Kenya’s new “Uber” tax on digital businesses and services could spark US trade retaliation
Kenya will start levying new tax on digital markets under a new lawsigned by the president early in November. The Finance Act seeks to broaden the Income Tax Act net to include income accruing through a digital market place. The law defines the digital marketplace as “a platform that enables direct interactions between buyers and sellers of goods More...
Kenya forces in Somalia as part of the Africa Union Mission in Somalia.
NAIROBI – Kenya’s president has said his forces will remain part of the African Union Mission in Somalia and leave the country when it’s secure and stable. The president’s statement came More...
Africa Uncensored: The Journalists Exposing Corruption in Kenya
“Our goal is to show Africa as it really is: The good, the bad, the ugly, the potential,” says John Allan Namu, an investigative journalist in Nairobi, Kenya. He co-founded Africa Uncensored, More...
Africa Wired: Artificial intelligence offers benefits for Africa
Source: Africa Renewal BY: HUGO BOURHIS – Africa Renewal When some people think of artificial intelligence (AI), they think of humanoid robots turning against their creators in an apocalyptic science fiction More...
Challenging climate change in Kenya, one slingshot at a time
Source: Christian Monitor A novel strategy to plant trees is empowering ordinary Kenyans and they’re using any means necessary: slingshot, air balloon, even paraglide. In the face of severe droughts, environmentalists More...
London Terror attack and the global lesson
Source: Christian Monitor A terrorist released from prison and who had gone through rehab programs killed two advocates of such programs. The attack can focus global attention on better ways to reintegrate terrorists More...
African countries lead the way on international treaty on Mining, Agricultural and Construction Equipment
Source: Stephenson Harwood. African countries lead the way on international treaty on Mining, Agricultural and Construction Equipment South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation hosted More...
US leader Donald Trump arrives in London for the Nato Summit.
Source: Evening Standard Donald Trump’s huge police entourage was seen driving through Camden after he landed at Stansted Airport ahead of the two day Nato summit. Police motorbikes held up traffic as a More...
ACFTA – Pretty on paper but will take time to implement
3 weeks ago, Nigeria the latest signatory to the African Continental Free trade agreement announced closure of its borders between Benin, Cameroon and Niger. This goes against the vision of open and free markets More...
Kenya Floods: The clearest sign of the impact of Climate change to communities
NAIROBI, May 8 (Xinhua) — Kenya is facing one of its worst floods crises in years after rainwater displaced thousands of people across the country. The rains have been pounding the East African nation for More...
