Kenya walks tightrope as finance minister allays fears over foreign debts, shrinking hard currency reserves
Njuguna Ndung’u was responding to a research note by US investment bank JPMorgan which said on Tuesday that the East African nation was “walking a tightrope” to avoid a crisis due to a maturing dollar bond and persistent currency weakness.
It’s not just the economy, stupid! What was off-key about the Africa Climate Summit in Kenya
The fact that Africa suffers disproportionately from the crisis – 17 of the 20 worst-hit countries are located on the continent even though it accounts for less than 4 per cent of global emissions – was prominently repeated at the conference.
Kenyan innovators to compete globally in inDrive’s Underdog Tech Award for startups
Early-stage technology startups located outside major IT hubs, specifically those in US, Israel and Europe, can participate in the Underdog Tech Award selection process. To be eligible for entry, startups must have a significant positive impact on their communities (or have the potential to do so), and have good prospects for rapid scaling.
Ruling clique itching for constitutional moment in Kenya as hints to repeal presidential term limits emerge
Kulundu likens the evolving political and constitutional scenario in Kenya to the period shortly after the Russian revolution between 1917 and 1924. During the period political idealist and lawyer Vladimir Lennin rode to power promising to retool governance by disbanding the nobility (dynasty in Kenyan political lingo) and co-opting the serfs (read: hustlers).
Strength of a woman: How losing both parents at two years powered new athletics 800m queen Mary Moraa to stardom
The Kenyan has been having a magnificent season and has not lost any of her 800m races. She kept her streak alive defeating Olympic champion Athing Mu who beat her to the gold medal in Oregon last year.
Kenyan police officers are on reconnaissance arrive in Port-au-Prince to train Haitian police
With only about 10,000 officers for the Caribbean nation’s more than 11 million people, Haitian police have been unable to quell gang violence that has taken control of almost 80 percent of the capital.
US considers Kenyan police to lead international war against Haiti’s violent sex and drug gangs
Kenya’s interest was announced on Saturday, with its foreign minister saying his government has “accepted to positively consider” leading a force in Haiti and sending 1,000 police officers to train the Haitian National Police, “restore normalcy” and protect strategic installations.
Nairobi hosts Africa’s first International Telecoms Week as Kenya’s reputation as regional digital hub grows
Business Opportunities: ITW Africa offers a thriving marketplace where carriers, data centres, content providers, cloud services, finance professionals and satellite providers can showcase their offerings. This facilitates trading opportunities and creates an environment conducive to business development and expansion.
Experts: Lift on logging ban in Kenya is expected to fuel unbridled harvesting of endangered species
While stakeholders have not yet received full details of the government’s methodology for deciding which trees are ready to harvest, Kioli said a nationwide lifting of the ban would make it difficult to monitor the move’s environmental impacts.
Somali terrorist cell Al Shabaab is on the rebound in Kenya and killed 30 people, including police and army officers
Kenya is among countries in the region that have contributed troops to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).
