Kenyan lawmakers on Wednesday continued their bid to oust Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. This was after he was impeached by the lower house of parliament in...
Kenyan and Ugandan examination boards have written Nigerian authorities to verify the records presented by Nigerian candidates seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in their countries. The...
As Nigerian youths prepare to take to the streets tomorrow, activist cleric Bishop Wycliffe Khaemba has cautioned them against embracing violent protests, citing the devastating consequences...
In a shocking move, President William Ruto of Kenya, on Thursday, dismissed his entire cabinet, including the attorney-general, effective immediately. The decision follows weeks of protests...
Tech start-ups in Nigeria, Kenya, and other African countries suffered a massive 57% decline in fundraising in the first half of 2024. A funding analytics company,...
There is something eerily familiar about the protests that engulfed Kenya last week. Many Nigerians would easily recognize the parallels between this and the #EndSars protests...
In a significant turnaround, Kenyan President William Ruto has withdrawn planned tax increases, succumbing to pressure from protesters who had staged demonstrations across the country, stormed...
The death toll from the devastating floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Kenya since March has risen to 238. The government spokesman, Isaac Mwaura,...
It is always very embarrassing to read stories of Nigerians who go abroad to give the county a bad name. Nigeria became known as a country...
Death toll in the devaststing floods that have ravaged parts of Kenya since last week have risen to 188 while at least 165,000 people have been...
Nigerian singer David Adeleke, popularly known in music circles as Davido, has denied claims making the rounds that he was recently arrested in Kenya. Recall that...
Kenya’s parliament head has ordered the education ministry to look into claims that a university in the country is making Muslim students go to Christian services....
Kenya’s female Para volley team on Monday kicked off their aspiration to pick a ticket to the 2024 Paralympics with an emphatic 3-0 (25-15, 25-6, 21-15)...
A Kenyan military helicopter has crashed near the country’s border with Somalia, killing all eight people on board, military officials in the East African country said...
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, called on African leaders to respect democracy, rule of law, and ensure political stability. Tinubu, who...
President Bola Ahmes Tinubu is scheduled to leave Abuja on Saturday for Nairobi, Kenya to attend the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, the...
The President of Kenya, William Ruto, has spoken against the use of the United States Dollar (USD) during trade between African countries. Ruto said traders from...
Hello, and welcome to the Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market to...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has fined Nigerian lender, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) for breaching its regulations. Ripples Nigeria discovered from GTBank financial report released...
Kenya’s financial regulators have slammed a $3,700 (£3,400) fine on a digital loan app, Whitepath Limited, for sharing debtors personal data to the public. The sanction...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Kenya unfreezes $51M belonging to Flutterwave The KSh6.6 billion...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Nigeria’s Smile Identity secures $20M Series B African ID...
The Kenyan government has dropped the financial impropriety charges against Nigerian Financial Technology company, Flutterwave. The Kenyan government in July last year blocked 62 bank accounts...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Kenyan SaaS provider, Leta, secures $3M to expand African...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Kenya’s BasiGo secures $6.6M funding round A Kenyan e-mobility...
A N20 billion suit filed by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami,...
An award winning Pakistani journalist, Arshad Sharif, has been shot dead while on exile in Kenya, his wife, Javeria Siddique, confirmed early Monday morning. In a...
Kenya has been asked by the Chinese government to pay over Sh1.312 billion(N4.71 billion) fine for defaulting on repayment of its loans. The Chinese...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Kenya’s Purple Elephant Ventures secures $1M pre-seed funding A...
Kenya and Nigeria have few things in common. Like Nigeria Kenya is an Anglophone country where English language is generally spoken. Like Nigeria the east African...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Kenya’s insurtech, Turaco, secures $10 million Series A Kenya’s...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has landed in Kenya to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the East African nation’s inauguration of William Ruto as its 5th President....
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday left Abuja for Nairobi, Kenya, where he will observe the country’s general elections slated for August 9. Jonathan, according to...
Paxful, a cryptocurrency trading platform has reported that Nigerians were among the highest bitcoin traders in the last seven months. This is despite the Central Bank...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Kenya’s Crossboundary Energy Access secures $25m A Kenya-based startup,...
The Kenyan electoral commission has uncovered names of 250,000 dead people on the voters’ register following an audit ahead of the August 9 presidential election in...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Kenya’s Zuri Health secures $1.2 million pre-seed round A...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Nigeria’s Topship secures $2.5M fund to support African businesses...
A United States-based ecommerce start-up, Elloe, has closed an undisclosed amount to fund its investment plan in Kenya. The Chief Executive Officer of Elloe, Owen Sakawa,...
American global tech payments giant Visa has built an innovation studio in Kenya as it seeks to help Africans develop digital solutions. The multinational financial services...
At least 10 Kenyan soldiers have been reportedly killed by a roadside explosive planted by suspected al-Shabaab rebel fighters in southern Somalia. Five others, including civilians,...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Kenya’s MarketForce closes $40m Series A MarketForce, a Kenya-based...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday decried the silence of the Federal Government and its Kenyan counterpart on the arrest and repatriation of its...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Nigerian founded startup, Casava, closes $4m pre-seed funding Nigeria’s...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Nigeria’s Bumpa seeks to become Africa’s “Shopify” Nigerian ecommerce...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Kenya’s Lipa Later closes $12m funding for expansion Lipa...
A 35-year-old Kenyan woman, Helen Vuyanzi, has killed herself and two of her sons over her husband’s alleged infidelity. Star Kenya reports that the woman doused...
Six people have been confirmed dead and several homes burnt down in an attack on Monday by suspected Al Shabaab militants in Kenya’s coastal Lamu region,...
TikTok, iPhone, Jupiter, Aircart and Koko Network. These are some of the names that made the headlines this week as we usher in the new year....
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Kenya’s Aircart launches to help users sell digital products...
