations to climate-friendly policies. ...

Bolt , electric vehicles

US steps up military presence in South China Sea

By CNN,

A US Navy warship sailed by islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the second such sailing in as many weeks, as the Biden admin...

south china sea , US NAVY

China’s fleet now larger than US Navy

By CNN,

In 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping donned military fatigues and boarded a People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer in the South China Sea. Spread...

china

UNEP rolls out electric bikes project in Nairobi’s Karura forest

By Citizen Reporter,

49 motorcycles made little noise but raised much interest in Nairobi’s Karura Forest on Tuesday morning, as the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) laun...

electric bikes , UNEP

Vaccines ‘encouraged’ but not compulsory for athletes at Tokyo: Coates

By Reuters,

Athletes are being encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics but it will not be compulsory, IOC Vice President John Co...

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748 Air Services acquires additional aircraft

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Aviation company 748 Air Services has announced acquisition of another Dash 8-Q400 aircraft increasing their total fleet of aircraft to 14 of differen...

748 Air Services , Ahmed Jibril

U.S. naval ship arrives in Mombasa for port visit

By Citizen Reporter,

A U.S. naval ship arrived in Mombasa on Monday for a port visit in support of its 2021 African coast deployment. The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Her...

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Kenya Airways implementing voluntary staff exit to cut costs

By Dennis Otieno,

National carrier Kenya Airways has reduced its staff numbers by 220 from the start of the year in a voluntary early retirement exercise undertaken to ...

Allan Kilavuka , Kenya Airways

KQ temporarily suspends flights to France, Netherlands

By Kepha Muiruri,

National carrier Kenya Airways has announced the temporary suspension of flights to some of its European routes during the entire month of February. ...

COVID-19 , Kenya Airways

Black boxes located at Indonesian airliner crash site

By CNN,

Rescuers searching for the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed into the ocean with 62 people on board on Saturday say they have locat...

President Kenyatta inaugurates National Air Support Department

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has inaugurated the National Air Support Department (NASD), a multi-agency unit within the Ministry of Defence charged with t...

National Air Support Department , Uhuru kenyatta

Kenya Airways begins direct cargo flights from Mombasa to UAE

By Citizen Reporter,

National Flag carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has started direct cargo flights from Mombasa. KQ Cargo will initially run one weekly flight from Mombasa ...

cargo flights , kq

Gov’t focused on modernization of security sector: President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated Government's commitment to the modernisation of the country's security apparatus. The President said despit...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

New FAO Kenya boss Carla Mucavi takes office

By Citizen Reporter,

The newly appointed Food and Agriculture (FAO) Representative to Kenya Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi has taken office. On Monday, she was welcomed by the A...

President Kenyatta urges ODPP to intensify prosecution of high profile cases

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has encouraged the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to focus more on the successful prosecution of high p...

ODPP

Private security congress firms up fight against COVID-19, war on crime with launch of mobile app

By Agencies,

Private Security Congress and TownConnect on Monday launched an innovative digital security solution to enhance security of commercial and residential...

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