Used and dumped by power wielders, Kenyan youth finding relief in farming as executive and legislature wreck economy
During the anti-tax protests last year, there was unanimity among the youth – referred to as Gen-Z or Young Generation – that the country’s wobbly economy was s an outcome of a thieving executive and a compliant parliament.
How erratic healthcare has enabled herbalist in rural Kenya to rake in profits treating whooping cough, syphilis, diarrhoea and toothaches
Despite his humble beginnings, Lemaiyian is now a permanent fixture in Kericho town and its environs, where he administers traditional herbs on the streets, where has as established a business with high prospects, by prescribing cures for a stubborn diseases such as whooping cough, syphilis, diarrhoea and toothaches.
How English Premier League’s financial rules are working to check influx of dirty money, enforce fair-play
There is, inevitably, to a concentration of talent in the Premier League. At a very generous estimate, there are perhaps a dozen clubs left on the continent with the financial clout to pay a competitive fee (and salary) to sign a player from England’s top flight. The days when English clubs regarded their European counterparts as predators are long gone. Now, they see them almost exclusively as prey.
How ‘believing’ spurred Africa’s richest footballer and Cameroon’s FA President Eto’o to success in sports and business
Forbes ranks Eto’o the richest African footballer in the world and ranks 12th globally, according to Forbes and Wealthy Gorilla
As East Africa struggles to host to upgrade six stadia for African Nations Championship, UK backs Man United’s £2 billion new stadium
While the Red Devils would be expected to pay for an upgraded stadium – with Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s preference for a new 100,000-capacity build – a ‘development corporation’ could be set up to assist on the surrounding areas. The club believe a re-energised Trafford Park has the potential to deliver an additional £7.3 billion ($9.7 billion) to the local economy and 90,000 job opportunities.
How gain-of-function research, pandemics and efforts to push mpox vaccine in Africa contributed to US exit from WHO
President Donald Trump’s move to exit WHO came as no surprise. As early as December 2023, his transition team was pushing for an exit from the WHO on day one of the new administration. US law requires a one-year notice and the payment of any outstanding fees when the country withdraws from the WHO. That means the final full withdrawal will take effect in early 2026.
Ex-Ambazonian separatist: I fought to close schools in Cameroon; now I teach to open people’s minds
The Ambazonian rebel group believed that destroying schools would weaken the government’s control over the region, a strategy that left a deep scar on the educational landscape. Armed groups enforced boycotts, burned classrooms and killed teachers who defied their orders. Nearly 488,000 children in the affected regions were out of school in 2024, according to UNICEF.
Taylor Swift tsunami of sports bets yielded tonnes of dollars, now there’s a rethink in betting business
Taylor Swift had been mainstreamed in the multibillion-dollar sports betting industry, was mentioned on betting podcasts, integrated into sportsbook social media promotions, and inspired prop bets on which millions of dollars have since been wagered worldwide.
How clustering knowledge systems into monoliths called faculties fosters intellectual imperialism in Uganda, jargonises academia
In the context of Uganda, universities remain, as in the past, the main knowledge centres where knowledge is organised, authorised and governed. Here, our universities have continued to organise, authorise and govern knowledge within units or pockets of knowledge called disciplines within which the knowledge workers specialise in small bits of knowledge within each discipline.
Immoral consistency: Why calls by West to sideline Afghan cricket team reek of sports colonialism
What began as a boycott based on the International Cricket Council’s requirement that any nation with Test status must have an active women’s team has morphed into a catch-all protest against the numerous limitations placed on women and girls in the Islamic Emirate.
