World Bank predicts meteoric spike in oil prices if Israel-Hamas war escalates
Some analysts are sceptical that the US would experience massive oil shortages, since US oil production is at an all-time high.
Digital IDs: Human rights groups in Kenya want stronger legislative basis to eliminate bias and erosion of privacy
Dr Ngare said that Gates’ involvement with Maisha Namba is just one of his many interests in Africa, having previously been involved with “The clandestine administration of fertility regulating Tetatus vaccines to Kenyan women in 2014-2015, facilitated by Gavi and the WHO,” which he says “is still fresh in our minds.”
Surveillance fears emerge over why Bill Gates is pushing President Ruto to endorse digital IDs for newborns in Kenya
Some experts said they believe the Maisha Namba programme has other, unannounced, aims. Dr Wahome Ngare, chairman of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, told The Defender that Maisha Namba will operate as a vaccination tracking programme.
Africa’s cultural conquest of West has gained pace through music, industrialisation is limping
African fashion had its own shows in Paris and Milan. In Venice, Africa is the focus of this year’s Architectural Biennale. Last year, an architect from Burkina Faso won the prestigious Pritzker Prize. In 2021, Tanzania-born Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
When to ignore an instruction from your boss: Avoid emails asking you to approve payments
BEC wire transfer fraud sees criminals taking advantage of an expected financial transaction such as a supplier payment, and asking the recipient to adjust the bank account information on an outgoing wire transfer. In many cases, the instruction may appear to come from the victim’s boss, and may even be written in a similar style that is used by the boss.
Kenya: Stellantis invest $1.58 billion to acquire 20 per cent shares in Leapmotor to bolster latter’s EV business
Leapmotor was the world’s first pure-play EV company to implement Cell-to-Chassis technology on a largescale, and its ‘Four-Leaf Clover’ Leap 3.0 central-controlled new electric and electronic architecture achieves seamless and efficient collaboration within the core components of smart EVs. Its unique vertical integration model maximizes scalability, enabling Leapmotor to quickly respond to customer needs.
Exchange rates: US dollar exerts pressure on Kenyan, Ugandan and Zambian currencies
Nigeria’s naira is seen trading around its current levels on the official market in the coming week, after the finance minister said the government was expecting $10 billion of inflows to ease dollar shortages.
Public health: US presidential candidate labels Bill Gates a powerful man who could ‘corrupt the whole system’
The Gates Foundation, which holds shares in a range of drug companies including Merck, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, is now credited with wielding significant influence over the direction of the global response to the pandemic, saying its goal is to “vaccinate the entire world” with a Covid-19 vaccine.
Bagged, precut onions come with food poisoning risks as salmonella detected in 73 people
Salmonella poisoning can cause serious illness, especially in children younger than five, elderly people and those with weakened immune systems.
International Energy Agency predicts demand for world oil, gas and coal will peak by 2030
Still, the IEA also said as things stand, demand for fossil fuels is set to remain far too high to keep within reach the Paris Agreement goal of limiting the rise in average global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
