The World Cup trophy On Sunday 13th November 2022 the World Cup trophy landed in Qatar ahead of kick-off of the FIFA World Cup on November 20, 2022. The trophy was unveiled in Qatar after a 51-leg globe tour that began in May in Dubai, UAE, and visited all of
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Kenya Airways Plane/Courtesy photo Kenya’s Treasury will seek a foreign strategic investor to buy a controlling stake in Kenya Airways as a path of returning the national carrier to profitability. Treasury Principal Secretary nominee Chris Kiptoo told MPs the government will push for a fresh equity investor who
Read MoreThe IMF team met with President William Ruto A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mary Goodman and Tobias Rasmussen, visited Nairobi from October 25 –November 8 to discuss progress on reforms and the authorities’ policy priorities in the context of the fourth reviews of Kenya’s economic
Read MoreAfrica Remains Attractive To Investors Despite Occasionally Complex Local & Geopolitical Situations
An aerial view of the Kingfisher oil field in Kikuube district, Uganda. Investors remain attracted to Uganda and the rest of the Continent The African continent has enormous potential and remains an attractive destination for investors, despite complex national contexts and geopolitical changes, say experts attending the Africa Investment Forum
Read MoreKenya Airways plane Several scheduled flights were on Friday cancelled as Kenya Airways (KQ) pilots vowed to begin a strike today on claims the airline's management failed to address their grievances. A crisis meeting between the Kenya Airline Pilots Asociation (Kalpa) and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Mukomen yesterday failed to
Read MorePM Nabbanja, Tanzania President Named Among 100 Most Influential African Women 2022
The President of Tanzania, H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan; Merck Foundation CEO, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej; The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon Robinah Nabbanja; The Prime Minister of Namibia, Rt. Hon Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila; and The Prime Minister of Togo, Rt. Hon Victoire Tomegah Dogbé have been maned amongst 100 Most
Read MoreNSSF’s Byarugaba Elected Africa Representative On Global Social Security Body
Richard Byarugaba, NSSF Managing Director (center), Dr. Peter Kimbowa, NSSF Chairman Board of Directors (third from left) and other NSSF board members and staff at the ISSA General Assembly during the World Social Security Forum in Marrakech, Morroco on October 28, 2022” The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Managing Director, Richard
Read MoreKenya Airways plane. A strike called by Kenya Airways pilots has failed to materialise. A spot-check by the BBC at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport showed that it was business as usual. The pilots, through the Kenya Association of Pilots, had issued a 14-day strike notice which expired on Wednesday.
Read MoreTanzania's population grew from 44.9 million in 2012 to more than 60 million in a decade, according to the results of the national census announced on Monday. The population rise by more than 37% prompted President Samia Suluhu Hassan to warn about the challenges posed by the expanding numbers. "Such
Read MoreThe President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (pictured) has asked the East African Community to fast-track his country’s admission into the Community. The president joining the East African Community has been a delayed dream for the people and the Government of Somalia and urged the
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