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Kenya

shoppers watchlist

Kenya’s Tuskys on government watchlist after failing to pay suppliers

Tuskys, a Kenyan family-owned retail chain with a presence in Uganda, is on a government watchlist after it failed to pay its suppliers on ... time.

Tanzania Inauguration

triple threat

East Africa budgets: ‘An optimistic mix of tax waivers and incentives’

The Finance Ministers of East African Community (EAC) states presented their 2020-2021 budgets on 11 June, as the region prepares itself for ... a tough year ahead.

France Peace Forum

race to the end

Djibouti refuses to bow out of race against Kenya for seat at UNSC

The diplomatic competition between Nairobi and Djibouti City for Africa's seat on the UN Security Council will come to a close on Wednesday 17 ... June, but the outcome will have lasting effects on regional cooperation.

Kenya The Reckoning Sons of a Father

cyber tax man

If it’s sold, shared or created online, Kenya wants it taxed

Kenya plans to extend its internet taxes to nearly everything created, sold or shared online, as its tax collector struggles to meet revenue ... targets amidst the pandemic and debt repayments.

eye on the prize

Egypt’s Abdel Hamid Mamdouh bid for the WTO – Five things to know

At 67, Abdel Hamid Mamdouh is one of four Africans vying for the top post of Director-General at the World Trade Organization. He’s relying ... on his years of experience within the institution and the support of his government to make that win a reality.

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Kenya Elections

lost love

Fallout with Kenyatta: Door closed on succession for Ruto

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has escalated his control over the ruling party and legislature, as he consolidates his new alliances and sidelines ... old ones.

World Economic Forum in Africa

fickle race

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s bid to lead the WTO – Five things to know

Development economist and former two-time Finance Minister of Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been nominated as the candidate for the job of ... Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, following the abrupt resignation of Roberto Azevêdo. But her nomination comes after President Muhammadu Buhari had already nominated Yonov Frederick Agah. Why the sudden switch?

looking inwards

Coronavirus: The pandemic doesn’t mean AfCFTA is on lockdown

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the greatest examples of Pan-Africanism since the creation of the African Union (AU). ... The agreement has acquired the signatures of 54 of the AU’s 55 member-states, bringing together an impressive domestic market of more than 1.2 billion people with a collective GDP of $2.6tn.

A group of men protest while pulling a cart carrying the body of Vitallis Ochilo Owino in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 4, 2020. Vitallis Ochilo Owino was allegedly beaten to death by police officers while walking in the streets after curfew hours.

laws and order

Kenya’s policing is steeped in violence. Here’s what must change

Kenya has a long history of policing with excessive force, often resulting in unnecessary deaths. ...

payment paradigms

Mastercard: “In Africa, our biggest competitor is cash”

When cash is king, payments companies have an uphill battle... but also a huge market to address, explains Mastercard's Raghav Prasad. ...

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