Tag: Kenya

UN approves Kenya-led multinational armed force to combat gang violence in Haiti

October 4, 2023

Kenya’s president William Ruto has welcomed the UN Security Council’s resolution to send a a multinational armed force led by the East African nation to ... Read More

Kenya, Uganda enact new legislation to tighten their control of mining sector

October 4, 2023

Kenyan lawmakers are considering changes to the Mining Act of 2016, thus following in the footsteps of Uganda that passed its Mining and Minerals Act ... Read More

AfCFTA to boost remittances by making cross-border transactions cheaper

September 29, 2023

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has potential to increase cross-border remittances by migrants, according to a new report by World Bank, even as ... Read More

Kenyan and Ghanian activists among 2023 ‘Alternative Nobel’ prize laureates

September 29, 2023

Sweden’s Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”, has in 2023 honored work of two women activists from Africa to provide safer abortion ... Read More

Africa’s food security: Nigeria, Egypt impacted by rising agri-commodities, fertilizer prices

September 26, 2023

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and Moscow’s withdrawal in July from the Black Sea Grain Initiative has driven up global food and commodity prices, severely ... Read More

African climate summit in Kenya aims to catapult continent to green energy leadership

September 5, 2023

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) that officially opened in Nairobi on Monday (4 September) has been hailed as an "unparalleled opportunity" to benefit from ... Read More

Africa Climate Summit: continent’s leaders ‘must dare speak unspeakable’

August 24, 2023

As Kenya is preparing to host the Africa Climate Summit next month, African leaders should be ready for serious and frank discussions about the climate ... Read More

Danish firm to increase investments in Kenya’s booming energy market

August 16, 2023

Danfoss, a Danish energy solutions company, is eyeing the growing data centre market in Kenya’s data center sector, partnering with local companies and institutions to ... Read More

Kenya: Victims of 1998 bomb attack on US embassy renew demand for compensation

August 8, 2023

Kenyan survivors and victims of the 1998 bomb attack on the US embassy in Nairobi renewed calls for compensation from the US government on Monday ... Read More

Kenya is harnessing sun’s potential as next frontier in its renewable energy sector

August 5, 2023

Kenya has seen a significant surge in solar power generation that experts hail as a game-changer for the East African country, whose abundant sunshine can ... Read More