Banking, insurance and financial services provider Old Mutual Holdings rakes in $6.6m to double its profits
The profit was driven by double-digit growth in asset management and strong performance in life business and represents a two percent increase from Ksh838 million recorded in 2023.
Inside China’s robot boot camp where robots are trained to performs tasks as race to feed hungry AI heats up
Ye Yangsheng, co-founder of Shanghai-based SEER Robotics, already noted at the 2025 Zhangjiang Embodied AI Developer Conference in May that humanoid robots require massive amounts of data for training, but collecting data in real-world environments is extremely costly.
New cancer study reveals women survive cancer more often than men but face severe side-effects
The study provides some of the clearest evidence yet that biological sex is a key predictor of outcomes in cancer care, said lead author Natansh Modi.
China queries US 301 trade probe in 60 economies it says seriously disrupts international economic and trade order
China, a founding member of the International Labour Organization, has ratified 28 international labour conventions and established a comprehensive system of labour laws and regulations to prevent and combat forced labour, the spokesperson said.
How migration of servers from Germany to Kenya with China’s Huawei help set Safaricom on road to rapid expansion
Across the capital Nairobi, Chinese-made smartphones rule the roost. A visit to various shops revealed that popular budget brands, including Infinix, Tecno, Itel and Xiaomi retail for as low as 4,000 shillings ($31) despite their impressive versatility.
Boy against men: How Arsenal’s 16-year old Dowman etched name in English Premier League history with wonder goal
It was one of those rare moments in a football stadium when you know a goal is going to be scored long before it happens. The fact that it was a Year 11 schoolkid, aged 16, striding through the centre of the pitch on a Saturday night in north London,...
US-based Ikolomani ‘brains anvil’ and founder of Beverly School of Kenya eyes Ikolomani parliamentary seat
Abdi Lidonde, founder and director of Naivasha-based Beverly School of Kenya, a premier institution international curriculum and specialises in the development of gifted children, says in his manifesto that he wants to leverage his international network to facilitate active participation of Kenyans in diaspora in local economy and skills upgrade in all spheres of national life.
Somali national intelligence kills 22 al-Shabaab terrorists in central region as they planned attacks
Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) backed by international partners killed 22 al-Shabaab terrorists during two separate operations carried out in Hiran and Mudug regions. The NISA said the joint operation that was carried out on Friday evening targeted militants’ leaders who were planning to carry out terrorist attacks...
Locomotives assembly: Tanzania finds way round delays in supplies caused by Russia-Ukraine war
Committee Chair Selemani Kakoso urged the TRC to continue building the capacity of Tanzanian youth involved in assembling and maintaining the locomotives by providing advanced training both domestically and abroad.
Why frustrated Kenyan public sometimes sees legal profession as a constituency of brats, thieves
Why don’t lawyers want to work for the government and then supplement their income from a private practice like any other career people? Architects do that; nurses do that. Even doctors and teachers. Why do they feel they should be given preferential treatment?
