Here is the uncomfortable truth that Kenya’s political class rarely states plainly: Africa has over $4 trillion in domestic savings and assets, yet the continent keeps going cap-in-hand to Western creditors for infrastructure money. President William Ruto flew to New…
Imagine spending years servicing a mortgage, finally settling into a home you planned to pass down to your children — and then being told to pack your bags because the building might collapse. That is exactly what is happening right…
Kenya has locked in a formal marketing deal with Emirates airline, signing a partnership agreement with the Dubai-based carrier on September 17 at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai — a move designed to funnel international travellers directly into the…
A New Kind of Pressure Picture this: you are a South African executive, a boardroom veteran who built your career navigating the post-apartheid economy, championing Black Economic Empowerment as both a moral imperative and a business strategy. Now, whispers are…
There is something quietly extraordinary about a group of teenage girls from Kenya preparing to face China and the United States on a World Cup stage, and something deeply frustrating about the fact that some of them aren’t even allowed…
The Kenyan government has disbursed Sh1.014 billion in compensation to 1,083 victims of human rights violations — covering deaths, injuries, sexual violence and economic losses — sustained during demonstrations and public protests, the Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims…
An Artist Opens His World Coster Ojwang’ didn’t just hang paintings on a wall. He cracked open his entire life — his grief, his Luo identity, his Nairobi hustle, his faith, his dead mother — and invited strangers in to…
It started, as these things often do, with chaos at a rally. In Embu, not long ago, young men clashed at a political gathering — not because they had a stake in the outcome, but because someone older, richer, and…
Since mid-May 2026, African Swine Fever has torn through Kiambu County’s pig farms with devastating speed, killing more than 1,470 animals across over 20 farms. If you think this is just a farming story, think again — this outbreak strikes…
The Oldest Story in the Book Here is a fact that should make every young African furious: the Democratic Republic of Congo holds enough cobalt to power the entire global electric vehicle revolution, yet its people remain among the poorest…
