Kenya launches secure ID card facility to serve East African Community bloc and wider region
SecureID Group Founder and Executive Vice Chair Kofo Akinkugbe reflected on SecureID’s two-decade journey built on the conviction that Africa can build, secure and own its identity and payment infrastructure.
MCA: Political class and state are to blame for the crime wave that is ravaging Kisumu
In a rare admission, Okech acknowledged the role of leaders in perpetuating the vice and appealed to young people to resist inducements.
Will Israel’s new ‘Together’ opposition alliance break PM Netanyahu’s hold on Israeli politics?
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, on Sunday announced a joint political list named “Together” to challenge Netanyahu’s bloc in the parliamentary elections in October.
Australian study reveals how scientists developing technology that uses sunlight to convert plastic waste into clean fuels
Global plastic production exceeds 460 million tonnes annually, with large volumes leaking into the environment, according to the research, which highlights how plastics, rich in carbon and hydrogen, can be repurposed as an untapped resource rather than waste.
Cargo vessel with 55,000 tonnes of coal hijacked off Somalia as piracy threat rises
There has been a resurgence of attacks by opportunistic pirates in recent months.
They compound a security crisis in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, where Houthi rebels have launched attacks on vessels, prompting retaliatory measures from the US and UK.
Kenya police boss, Lands Principal Secretary Korir sucked into Paradise Lost land ownership dispute
Paradise Lost land lawyers further alleged that a group of individuals, whom they described as goons, invaded the land, uprooted vegetables, felled trees and now patrol the property day and night to prevent the alleged rightful owners from accessing it.
How looting humanitarian aid has become source of revenue for cash starved South Sudan and rebels
In one incident, government soldiers looted hundreds of boxes of medical supplies from a humanitarian-run facility near Ayod town in January, shortly after recapturing a nearby military barracks, according to an NGO incident report and multiple interviews. The facility was stripped bare.
Why bitter political feud has left former Zambian president unburied nearly a year after his death
Lungu’s family wanted to bury him in South Africa because of his bitter political rivalry with current Zambian leader Hakainde Hichilema (pictured).
Mount Kigali University and JKUAT sign key academic collaboration agreement
The MoU was signed by Prof Victoria Wambui Ngumi – Vice Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, and Dr Martin Kimemia – Vice Chancellor of Mount Kigali University.
Beyond ‘brain in jar’ industrial artificial intelligence is redefining factory floor
Users submit customisation requests through an AI chat interface, while backend AI coordinates the appropriate design tools. AI agents manage production autonomously, humanoid robots transport the soles through the manufacturing process and AI-controlled robots complete final packaging.
