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Over the past few years, the debate on the agenda of crystallizing the economies of different African states through better sustainable management of maritime resources has been at the forefront. The idea of the blue economy has been a pertinent conversation point in different economic forums. According to the World Bank, the blue economy is the “sustainable […]
The east African region is not commonly known as a wine making region and so it’s a surprise when you stumble into wine brands with a local Eastern African affiliation or origin unlike the South African states where foreign European settlers set up wineries in the colonial times. Over the recent years however, investors have […]
The ideology and reality of cultural appropriation goes back as far as the 17th century and perhaps even beyond. In our current predisposition and era of diversity the issue of cultural appropriation that is closely linked to the concept of assimilation has come to the forefront of many social cultural debates around the world. Culture […]
African governments have taken significant steps to advance disaster risk management(DRM) and improve climate resilience. Many different countries in Africa that lacked coordinated disaster response mechanisms in the colonial era were faced with the challenge of addressing perennial disasters such as floods, land slides in major places in the rainy seasons, forest fires, disease outbreaks among other calamities […]
In 2016, Ethiopia and Djibouti governments launched the first fully electrified cross border railway line in Africa. The 466 miles line connects Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa to the red sea port of Djibouti, serving a great logistical advantage to the land locked Eastern African nation that has a population of over 100 million people. […]
Alarm rings for Africa the sleeping giant; the experiences learnt and parallels with the outer world. Africa has come a long way from political upheavals in the various nations that have tore the social fabric which is the core of social economic development in any society. It’s worth noting similar challenges have been experienced elsewhere, […]
Unemployment is a key challenge not only in Africa but also in other nations in Europe ,Middle East and globally. The economic and political situation being the largest contributing factor to this, governments have often failed to guarantee sustainable solutions and thereby necessitating that the private sector steps up effort to reduce the high unemployment […]
Liberia’s elections board recently certified former international football star George Weah as the winner of the nation’s presidential election, following a tally of all results. In the West African country’s first democratic transfer of power after two devastating civil wars, Weah beat Vice President Joseph Boakai in Thursday’s run-off vote, gaining 61.5 percent of the […]
Banking services have rapidly revolutionalized over the past few years owing to technology and innovation in the sector. The banking and financial services sector in Kenya has experienced tremendous growth in various dimensions primarily resulting from the high adoption of new mediums and platforms of rendering services. The fast penetration of mobile phones into the […]
The central highlands of Kenya, an east African nation with a population of over 40million people is home to the largest market in the region. The Karatina market in Nyeri County, Central province prides in being one of the largest open air markets in East and central Africa with a wide variety of agricultural products […]