Prince Philip has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace announces
Source: BBC Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. In a statement shortly after midday, the palace said: “His Royal Highness passed More...
CBK woos Kenyans abroad with investment incentives
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is looking at developing a framework that will offer special incentives to Kenyans abroad who set up businesses back at a home. Governor Patrick Njoroge says the findings of a survey More...
A first as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is nominated as author and translator for the International Booker Prize
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has become the first writer to be nominated for the International Booker prize as both author and translator of the same book, and the first nominee writing in an indigenous African language. The More...
Kenya must impose tougher restrictions on Tourists from Covid 19 infested countries to save lives
Middle classes, Celebrities and wealthy foreigners are leaving their countries where lockdown measures supported with medical infrastructure and digital technology are being developed rapidly ,to parts of the world More...
Obama family matriarch has died in a Kenyan hospital at 99
NAIROBI, Kenya — Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former U.S. President Barack Obama‘s Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was at least 99 years old. Mama Sarah, as the More...
COVID-19 Pandemic Kenya Reimposes COVID-19 Restrictions
NAIROBI – Kenya reimposed COVID-19 restrictions after the country’s positivity rate this week jumped to 22 percent, a 20 percent increase since January. Addressing the nation Friday, Kenyan President More...
ALL SYSTEMS GO AS KENYA-UK TRADE DEAL COMES INTO FORCE
Status of the Agreement On 3 November 2020, Kenya and the UK signed the Kenya-UK Economic Partnership Agreement (the EPA) to continue the preferential zero tariff and zero quota trade of goods between the two countries. More...
Africa Diaspora Remittance – The hand that keeps giving.
By Agnes Gitau Financing Africa’s public and private sector projects has always been an expensive business, the outbreak of COVID 19 has caused a tremendous strain on access to finance, in an already More...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in as the 6th President of the Republic of Tanzania
Reuters: Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as president on Friday, becoming the first female head of state in the east African country after the death from heart disease of president More...
Hon Samia Suluhu Hassan to be sworn in as Tanzania’s President
A first in Tanzania and East Africa, Vice President Hon. Samia Suluhu Hassan will become Tanzania’s First Female President (under Tanzania’s constitution) following the sudden death of President John More...
