Hope for Kenya as Uhuru Kenyatta & Raila Odinga agree to dialogue
Nairobi Star In a rare show of unity on Friday, President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga told Kenyans they had set their differences aside and would work to unite the public. The two met at Harambee House office of the President before addressing the press. They neither specified their strategies nor took any questions. Raila, who More...
African SMEs Set to Benefit from USD 74M Guarantee
The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AGF) (www.AfricanGuaranteeFund.com) has today entered into a re- guarantee transaction of an amount of up to USD 74 million with GuarantCo (www.GuarantCo.com), More...
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Resigns to pave way for reform
AGENCIES Ethiopia’s prime minister says he has submitted his resignation as both prime minister and the chairman of the ruling coalition. Hailemariam Desalegn’s announcement comes amid a political crisis More...
We had a dream… 53 years on all we have are memories
East African You can’t deny it. Despite a few bright spots last year, the East African Project is in trouble. In Arusha, we have an East African Community (EAC) secretariat grappling with one of its most difficult More...
Young African women turn to coding
More women techies could help close income inequality gap By Fatimatou Sene At Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Angela Koranteng was an accomplished student with a special dream. At a time More...
Kenya announces Eurobond Roadshows
Kenya plans to hold an investor roadshow in mid-February to promote a planned Eurobond issue, the country’s central bank governor said on Friday. Patrick Njoroge did not disclose the sum involved. A source previously More...
Corporate boardrooms: where are the women?
A lack of diversity afflicts most companies’ boards By Kwamboka Oyaro When a woman rises to the top rung of the traditionally all-male corporate ladder in Africa, it’s front-page news because women’s More...
Digital revolution holds bright promises for Africa
Turning a digital divide into dividends will require efforts By Eleni Mourdoukoutas Internet penetration is creeping up in Africa, bringing the prospect of digital dividends to a continent long marked by More...
Africa’s poverty rates on a rebound despite notable Economic Development
In this special coverage of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we focus on SDG 10, which is “Reduced inequality within and among countries.” The aim of SDG 10 is for countries to adopt policies that promote More...
Would adoption of GMO technology help solve Africa’s Food Security?
African solutions urgently sought for agriculture development An unprecedented wave of mergers among world’s top GMO producers worries regulators By Hans Wetzels Professor Richard Mulwa knows his way around scientifically More...
