Over 1,300 youth turn up for the day-long BYOB mentorship and empowerment session

By Sponsored,

More than 1,300 youth from Kilifi County got a chance to engage and learn from BLAZE partners and mentors on entrepreneurship during BLAZE Be Your Own...

Be Your Own Boss Summit , blaze

Will electricity bills come down? KenGen injects 79MW into the grid

By Faizal Ahmed,

The announcement by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) raises hopes for cheaper electricity bills and cleaner power. 79MW powering K...

Electricity bills , kengen

Kenya’s ranking in Geothermal Production Up

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has announced that it has connected to the national grid, the first unit of the newly built Olkaria V ge...

geothermal , Iceland , kengen , Olkaria V

Safaricom launches fourth edition of blaze be your own boss

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Safaricom on Tuesday flagged-off the fourth edition of BLAZE Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) youth engagements in Kakamega County. Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) ...

Be Your Own Boss , blaze

Forced displacement causes controversy in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley

By VOA,

A dam project and sugarcane plantation intended to transform southern Ethiopia could mean the end to a way of life for indigenous people living in the...

Ethiopia , Omo Valley

Kisii county hosts the year’s second BLAZE be your own boss summit

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BLAZE by Safaricom on Friday hosted the second Be Your Own Summit of 2019 at Kisii National Polytechnic, Kisii County. Coming two weeks after the f...

blaze

Agriculture, Manufacturing employees least paid in Kenya – Report reveals

By Kepha Muiruri,

Employees in the Agriculture and Manufacturing sectors are the least paid in the Kenyan job market, a new report by asset manager ICEA Lion shows. ...

agriculture in Kenya , ICEA LION , Kenya Association of Manufacturers , KNBS 2019 economic survey

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

Saudi seeks oil supply protection as U.S. and Iran face off

By Reuters,

Saudi Arabia called for swift action to secure Gulf energy supplies and joined the United States in blaming Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in a v...

Donald Trump , G20 , Gulf of Oman , Hiroshige Seko , Iran , Khalid al-Falih , Saudi Arabia , United States of America

Men suing women who accused them of sexual misconduct. Will it stop others from speaking out?

By CNN,

A series of high-profile defamation cases have been brought against women in response to the outpouring of sexual misconduct allegations in the wake o...

#Metoo , sexual harassment , Workplace misconduct

What to know about Robert F. Smith, the man paying off U.S grads’ student loans

By CNN,

Robert F. Smith lifted a huge burden off the graduating class of Morehouse College when he announced during his commencement speech that he would pay ...

Hope Dworaczyk , Morehouse College , Playboy , Robert F. Smith , Vista Equity

Zimbabwe faces worst power cuts in three years, mines hit

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe’s state power utility imposed the worst rolling blackouts in three years on Monday, with households and industries including mines set to b...

Electricity , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Zimbabwe

Ugandan Gov’t upset by media coverage of Bobi Wine

By Reuters,

More than a dozen Ugandan media outlets said they will reassign senior journalists in response to government complaints over coverage of opposition la...

Bobi Wine , Museveni

Cyclone slams Indian temple town after a million people flee east coast homes

By Reuters,

A cyclone barreled into eastern India on Friday, bringing down trees and power lines and “extensively” damaging the tourist town of Puri, but ther...

State corporations, other organizations owe Treasury over Ksh.800B

By Dennis Otieno,

State corporations and other government agencies owe the national government close to Ksh.800 billion in loans. According to last year’s budget e...

coffee board of kenya , kengen , Kenya Airports Authority , kenya railways , Pyrethrum Board of Kenya , State corporations. , Treasury

Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’ doc on Netflix is black excellence

By CNN,

In April 2018, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter stood in her full goddess glory and drawled, "Coachella, you ready?" The music festival wasn't ready, ...

beyonce , Netflix

U.S. urges immediate halt to military operations in Libya

By Reuters,

The United States called on Sunday for an immediate halt to military operations in Libya as the Libyan National Army headed by Khalifa Haftar advanced...

military , US

G7 powers urge Haftar to halt advance on Libya’s capital

By Reuters,

Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar must heed international warnings to halt his advance on Libya’s capital, Italy’s foreign minister said, as...

Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar , Enzo Milanesi

East Libyan troops close on Tripoli, clashes near former airport

By Reuters,

Eastern Libyan troops commanded by Khalifa Haftar said on Friday they had advanced into the southern outskirts of the capital Tripoli in a dangerous t...

Libyan troops , Tripoli

Eastern Libyan commander orders forces to move on Tripoli

By Reuters,

Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar ordered his troops on Thursday to march on the capital Tripoli, taking his conflict with the internationally r...

Antonio Guterres , Eastern Libya , Fayez al-Serraj , Khalifa Haftar , President Abdelaziz Bouteflika , United Nations