OPINION: Digital skills training is the future of work in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

By Liliosa Mbirimi Muturi The Kenyan job market has witnessed technology disruption first-hand. As some top tier institutions enact job cuts, other...

South Africa says unemployment at highest level in a decade

By VOA,

South Africa says unemployment has reached its highest level in a decade at 29%. Second-quarter figures released Tuesday show the number of unemplo...

south africa , unemployment

Kenyans are tired of old employed people telling youth to start own companies

By Citizen Reporter,

The rate of unemployment in Kenya is very high with the Kenya Economic Survey 2019 reporting that it stood at 9.3 per cent last year. The World Ban...

employment , Ezekiel Mutua , World Bank

Bobi Wine officially declares bid to challenge Museveni for Uganda presidency

By VOA,

Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine formally launched his presidential bid for the 2021 election on Wednesday, calling the country's long...

Bobi Wine , President Yoweri Museveni , uganda

South African soldiers deployed to Cape Town to help fight gangs

By Reuters,

South African soldiers were deployed to gang-ridden Cape Town suburbs on Thursday to help quell escalating violence that has killed hundreds this year...

south africa gangs

Acosta resigns amid furor over Epstein plea deal

By CNN,

President Donald Trump has announced Friday that Labor Secretary Alex Acosta has resigned, a move that comes after furor over a plea deal with Jeffrey...

Acosta , Epstein plea deal , sex trafficking

Cameroon fights Boko Haram with goats and sheep

By VOA,

The government of Cameroon this week began rolling out an unlikely weapon in the fight against Boko Haram militants. Authorities are distributing t...

Boko Haram

She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail

By CNN,

How do women get men who are standing in the way of gender equality to listen to them? Grab them by their genitalia. That's the radical suggestion ...

Bobi Wine , LGBTQ , President Yoweri Museveni , Stella Nyanzi , uganda

48pc of Kenyans believe country headed in wrong direction – poll

By Samuel Ramtu,

At least 48 percent of Kenyans presently believe the country is headed in the wrong direction owing to high cost of living, corruption and high unempl...

Angela Ambitho , corruption , DP William Ruto , Infotrak , President Uhuru Kenyatta , raila odinga

In remote corner of Kenyan Coast, Red Cross fights drug addiction

By VOA,

A new drug rehabilitation center on the Kenyan coast is working to help heroin addicts turn their lives around. The facility, run by the Kenya Red Cro...

drug addiction , Kenya Red Cross , Kenyan Coast , NACADA

One dead, several hurt in suicide bomber attacks in Tunisian capital

By Reuters,

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, killing one police officer and wounding seve...

militants , Police Officers , President Beji Caid Essebsi , suicide bomber , tunisia

Gov’t orders employers to identify all employees before July 8

By Faizal Ahmed,

All employers in Kenya are expected to submit lists of employees failure to which they will be liable to fines of up to Ksh.100,000 or six-month jail ...

employment , National Employment Authority

Malawi leader vows to lift economy as protests continue

By Reuters,

Malawi’s economy will grow 5% in 2019, President Peter Mutharika promised on Friday, in a state of the nation address boycotted by the opposition wh...

economy , Malawi , President Peter Mutharika

South Africa’s MultiChoice looks to lay off more than 2,000 workers

By Reuters,

South African pay-television firm MultiChoice Group is planning to lay off more than 2,000 workers in South Africa in a shake-up of its customer care ...

Layoff workers , Multichoice , Showmax , south africa

Trump launches re-election campaign, presents himself as outsider and victim

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday by presenting himself as the same political insurgent who shook up t...

Campaigns , Donald Trump , elections , hillary clinton , United States

Moses Kuria, Sonko file petition against CS Rotich’s boda boda insurance proposal

By Dzuya Walter,

A section of politicians led by Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria on Monday moved to court challenging a proposal by the go...

Budget 2019/2020 , CS Henry Rotich , Governor Mike Sonko

IMF disburses Ksh.25B loan tranche to Tunisia

By Reuters,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the payment of a $247million (Ksh25billion) loan tranche to Tunisia. This is the sixth under its...

Tunisia IMF loan

CNN Poll: Rising share expect Trump to win in 2020

By CNN,

A majority of Americans say they think Donald Trump is going to win a second term, according to a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, even as the President's ...

American politics , Barack Obama , Donald Trump , Immigration , North Korea

Has Madaraka Day lost its purpose?

By Citizen Reporter,

As Kenya celebrates the 56th Madaraka Day on Saturday in Narok County, it brings to the attention of many how the self-seeking journey of liberty in l...

madaraka day

Nigeria’s Buhari kicks off challenge-filled second term with low-key inauguration

By Reuters,

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in on Wednesday for a second term at a low-key inauguration ceremony in which he surprised many by not d...

Boko Haram , Nigeria , President Muhammadu Buhari