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...
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...
After failing to revive Kenya Airways, CEO calls for a speedy nationalisation of the Airline
NAIROBI, Nov 29 (Reuters) – The government must move quickly to nationalise Kenya Airways as regional competitors seeking to carve out market share pour cash into their national carriers, the CEO, hired with More...
Kenya’s case as it seeks the UN security council seat
As with tradition, Kenya’s envoys in various jurisdiction will host other diplomats to secure support for her bid of the UN security council seat, in London. Kenya is up against Djibouti who have remained More...
Kenya Bankers will not return to Wild West kind of banditry
Source: Reuters George Obulutsa NAIROBI, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Kenyan banks will not return to the “wild west kind of banditry” after a cap on commercial lending rates was lifted this month, the governor More...
The Guptas family – A South African Corruption Story
The US has placed economic sanctions on members of Gupta family and a business associate for their alleged roles in a “significant corruption network” in South Africa. The three Gupta brothers, More...
