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 the bank ran on Kenyan diaspora and recipients locally will inform the development of a facilitative policy that encourages increased targeted 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...
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...
Tanzania’s President H.E John Magufuli Dies
John Pombe Magufuli, the fifth President of the Republic of Tanzania has died aged 61. Once praised for his no-nonsense approach, nicknamed as the Bulldozer for his aggressive leadership style, H.E Magufuli More...
Kenya withdraws from ICJ case over Somalia sea border at last minute
Kenya will not take part in Monday’s hearings over its maritime border dispute with Somalia at the International Court of Justice, government sources have told the BBC. Kenya accuses the ICJ of bias More...
