The United States just moved the goalposts again, and this time the justification is forced labour. The Trump administration announced new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on 60 trading partners — including the European Union — set to kick in…
The Opportunity Is Here. The System Isn’t Ready. A furniture maker in Nairobi gets an enquiry from a hotel in Kigali. A fashion retailer in Nakuru pulls a customer in Lusaka through an Instagram post. A Mombasa developer gets a…
Kenya didn’t wait to be invited. It showed up first. When Kenya signed on as a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) in Shanghai on July 16, 2026, it made a calculated bet that most African…
The Bill Nobody Voted For Here is what your government did without asking you: the National Treasury bypassed Parliament and went on a domestic borrowing spree so aggressive that it has now saddled Kenyan taxpayers with Sh861.7 billion in interest…
Africa Is Running Out of Refined Fuel — And Fast Here is a number that should stop you cold: 86 million tonnes. That is the annual petroleum product shortage Africa is projected to face by 2040, according to the State…
The Money Was Supposed to Go Elsewhere Kenya’s National Treasury is facing serious scrutiny after it emerged that Sh30 billion borrowed through a Eurobond issuance last year was quietly redirected to cover shortfalls in domestic borrowing — a move that…
A Contract, A Promise, and a Country Watching Closely Picture this: you land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya’s supposed crown jewel of aviation, and you are immediately greeted by overcrowded terminals, ageing infrastructure, and the quiet humiliation of watching…
Two Presidents, One Table, and a Continent Watching President Cyril Ramaphosa and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah are sitting down in Pretoria for the fourth South Africa-Namibia Bi-National Commission — and this meeting is bigger than a diplomatic photo opportunity. It…
The Money Is Real — Now What You Do With It Matters Cabinet Secretary Salim Ruku stood before a packed Kirubia Stadium in Tharaka Nithi County and delivered a message that cut through the usual government fanfare: Ksh.154 million had…
Every time a building collapses in Kenya, the pattern is the same: rubble, bodies, a press conference, and then silence. Investigations stall. Prosecutions never materialize. The contractors who cut corners walk free. The developers who bribed their way through approvals…
