Kenya Breweries to train bartenders

By Kepha Muiruri,

EABL’s local subsidiary Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has unveiled a new bartender academy aimed at training a minimum 10,000 bar operators. The ...

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL

KQ poised for Ksh.10B bailout by state

By Citizen Reporter,

The details of the additional cash injection into the national carrier-KQ- are contained in the supplementary budget tabled in the national assembly a...

kq

Kenyan digital insurer Pula raises Ksh.660M in additional capital

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyan-based digital insurance Pula has raised Ksh.660 million ($6 million) in additional funding as it seeks to expand its footprint on the African c...

Pula , Rose Goslinga , Thomas Njeru

A third of Japanese want Olympics cancelled: NHK poll

By Reuters,

A third of Japanese residents want the Tokyo Olympics to be scrapped amid fears that an influx of foreign arrivals may cause a further spike in COVID-...

JAPAN , NHK poll , olympics , poll , Postponed , Tokyo Games

Affordable mobile devices a big opportunity in driving 4G migration

By Agencies,

There are significant business opportunities in the mobile-broadband space in building an ecosystem of affordable mobile devices to support user migra...

Boris Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID-19 cases...

Boris Johnson , coronavirus , COVID-19 , lockdown , United Kingdom

USIU-Africa leads the way in successful adoption of online teaching and learning amid COVID-19 outbreak

By Sponsored,

Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country, institutions of higher learning have been forced to fully embrace e-learn...

United States International University (USIU) , USIU digital learning

Czechs stage biggest anti-government protest since communist era

By Reuters,

Czechs turned out in their thousands on Sunday in Prague to call for the ousting of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in the biggest show of public discont...

Communism , Czech , Prime Minister Andrej Babis , Velvet Revolution

BWIRE: Why Africa must face climate change head on

By Citizen,

By Victor Bwire Accelerated effects of climate change including prolonged droughts are taking a toll on the economies of people in the Great Horn o...

Trump Starts Process to Raise Tariffs on Remaining China Imports

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered officials to begin the process of raising tariffs on “essentially all remaining imports from China,” value...

Hard economic times for Kenyans recur as inflation pressure bites

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans could once again be headed tough economic times as growing food prices and rising fuel costs take a swipe at consumers spending abilities. ...

CBK , economic growth , Kenya inflation , Third medium term plan

Polls open in India’s long general election

By VOA,

Polls opened Thursday in the first phase of India’s general elections, seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata...

India

Zimbabwe seeks $613 million aid from donors after drought, Cyclone

By VOA,

Zimbabwe appealed on Tuesday for $613 million in aid from local and foreign donors to cover food imports and help with a humanitarian crisis after a s...

Zimbabwe

In new attack, Trump threatens more tariffs against European Union

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose U.S. tariffs on $11 billion worth of European Union products, heightening tensions over a ...

Bruno Le Maire , European union , President Donald Trump , World Trade Organization

IEA: Cost-benefit analysis key to attaining food security

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has lobbied for the adoption of a cost-benefit model in the implementation of public investments in agricultur...

cost-benefit analysis , food security , Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)

IEA – Parliament not taking Auditor General’s reports seriously

By Kepha Muiruri,

Experts at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) have raised the alarm on Parliament’s continued negligence of ministerial and State departments�...

IEA-Kenya , Kwane Owino , Office of the Auditor General , PFM Act

Kirinyaga Women Rep Ngirici on Kenya’s journey to gender equality

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga Women Representative Wangui Ngirici has exuded confidence that the country will attain the 50-50 gender balance by 2030 as advocated for by ...

Purity Ngirici

No gas? No votes. Subsidy cuts imperil Ukraine leader’s reelection bid

By Reuters,

Ukrainian pensioner Nadiya Ignatiy says she has had the plum and cherry trees in her garden cut down for firewood since the government raised gas pric...

Nadiya Ignatiy , PETRO POROSHENKO , Ukraine

Why farmers might not get subsidised fertiliser

By Enock Sikolia,

Even before the dust settles on a scandal that saw crafty traders milk the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) billions of shillings, the Agricu...

Agriculture Ministry , fertilizer , Mwangi Kiunjuri

Nigerian opposition candidate seeks to privatize state oil firm

By Reuters,

Nigeria’s main opposition candidate for president said on Wednesday he would seek to privatize the state oil company and other government assets if ...

atiku abubakar , Nigeria election , Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation , President Muhammadu Buhari