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PHOTO: Ethiopis Tafara, IFC Vice President for Africa, during a press briefing where he addressed Africa’s pressing needs in climate finance, SME growth and digital transformation. NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 3 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) convened a press roundtable with senior leadership to explore how Africa’s financial sector can unlock and channel domestic capital…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 3 – Dr. Catherine Nyongesa, the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Texas Cancer Center and Kenya’s first female oncologist has issued a clarion call for early screening and heightened awareness as October is globally observed as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In her remarks, Dr. Nyongesa emphasized that while…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 3 – Hundreds of people, including artists, musicians, policymakers,philanthropists, activists and cultural educators, are expected to be in Nairobi on the 22 and 23 October for the groundbreaking reparations festival. The WAKATI WETU: It’s Our Time – ToResist, Repair and Reclaim will take place at the Entim Sidai wellness sanctuary. Over the…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 –Despite being an entirely preventable public health challenge, suicide is a shadow epidemic silently claiming young lives across Africa while the urgency is profound the response is crippled with progress continuously eroding by a triple threat of paralyzing stigma, critical lapses in public awareness and the pervasive scarcity of mental health services….
MOMBASA, Kenya, Oct 1 – The County Government of Mombasa is deepening its collaboration with Bolt in a new partnership that will expand youth employment opportunities and improve safety and regulation in the ride-hailing industry. Governor Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir hosted a delegation from Bolt at his office to discuss ways of scaling up the company’s…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1- Mawingu, East Africa’s largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) focused on rural and peri-urban markets has secured a $20 million investment from Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund II (PRIF II), a leading African infrastructure investment fund. The strategic funding will accelerate Mawingu’s mission to scale inclusive, sustainable internet access across underserved communities in…
LAMU, Kenya, Sep 29- As the world marks World Rabies Day, experts are sounding the alarm over the continued toll of rabies a deadly but preventable disease that claims tens of thousands of lives every year. World Health Organization (WHO) reports that an estimated 59,000 people die annually from rabies, with the majority of cases…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 24 – The Kenya Devolution Civil Society Working Group (KD-CSO WG) an alarm on the deteriorating state of devolution and the systemic failures that are eroding public trust and normalizing corruption in Kenya. While addressing the media in Nairobi (KD-CSO WG) highlighted that fifteen years after the promulgation of the Constitution, the…
PHOTO: From left to right, Johnson Ondicho (Head of Digital Channels, KCB), Kamal Budhabhatti (CEO, Craft Silicon Group), Sherhyar Ali (Senior Vice President and East Africa Country Manager, Mastercard), Priya Budhabhatti (CEO, Craft Silicon), David Muriithi (KRA Chairman), and Kevin Munga during TouristTap launch. NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 23 – Craft Silicon one of Kenya’s leading…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 22- The Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) has declared that its more than 700 member facilities will no longer extend healthcare services on credit to the Social Health Authority (SHA). Though the standoff is centered on financial disputes and contractual breaches the immediate impact is likely to be…
