Kenya power reports vulnerability owing to rapid wind and solar uptake that affects grid
Kenya’s national power utility said on Tuesday that rapid uptake of variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar was affecting the stability and reliability of the East African country’s electricity grid. Kenya Power said that variable renewable energy sources now accounted for more than 20 per cent of...
Young Kenyans resort to ‘mpango wa kando’ or income streams diversification as guarantee of financial satisfaction
Saving remains a priority among young people, with 97 per cent reporting that they have a savings goal. Their leading priorities include starting a business (29 per cent), investing in an existing business (23 per cent), funding their children’s education (21 per cent), buying a home (20 per cent) and building an emergency fund (19 per cent).
African governments and development partners told raise investment in agriculture, allow farmers a stronger voice in policy making
GIZ Senior Technical Advisor Kennedy Okech said the initiative would strengthen the capacity of farmer organisations to participate effectively in policy formulation, implementation and agricultural investment decisions.
Why US President signed executive order that reduces number of childhood vaccines from 18 to 11
Karl Jablonowski, CHD’s senior research scientist, said the “real shakeup” comes from aligning US childhood vaccination policy with the findings of the HHS report and “placing it’s upkeep with Kennedy, through the HHS Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines.”
Stanbic Holdings posts $50.9 million half-year profit the CEO attributes to resilience and disciplined execution
Chief Executive Officer Joshua Oigara said the results demonstrate the bank’s resilience and disciplined execution despite a challenging operating environment characterised by global and domestic uncertainties.
African exporters reap early benefits 100 days since China’s zero-tariff programme came into force
The steady hum of automated production lines echoes through a Chinese-invested avocado oil processing plant in Kenya’s Athi River Export Processing Zone, where freshly harvested avocados are stored, ripened, sorted and cold-pressed into extra virgin avocado oil destined for the Chinese market. On May 1, China fully implemented a zero-tariff...
Gold rush: How thousands of fortune hunters transformed a sleepy hamlet in West Pokot County in north-western Kenya into thriving business hub
The presence of large and deep pits dug by miners has also heightened fears of accidents, particularly given the high population and continued mining activities into the night. The local administration further expressed concern that the growing population could attract the sale and consumption of illicit brews and other drugs, increasing the risk of accidents and insecurity.
Xiplomacy: How China’s President Xi Jinping’s foreign relations are driven ordinary people’s social and economic needs
During his visit to Tajikistan in September 2014, Xi attended a ceremony marking the commencement of a China-Tajikistan joint thermal power plant in Dushanbe. Seeing the difficulties faced by local people due to shortages of electricity and heating, Xi said he had experienced hardship himself and empathised with them. Projects truly benefiting local people were the best ones, he added.
A paradigm shift as Kenya resorts to all-female rangers to boost wildlife conservation in Amboseli National Park
Evan Mvua Mkala, a senior programme manager at IFAW, said that while 50 male rangers had received extensive training, IFAW found that their efforts in pastoralist communities were limited by a lack of direct access to information from within those communities.
Rest of the world lower forest as China’s economy starts new five-year plan with resilience, new growth drivers
With many international institutions lowering their forecasts for major economies, China’s first-half performance was particularly notable given the size of its economy, officials said.