Dominant Chinese Artificial Intelligence firms rake in huge profits in niche markets
China’s vast domestic market provides fertile ground for AI adoption. Tech giants like Alibaba have begun integrating agentic AI, linking it with their existing digital infrastructure – spanning payments, logistics, and cloud services – to convert algorithms into revenue.
Kenya launches Women Count Phase III for critical gender data for national policy making
Since 2016, the Women Count programme has helped transform gender data systems, closing critical data gaps, strengthening institutional capacity and embedding gender statistics in decision-making.
Kenya, Italy partner to construct coffee training centre at Coffee Research Institute in Ruiru
The minister highlighted the commitment of the Kenya to revitalising the coffee value chain with a clear focus on small-scale farmers. He observed that persistent challenges that include climate change, limited access to appropriate technologies and constrained financing hinder productivity.
Regulator takes insurance education to grassroots communities in Kakamega as it pushes to expand its portfolio
The training targets different groups that include the national government administration officers (NGAO), Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), Kenya National of Commerce and Chambers Industry (KNCCI), Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWD), farmers, youth and women.
Youth killed, his brother injured in Rachuonyo in bar brawl as rivals political factions clashed
A 27-year-old man was killed and another seriously injured following a violent altercation between two groups of youths at a local bar in Kanyaluo village, Rachuonyo North Sub-County. The deceased, identified as Clinton Otieno, was fatally stabbed on Wednesday night. The incident is linked to political differences between rival groups...
Seven children-4: Slavery story isn’t about the past, it’s about how the past lives in the present and continue shaping lives today
The story of Samuel and the seven Thornton children forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about how power determines not just who can speak, but what can be officially known.
Israeli military strikes over 1,000 Iranian weapons production targets – statement
The campaign is designed to “degrade the Iranian regime’s weapons production capabilities,” it added, systematically targeting production lines to reduce Iran’s manufacturing, development and research capacity across its military industries.
Blogger, wife remanded by Murang’a court over viral nude videos of Thika commercial sex workers
Njagi and his wife Betty were arrested on Wednesday and detained at Kenol Police Station following complaints lodged by the Kiambu Sex Workers Association led by its director Jane Mburu, which called for investigations and justice for the victims.
Kenyan minister warns coffee firms government will only pay farmers’ debts after verification
Speaking to hundreds of coffee farmers at Kairuri Grounds in Manyatta Constituency during a tour of Embu County this week, the cabinet secretary said any fictitious loans will not be covered and may even lead to prosecution.
Museveni’s sterile policies: Uganda continues to export raw coffee, minerals and cheap labour while richer countries sell finished goods, control trade
The foundation of this system lies in what Karl Marx termed “primitive accumulation” – the original theft that precedes capitalist exploitation. In Uganda’s case, this is not a historical phenomenon confined to colonialism but an ongoing process. The deceptively rich have acquired their wealth not through hard work or productive enterprise but through the systematic theft of public funds.