Key Points
• Kenya is partnering with the World Bank to construct 136 solar mini-grids for remote areas
• The project plans to connect 1.3 million Kenyans to electricity.
• The use of solar power across sub-Saharan Africa has seen immense growth,...
2019 was a good year for writers and readers in Kenya. Below is the list of Kenya's top 5 bestselling books of 2019.
1. The Dragonfly Sea – Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Synopsis: "On the island of Pate, off the coast of Kenya,...
The low call costs that Kenyans have enjoyed since August last year are coming to an end in the next three months as Airtel and Telkom Kenya follow in Safaricom’s footsteps with higher calling tariffs.
Friday, Safaricom announced the new...
Kenya's President, Uhuru Kenyatta has secured significant investment deals worth over USD 1.6 billion in the ongoing UK-Africa Investment Summit in London.
The East African country also made history after its first-ever green bond, called the "Simba Bond", was listed...
Nearly 840,000 coronavirus vaccines have expired in Kenya before they could be administered, the country’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has said.
The AstraZeneca jabs were part of 2.2 million doses donated to the country through the global Covax scheme in...
Kenyan police Wednesday fired tear gas at protesters who took to the streets in defiance of a government warning after earlier demonstrations turned violent with more than a dozen people killed.
The opposition has vowed to stage three straight days...
Kenyan victims of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Nairobi on Monday renewed calls for compensation from Washington as the East African nation marked 25 years since its deadliest terror attack.
A powerful blast hit the U.S. Embassy in downtown...
Al-Shabab fighters have attacked a military base housing Ugandan forces of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, according to Uganda’s contingent and a Somali captain.
The rebels attacked the base belonging to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia...
At least three people were shot dead after a team from the Kenyan paramilitary police (the GSU) opened fire on a crowd that was protesting against wildlife attacks.
The protesters in Masimba area had on Thursday blocked the main highway...
Hundreds of thousands of condoms, mosquito nets and tuberculosis drugs worth $100,000 (£77,000) are alleged to have disappeared from a warehouse operated by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa).
They are believed to have been stolen and resold on the...
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