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A motorist drives on the newly opened Expressway built by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis, in Nairobi, Kenya. May 14, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

bearing the brunt

Kenya: New tax proposals will lead to job losses, groups warn

More than 100,000 jobs will be lost in Kenya if the controversial and unpopular finance bill the government is proposing to increase taxes is passed, ...

Many settlements in Kisoro, southwest Uganda were damaged in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. ((Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Anadolu Agency via AFP)

TWO DISASTERS

Premium badgeClimate change: Floods in East Africa exacerbate food insecurity The East Africa region was hit with heavy rains in May, leading to flooding in several countries. In Rwanda, floods killed more than 130 people in nor...
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Premium badgeDRC, Morocco, Kenya… Africa’s energy independence, myth or reality? Despite abundant resources, Africa still lacks electricity. An increased focus on renewable energy could remedy this paradoxical situation.
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BOUNDARY BREAKER

We are here: In memory of Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo “Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a pre...

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Many settlements in Kisoro, southwest Uganda were damaged in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. ((Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Anadolu Agency via AFP)

TWO DISASTERS

Premium badgeClimate change: Floods in East Africa exacerbate food insecurity The East Africa region was hit with heavy rains in May, leading to flooding in several countries. In Rwanda, floods killed more than 130 people in nor...
jad20230515-eco-rdc-maroc-kenya-souverainete-energetique-1256×628-1685599790 Wind turbines in Morocco in the region of the port of Tangier. © Jean-Michel Ruiz

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Premium badgeDRC, Morocco, Kenya… Africa’s energy independence, myth or reality? Despite abundant resources, Africa still lacks electricity. An increased focus on renewable energy could remedy this paradoxical situation.
© Worker cleaning Kenya’s court of arms at Treasury Building during the budget reading 2020/2021./SOPAIMAGES

More or less borrowing?

Premium badgeFive questions on Kenya’s new debt policy As Kenya prepares to table the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year beginning next July, there are adjacent hasty plans to get parliament to chan...

Kenya top stories

Many settlements in Kisoro, southwest Uganda were damaged in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. ((Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Anadolu Agency via AFP)

TWO DISASTERS

Premium badgeClimate change: Floods in East Africa exacerbate food insecurity The East Africa region was hit with heavy rains in May, leading to flooding in several countries. In Rwanda, floods killed more than 130 people in nor...
jad20230515-eco-rdc-maroc-kenya-souverainete-energetique-1256×628-1685599790 Wind turbines in Morocco in the region of the port of Tangier. © Jean-Michel Ruiz

Lights on

Premium badgeDRC, Morocco, Kenya… Africa’s energy independence, myth or reality? Despite abundant resources, Africa still lacks electricity. An increased focus on renewable energy could remedy this paradoxical situation.
© Worker cleaning Kenya’s court of arms at Treasury Building during the budget reading 2020/2021./SOPAIMAGES

More or less borrowing?

Premium badgeFive questions on Kenya’s new debt policy As Kenya prepares to table the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year beginning next July, there are adjacent hasty plans to get parliament to chan...

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© Worker cleaning Kenya’s court of arms at Treasury Building during the budget reading 2020/2021./SOPAIMAGES

More or less borrowing?

Premium badgeFive questions on Kenya’s new debt policy As Kenya prepares to table the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year beginning next July, there are adjacent hasty plans to get parliament to chan...
© Kenya’s President William Ruto (photo: @WilliamsRuto)

Dissenting voices

Kenya: Rebellion rocks ruling party over mandatory housing levy One resignation and open defiance by some ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party MPs show cracks in President William Ruto’s proposal to increa...
© File photo of a Turkana warrior with cattle approaching a settlement in Ilemi Triangle, Kenya (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)

CENTURY-OLD PROBLEM

Premium badgeUganda – Kenya: Museveni gets tough on ngiTurkana rustlers Always positioning himself as a pan-Africanist, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has been reluctant to take a tough stance against neighbouring countr...
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‘Africa led by Africans’

Premium badgeDow’s Sami Mainich places trust in African talents Since being appointed president of Dow’s Africa operations in late February, Sami Mainich has been on the lookout for partnership opportunities across...
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future crops?

Blow to Kenya-US negotiations on GMO crops as Court of Appeal upholds ban Kenya’s Agricultural lobby groups have applauded last week’s Court of Appeal ruling that will stop the government from importing Genetically Modified ...
© At the Transform Africa summit in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, heads of state and policymakers discussed ways to ensure connectivity for the African continent. (Transform Africa)

political will

Premium badgeRwanda, Malawi, Zimbabwe…Ensuring connectivity on the African continent Connecting rural areas of the African continent to the IT grid and ensuring they will have access to services and care was a hot topic at the Transfor...