Huawei CEO: We won’t give up the ideal of globalization

By Agencies,

Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei has pledged to stick to a globalization strategy despite external pressure. He has called on the new US administration to come...

Huawei , Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei

Kenya begins domestication of AfCFTA policies

By Dennis Otieno,

Kenya stands to benefit immensely from the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The Industrialisation Ministry has m...

AfCFTA , osiany

OPINION: Let’s adopt a Red Warrior mentality, talk openly about menstrual health

By Guest Writer,

By Janet Mbugua A year ago today, I convened the Menstrual Health Inclusion Conference, one of the first of its kind, aimed at bringing together di...

menstrual health management , MHM , periods , sanitary pads

EU launches projects worth Ksh.185.9M to lift small-scale fishing at the Coast

By Kepha Muiruri,

The European Union (EU) has unveiled two projects valued at Ksh.185.9 million (1.4 million Euro) to lift small-scale fisheries at the Kenyan Coast. ...

Ambassador Simon Mordue , Blue economy

Is online trading a safe way to invest in markets?

By Citizen Reporter,

COVID-19 has definitely disrupted several economies resulting in catastrophic losses but if one were to look at the financial markets' conditions, it ...

Elon Musk , Forex , GameStop , online trading

Kenya to host first Africa Digital Finance Summit

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya is set to host the first Africa Digital Finance Summit (ADFS) from February 18-19, 2021 bringing together experts in the digital and finance spe...

Africa Digital Finance Summit , Glass House

Take charge of your future, Uhuru urges the youth

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the youth to take charge of their future as he rallied them to support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). Sa...

BBI , sagana , Uhuru

Chinese celebrity accused of abandoning two babies in the US

By Tonny Ndungu,

At first, it seemed like a classic celebrity romance. Zheng Shuang, 29, was one of China's most popular actresses after shooting to fame a decade a...

Argentina at risk of being trapped in debt by China

By Guest Writer,

While there is growing discomfort among African and other developing states about Chinese loans, Argentina is also at risk of being trapped in debt by...

China debt

PROFILE: Chris Diaz, pushing for youth to get involved in conservation

By Tony Owori,

Meet Chris Diaz, a business leader and conservationist born in Mombasa, Kenya. Through his career, Diaz has made great strides and contributed a lo...

conservation , diaz , Forest conservation

Everyone you know uses Zoom but that wasn’t the plan

By CNN,

The tweet was when Eric Yuan knew something had to change. Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, shared a photo from his first ever virtual cabinet...

Zoom

Activists demand Kenya’s withdrawal from Geneva Consensus Declaration over women’s human rights

By Citizen Reporter,

21 Kenyan civil society groups have petitioned the Government of Kenya to withdraw from the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD). According to them, ...

abortion , Geneva Consensus Declaration , SRHR

COVID-19 could push 49 million Africans into extreme poverty

By CNN,

It is now widely recognized that in Africa, the Covid-19 pandemic is on a different trajectory than much of the rest of the world, including the West....

Blair , coronavirus , poverty

Race for World Trade Organisation DG enters home stretch

By Kepha Muiruri,

The selection of the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General is expected to close in the coming weeks as the General Council begins narro...

CS Amina Mohammed , World Trade Organisation (WTO)

NACADA partners with KPA to fight drug abuse in the Coast

By Citizen Reporter,

The fight against drug and alcohol abuse in the Coast region has received a boost after Kenya Ports Authority donated Ksh.1 million to the Miritini Re...

KPA , NACADA

DIAZ: Finally some light at the end of the tunnel

By Guest Writer,

Just a few months back, we feared the worst for the world economies. As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged through developed economies to hit at the hea...

coronavirus , Kenya economy , safe flights

Tech partnerships offer best options for African development

By Agencies,

Technology offers the best opportunity for Africa’s advancement, and African countries have the right to choose which countries and companies they p...

‘U.K. still has no coherent strategy for engaging with Africa,’ House of Lords Committee says

By Citizen Reporter,

The House of Lords International Relations and Defense Committee has slammed the lack of a coherent UK strategy to its engagement with Africa saying t...

house of lords

DIAZ: 2020/2021 Kenya budget a short in the arm for local industry in advent of COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

In spite of having featured as one of the four thematic development pillars for Kenya over the medium, manufacturing has been seen by many observers t...

budget , coronavirus , kicotec , PPEs

Budget day: Yatani’s budget of pain

By Kepha Muiruri,

In just a few hours, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani is expected to walk down the steps of the planning ministry to head into the National Asse...

2020/2021 budget , CS Ukur Yatani , National Treaasury