Comesa economic bloc advocates for livestock trade policy unification to give a fillip to intra-Africa trade under AfCFTA
Kenya’s State Department for Trade official Lynda Ouma said AfCFTA offers an opportunity for African countries to develop competitive livestock value chains through coordinated policy reforms and infrastructure investment.
China on cusp of New Age as ruling Communist Party’s 15th Five-Year Plan parley features 6G technology, brain computer interfaces
Citing his experience in China, Dennis Munene Mwaniki, executive director of the China-Africa Centre at the Africa Policy Institute in Kenya, said that China has become a leading nation in AI development and integration.
Plans for Kenya’s first nuclear power plant in Siaya take shape as national and county government teams meet
The project is expected to have a significant impact on employment and economic development in the region. During the construction phase, it is projected to create about 10,000 jobs, while the operational phase will sustain an estimated 1,200 permanent positions.
Nairobi Coffee Exchange weekly auction records marginal drop in volumes moved, with 30,824 bags valued at $116.8 billion traded
According to the NCE report on the auction, brokers’ performance reflected the concentration of volumes among a few dominant marketing agents.
AI pushes out breathalysers: Australian researchers develop technology that detects drunk and dangerous drivers
Using 3D facial analysis, researchers are able to detect three major causes of road accidents simultaneously: blood alcohol concentration, fatigue and expressions such as anger, said a statement from Australia’s Edith Cowan University (ECU) on Wednesday.
Regional governments in north-western Kenya pitch for wider private sector role in refugee assimilation into local economies
KKCF Senior Operations Officer Luba Shara said the fund has invested $12 million, matched by private businesses and supported enterprise development in the refugee and host communities.
Iranian missiles and drones hit and inflict some damage on six US military bases in the Gulf, six American soldiers killed in Kuwait
Satellite imagery from Planet Labs confirms infrastructure damage at the US Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait following Iranian strikes since February 28, including to over a dozen structures, aircraft shelters, and areas near runways.
Kenya, with one of highest refugee numbers in the world, says it’s preparing report for safe, orderly and legal migration
Director of National Coordination Mechanism on Migration (NCM) Dan Opon said the report will be Kenya’s voice during the IMR Forum, noting that Kenya and Luxembourg were appointed by the President of the United Nations General Assembly to be the co-facilitators during the event.
US grapples with ‘massive epidemic of vaccine injury’, experts want childhood vaccine schedule ‘eliminated’
The event’s strong showing signals that “the medical coercion paradigm that enforces mass vaccination is falling apart,” she said. “Whether the powers that be recognise it or not, we thankfully are coming to the end of the era of forced medicine.”
Beyond falling bombs and lives gone silent: Hidden toll of war in Middle East as US, Israel and Iran trade fire
For 35-year-old Turkish sports coach Cem Demirok, the numbers on the scale have lost their significance. These days, it’s the explosive weight of the missiles Israel and Iran keep unveiling that occupy his thoughts. The deadly clash between the United States, Israel and Iran, which erupted at the end of...
