How fashionista transitioned from UN employment to fashion, now building design empire beyond Kenya
Addressing potential Nigerian, Kenyan and international investors, Nwugu highlights the ease of doing business in East Africa’s largest economy, attributing her success to Kenya’s strong middle class and transparent regulatory framework, which has also allowed her business to expand into neighbouring countries.
What stands out in China’s ‘two sessions’ of new 5-year plan that begin this week in Beijing
Domestically, China must deftly navigate long-standing structural issues while responding to ever-emerging technological and industrial challenges. Against this backdrop, the new five-year plan will offer a strategic roadmap – not merely a list of tasks, but a framework guiding how the country will navigate its development priorities, ranging from strengthening its supply-chain capacity to advancing its low-carbon transformation.
Virtues of planning ahead: How China is able to keep its five-year economic plans on course, schedule
In the book “China’s Megatrends,” American scholar John Naisbitt vividly described China’s planning approach as “framing the forest and letting the trees grow,” highlighting how the plans set broad national priorities while giving individual sectors and enterprises the freedom to develop in their own ways.
Trump ‘very disappointed’ in British PM Starmer after London declines to take part in strikes on Iran
The negative comments from the president are a world removed from pomp, pageantry and backslaps of the unprecedented second royal visit Mr Trump was granted last year, according to LBC.
Nakuru County’s drive for ‘sponge city’ given fillip by Netherlands in $30 million climate change collaboration
Deputy Governor David Kones expressed Nakuru County’s commitment to kick-start the project to ensure it delivers tangible benefits to city residents by protecting them from the increasing threat of climate change.
Why China’s robotics industry is outpacing fellow industrialised nations and how the momentum creates opportunities for the world
Open-source datasets and motion-control frameworks further reduce industry entry barriers, enabling faster commercialization. At the Hangzhou Embodied Intelligence Pilot Base, this ecosystem approach is being formalised. Li Xingteng, deputy general manager of the base, said organisers are establishing academic, industrial and technical committees to align researchers, founders and chief technologists.
Fears of Trump impeachment rise as US president’s base revolts over war with Iran
The war is certain to widen a growing rift in Trump’s base over his military adventurism abroad. Tucker Carlson, one of Trump’s most prominent supporters, argued for his election in 2024 on the basis that his opponents would drag the United States into unnecessary wars.
‘Godfather of vaccines’ tries to defend himself eight years later but can’t reset truths
Despite his best efforts, he was not able to put the truths he was forced to admit in that deposition back in the bottle; nor have his efforts succeeded in bullying everyone into injecting without thinking.
New study links long‑term exposure to pollutants from vehicle emissions, industry and fossil fuel burning to memory and cognitive loss
Older adults exposed to high air pollution levels early in the 2000s scored significantly worse on memory tests in 2011 than their peers in low-pollution communities, according to a new study. The findings align with increasing evidence that long‑term exposure to motor vehicle emissions, industry and fossil fuel burning may be linked to memory and cognitive problems at all ages.