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regional concerns

Ethiopia: Kenyatta and Museveni try to broker peace to avoid regional fallout

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta held private talks with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle Work Zewde on Sunday, as ... regional leaders scramble for a solution to the country’s year-long civil war.

Fake papers

Kenya’s politicians rush to secure fake diplomas as elections near

Back in 2018, when Kenyan Senator Gideon Moi announced that he might run in next year’s presidential race, supporters of Deputy President William ... Ruto immediately attacked him as a spoiler. One of the politicians who wouldn’t hear of it was MP Oscar Sudi, who took aim at Moi’s educational credentials.

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telecoms tax

How has Africa’s mobile money market adapted to the pandemic?

Covid-19 led to widespread regulatory limits on mobile money transaction fees to boost financial inclusion through the pandemic. How have the ... controls impacted mobile money operators, which earn 80%+ of revenues from transaction fees? It looks like the controls are here to stay in some countries. In others, like Tanzania, Vodacom and Airtel successfully lobbied to remove a mobile money tax.

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succession confusion

Kenya: Can Kenyatta control his final 9 months in power?

On 9 November, Kenya will be nine months away from its presidential elections. Can President Uhuru Kenyatta shape the legacy he wants, or will ... he be dragged into bitter succession politics?

Kenya top stories

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance coalition, and his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka attend their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi

Decision time

Kenya’s 2022 election: Kalonzo Musyoka limps to the ballot box

Opposition supporters protest on a main road in Bamburi area of the coastal city of Mombasa, 2007

storm brewing

Is Kenya set to replay the post-electoral ethnic violence of 2007?

Kenyan presidential candidate William Ruto kicks off his campaign, in Nairobi

poll positions

Kenya: What’s next for William Ruto as he hits polling plateau?

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance coalition, and his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka attend their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi

Decision time

Kenya’s 2022 election: Kalonzo Musyoka limps to the ballot box

Opposition supporters protest on a main road in Bamburi area of the coastal city of Mombasa, 2007

storm brewing

Is Kenya set to replay the post-electoral ethnic violence of 2007?

Kenyan presidential candidate William Ruto kicks off his campaign, in Nairobi

poll positions

Kenya: What’s next for William Ruto as he hits polling plateau?

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Rally to celebrate Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's incumbency at the Meskel Square in Addis Ababa

MOUNTING PRESSURE

Ethiopia – Tigray: What options does Abiy have now?

As Addis Ababa braces itself for a likely assault by rebel forces from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and the TPLF, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s ... options are quickly dwindling, and Ethiopia’s neighbours are worried.

Kenya supreme court

No love lost

Kenya: Bad blood between executive & judiciary worries Kenyans

The bad blood between Kenya's executive and judiciary is no longer a secret. However, many Kenyans worry that the deep-seated rivalry between ... these two arms of government might plunge the country into a constitutional crisis if left unchecked.

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Open Platform

Kenyan fintech Tanda plans agency banking entry in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania

Kenyan fintech Tanda plans to extend its agency banking services across east Africa, CEO Geoffrey Mulei tells The Africa Report. ...

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Wake up and smell the coffee

Kenya: Politicians pulling out all the stops in scramble for the youth vote

With another general election around the corner, leading presidential contenders are pulling all the stops to win the support of the youth, who ... are already disillusioned with the empty promises that characterise Kenya’s politics. The big question is: who will win over this key voting bloc?

Digital Limits

Cellulant’s new CEO plans Ethiopia entry focused on offline payments

Kenya’s Cellulant is prioritising offline rather than online payments as it enters Ethiopia, newly appointed CEO Akshay Grover tells The Africa ... Report.

Politics is local

Kenya: Politicians up ethnic rhetoric ahead of 2022 polls fuelling worries

The rush by politicians to use their ethnic blocs as bargaining chips in the political game is beginning to worry many Kenyans who fear the cut-throat ... competition could cause violence in a disputed election, as has happened in the recent past.

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