Africa’s major currencies expected to remain stable amid slow activity in financial markets

Africa’s major currencies expected to remain stable amid slow activity in financial markets

Zambia’s kwacha is expected to be trade around its current levels but some analysts said it could gain further out as the economic outlook improves. On Thursday the kwacha was quoted at 24.39 per dollar from 24.45 a week ago.

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Kenya poised to retain status as world geothermal power production leader as GDC strikes steam at Baringo Geothermal project

Kenya poised to retain status as world geothermal power production leader as GDC strikes steam at Baringo Geothermal project

Interviewed, Ngugi expressed GDC’s commitment to ensuring timely delivery of renewable energy projects that will greatly support the country’s development vision and plans. The director said that at Paka field, where most of the work had been done, was slated to start production of the first 100 megawatts by 2028.

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Sign contracts that you understand and are based on Kenyan labour law, athletes counselled

Sign contracts that you understand and are based on Kenyan labour law, athletes counselled

Lawyer Samwel Momanyi said there were many clauses that the athletes may not understand without the help of a lawyer especially after it emerged that, since most of the managers were from foreign countries, the athletes signed contracts written in foreign languages and under foreign labour laws.

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Kenya secures market access in Africa, EU and US with potential to ramp up manufacturing

Kenya secures market access in Africa, EU and US with potential to ramp up manufacturing

Rotich said the Kenya-EU economic partnership agreement (EPA), the Kenya-UK EPA, the Kenya-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC) have opened up vast markets in globally.

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Kenyan medics turn to blood separation to reduce maternal mortality during childbirth

Kenyan medics turn to blood separation to reduce maternal mortality during childbirth

Nick Kiptanui disclosed that currently they are able to collect about 250,000 units of blood annually and when combined with components such as fresh frozen plasma, red blood cells and platelets, the quantity increases to 300,000 units. 

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Why militarised approach to Cameroon’s wildlife conservation fuels local resentment

Why militarised approach to Cameroon’s wildlife conservation fuels local resentment

The mixed patrols take place both inside the national parks and the surrounding Zones d’Intérêt Cynégétique (ZICs). In the former, the patrols are organised and paid for by Cameroon’s government-run conservation agency, MINFOF, and its international conservation partners – World Conservation Society (WCS) for Benoué and Bouba Ndjida, and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), in Faro.

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10,000 prisoners in Kenya enrolled in controversial government medical scheme

10,000 prisoners in Kenya enrolled in controversial government medical scheme

According to Muhia, the exercise of registering inmates, which started in May, is ongoing and so far, has 10, 000 captured inmates. The completion of the registration assures the inmates of quality healthcare as they target to register all the 60,000 inmates in the country.

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Insurgency, ravages of climate change pose biggest threats to wildlife in northern Cameroon

Insurgency, ravages of climate change pose biggest threats to wildlife in northern Cameroon

Cameroon’s Far North has long been on the frontline of climate change. The region has suffered recurrent droughts, most notably during the 1970s and 1980s. This has led to successive waves of southerly migration to more fertile regions. Perhaps the most striking symbol of the changing climate is the shrinking of Lake Chad, a large part of which overlaps with northern Cameroon.

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How wanton gold mining in Migori has degraded swathes of the county into wasteland

How wanton gold mining in Migori has degraded swathes of the county into wasteland

The massive vegetation clearing meant to pave the way for mining activities has resulted in increased surface runoff that largely contributes to water pollution, with chemicals such as mercury and sodium carbonate finding their way to the area water bodies.

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Erotic Hollywood producer’s companies gleaned millions from unusable dating sites

Erotic Hollywood producer’s companies gleaned millions from unusable dating sites

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