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Kenya seeks up to $500m from citizens abroad in new bond push
Business Insider Africa
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August 18, 2025
Kenya, seeking to ease strained public finances, is turning to its citizens abroad with plans to issue a diaspora bond worth between $250 million and $500 million. Kenya, seeking to ease strained public finances, is turning to its citizens abroad...
Kenyan Politician Warns of China’s ‘Economic Invasion,’ Links Belt and Road to Corruption, Activist Kidnappings
The Epoch Times
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August 18, 2025
Former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua gives an exclusive interview to The Epoch Times and NTD on Aug. 9, 2025. Nathan Su/The Epoch Times Kenyan politician and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said that China’s Belt and Road...
TUC summit explores trade unions’ role in shaping future of work
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 19, 2025
Part of the conclusion reached at the just-concluded Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) summit by the South-West region is the need for trade unions to understand the dynamics and search for a strategic role in shaping the future of work. To...
From Evangelism to Enterprise: Lessons for Liberian NGOs in the Shift from Aid to Trade.
GNN Liberia
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August 18, 2025
Jimmy Suah Shilue With donor funding shrinking and development and humanitarian work fighting for survival, Liberia’s NGOs must urgently rethink their dependence on grants, taking lessons from traditional churches that began with simple...
Catholic Activists Denounce African Healthcare Group Turning “pharmacies into illegal abortion shops” in Kenya
ACI Africa
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August 18, 2025
She adds, “The consequences are devastating. Women face incomplete abortions, uncontrolled bleeding, and deadly infections. Emotional scars last for years. This is not healthcare. It is exploitation of our sisters, nieces, and daughters for...
Kenya’s MoH proposes mandatory warning labels on ‘unhealthy’ processed packaged foods
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 18, 2025
KENYA – Kenya’s Ministry of Health has unveiled plans to require bold, black-and-white octagonal warning labels on processed packaged foods high in sugar, salt, or fat. The proposal, part of the newly launched Kenya Nutrient Profile Model (KNPM),...
Kenya’s small-scale tea factories earn US$6.8M at Mombasa auction
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 18, 2025
KENYA – Kenya’s small-scale tea factories recorded Kes 882.4 million (US$6.8M) in earnings from the sale of 3,543,878 kilograms at the Mombasa Tea Auction last week, marking a significant increase from the previous week’s Kes 772.7 million...
IM Bank eyes organic growth as half-year profit hits Sh11.7b
The Standard
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From left: I&M Bank Group CFO David Ngata, Regional CEO Kihara Maina, I&M Bank Kenya CEO Gul Khan and Gauri Gupta during the release of the FY2024 results in Nairobi, on March 26, 2025. [File, Standard] I&M Group is banking on organic growth as it...
Kenya Pipeline MD eyes sub-3hrs at Berlin Marathon
Star
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Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director Joe Sang' (L) and training partners, Emmanuel Cheruiyot (C) and Mathew Melly, during training in Karen on Saturday/HANDOUT After conquering the Chicago Marathon last year, Kenya Pipeline Managing Director...
Renewed hope as Kenya eyes billions in mining
The Standard
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How Trump's migrant crackdown has strained Kenyan households, economy A growing financial crisis looms over millions of Kenyan households and the embattled economy, driven by a sharp, two-month drop in critical diaspora remittances. Business
Governor Adeleke meets Georgia political leaders, business directors, Osun indigenes in Atlanta
Eagle Online
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August 18, 2025
As part of his administration’s efforts to build cross-border partnership and drive investment into key sectors of Osun State’s economy, Governor Ademola Adeleke held a roundtable discussion with Georgia top political leaders, mayors, and business...
Gov. Adeleke Meets Georgia Political Leaders, Business Directors in Atlanta
Prompt News Online
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August 18, 2025
***Declares Osun Ready for Partnership As part of his administration’s efforts to build cross-border partnership and drive investment into key sectors of Osun State’s economy, Governor Ademola Adeleke held a roundtable discussion with Georgia top...
The President of Kenya wants to build a new church. Why are Chrsitians opposing it?
Premier Christianity Magazine
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Proposals by Kenya’s President William Ruto to construct a lavish church at the presidential residence in Nairobi have come under heavy criticism. The 8,000 person capacity building is set to cost 1.2 billion Kenya Shillings (£7 million). The...
Kenya clarifies nomination of Consul-General to Goma amid DRC concerns
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 18, 2025
The Government of Kenya has moved to clarify the nomination of a new Consul-General to Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following concerns raised by Kinshasa over the diplomatic process. In a statement issued on Monday, Prime Cabinet...
Kenya’s Health Minister Unveils New Taskforce to Tackle Social Health Fraud
Switch TV
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August 18, 2025
When Aden Duale, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Health, sat down with the heads of the country’s leading insurance firms this week, the message was clear: fraud in the Social Health Authority (SHA) system must end. Speaking after the meeting at...
Kenya’s KCB retains key NBK clients following acquisition by Access Bank
Nairametrics
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August 18, 2025
Kenya’s largest lender by assets, KCB Group, has retained a portion of National Bank of Kenya’s (NBK) customers, assets, and liabilities following the bank’s full acquisition by Nigeria’s Access Bank. The acquisition, announced on June 2,...
Kenya Ranked 8th in Africa, 93rd Globally in AI Readiness
Techweez
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August 18, 2025
Kenya has been ranked 8th in Africa and 93rd globally in its readiness to adopt and leverage artificial intelligence (AI), in the 2024 Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index. The report went to note that Sub-Saharan Africa’s general...
Murkomen Moves to Shut Down Dozens of Nairobi & Kiambu Businesses
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 18, 2025
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said that the government will revoke licenses of all alcohol businesses and factories in Kiambu and Nairobi counties that engage in the sale and manufacturing of illicit alcohol. Speaking in Kiambu...
China-Built Mombasa-Nairobi railway is hitting new success
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Kenya’s Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), constructed with Chinese support, has achieved 3,000 days of safe operation as of Saturday, according to reports. Since opening on May 31, 2017, the railway has carried nearly 15.93...
Imperatives of strategic reforms in Nigeria’s quest for sustainable economic development (5)
New National Star
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August 18, 2025
PROF MIKE OZEKHOME introduction The last part of this treatise recommended a range of measures for resettling the agenda of our economic transformation such as project financing, diversification and public-private partnership. This week’s episode...