Kenya

Due to incoming elections, the country has been labelled as world's second most uncertain for investors; market watchers, however, say that it has been numbed to political risks having gone through many

Only around 26.000 mortgages are issued annually; the limited access to affordable finance, high cost of land, low income and credit risk make it difficult for an ordinary employee to access a mortgage at the current rates

The economy grew by 6,8% in the first three months of the year, the highest in 22 years, new data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics; the expansion of GDP is due to rebounds in most economic activities after COVID measures have been rolled out

From 23 to 26 June, starting from Kasarani, Nairobi, and ending at Hell's Gate National Park, Naivasha, the 2022 Safari Rally will take place over a total competitive distance of 363,44 km

The country has approved the import of GM animal feed ingredients, a decision that comes shortly after a national dialogue in Nairobi on the development of a sustainable animal feed system in Kenya

A five-year plan has been launched to enhance food and nutrition security amid final months of electoral campaign; severe drought has affected over three million people

Students and staff of the Kenya School of Flying at Wilson Airport in Nairobi welcomed Rutherford, 16-year-old British-Belgian attempting to break the current world record for youngest person to fly solo around the world

Towns outside Nairobi have registered higher inflation rates than the capital for the first time in close to a decade and amid rising population they overtake the capital in terms of cost of living

Independent aspirants aiming for seats in the August general elections have protested various conditions set by the electoral agency, like the requirement to obtain signatures from a specific number of supporters in the areas where they are seeking seats

The State has allocated Sh1,17 billion (€9,3 million) for the implementation of the Nairobi bus rapid transport BRT; with 12 mobility corridors it will decongest central district and surroundings

Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund has completed an equity investment in Koko Networks, a technology start-up specialising in the cooking fuel market, based in Nairobi

Former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta shaved off Field Marshall Muthoni Wa Kirima's dreadlocks during a ceremony in Kamakwa; Muthoni Wa Kirima had donned her dreadlocks for 70 years, as a testimony to her frontline role in Kenya’s fight for independence

The Khalifa Empowerment Programme Aqdar has completed the first phase of the 'Fifty Tree' initiative campaign, launched at the Aqdar World Summit Dubai Expo 2020, which aims to plant 50.000 mangrove trees in strategic areas