Kenya 1st in Africa to Use Generic of Current AIDS Drug
Kenya is the first country in Africa to introduce a generic version of the current drug of choice for people living with HIV, officials said Wednesday. Kenya’s government and the global health initiative Unitaid announced that the East African nation will make the generic version of dolutegravir available for routine use. They said Nigeria and More...
Africa Wired : Anti-malaria drug developer wins innovation prize
By Pavithra Rao A ground-breaking anti-malarial drug extracted from a local plant, and a computer software that enables health care workers to determine the appropriate drug treatment for patients with HIV/AIDS, More...
Are East Africa Countries doing enough to invest in Human capital to be able to manage the oil & gas wealth?
Op -ed By Thuo Daniel Njoroge Mr Thuo Njoroge Daniel Introduction The East African community (EAC) countries are about to join the league of oil producing countries. There are many parts of the world where More...
Petroleum contracts and taxation: Is East Africa prepared? – OPED
By: Thuo Njoroge Daniel Introduction Gas and oil exploration and production companies in Africa face enormous challenges, ranging from gang extortion in local communities to government regulation and taxation.1 More...
Kenya records massive growth in international-bandwidth
The improvement in infrastructure has seen the increase of international bandwidth to Kenya more than double to record a 117.9% increase between January and March 2015. According to Q3 sector statistics released More...
Record 85.5% mobile penetration, Sh. 1.3tr in mobile money transfers in 6 months – Kenya
Mobile penetration in Kenya surged to 85.5%, a 2.9% jump from the previous quarter, as competition in the mobile telecommunications industry heats up. New entrant Equitel has so far managed to capture 1.9% (or 665,661 More...
Kenya’s Equity Bank starts mobile pay service to challenge Safaricom
Kenya’s Equity Bank said it would press ahead with offering mobile phone transfer services, stepping up competition to telecoms firm Safaricom’s money transfer product. Equity Bank, the biggest in the More...
Global investment increasing dramatically in Africa’s telecoms industry
Power Plant upgrade in Rwanda Africa’s telecoms industry forms a vital component to the country’s economic growth, affecting all aspects of the business and social sphere. Dramatic expansion in the telecoms More...
Oldest known stone tools found in Kenya, makers not known
By taking a wrong turn in a dry riverbed in Kenya, scientists discovered a trove of stone tools far older than any ever found before. Nobody knows who made them — or why. At 3.3 million years old, they push back More...
Physics Teacher Position
African Leadership Academy African Leadership Academy seeks a passionate Physics Teacher who can create learning environments that engage and develop the next generation of leaders. ALA faculty work each day with More...
