Author: Victor Adar

In a milestone move, strategic communications guru Gina Din Kariuki launched on how Africa can reclaim her story signaling a new chapter in the continent’s leadership debate. The book, titled “Beyond the Ballot” comes at a time when public trust is fragile, democratic institutions are under strain, and Africa’s global voice is being renegotiated. “Telling our story is not optional,” Gina said during the book launch event on the evening of Thursday, February 20. “It is strategic, necessary and overdue to be able to tell African story by Africans.” Din’s concern, as per her Beyond the Ballot book, reflects a…

His Highness the Aga Khan, Chancellor of the Aga Khan University (AKU), has urged the Class of 2025 to harness the “extraordinary opportunity” of modern knowledge to address global challenges. He described education as an “enduring conviction” that sits at the heart of the Aga Khan Development Network, even as he emphasized that it is the most powerful tool for changing lives and societies. “When we educate an individual, we do not merely confer a personal asset that can never be taken away; we set in motion a powerful ripple effect that extends to families and communities,” Aga Khan said,…

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), will undergo governance overhaul to strengthen its board independence while protecting minority shareholders. The move, approved at an Extraordinary General Meeting held virtually on Thursday, February 12, comes at a time when private investors increasingly assert influence over long-term capital allocation and governance discipline within Kenya’s listed state-controlled entities. “These changes are about predictability and trust,” the firm’s chairman, Alfred Agoi, said after the meeting. “They strengthen independence at board level while preserving the government’s position as majority shareholder.” At the core of the overhaul is a revised board structure that expands the role of…

Public school teachers in Nairobi, Kiambu, Nyandarua, Kajiado, Makueni, Laikipia, Embu, Murang’a, Machakos, and Nyeri counties have received critical digital skills training in a partnership driven by respective county governments, Riara University, and Raspberry Pi Foundation. The collaboration focuses on training 100 public primary and junior school teachers on the Digital Computing Curriculum in line with Kenya’s Competency-Based Education framework in respective counties. It is also in response to the technical support needed to deliver technical assistance for teachers beyond hardware and Networking technologies that have become more sophisticated and educational applications – and it underscores the need to enable…

Motor bike sales and financing saw a significant growth in the first 11 months of 2025, validating a recent report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) that shows the uptake of motorcycles has increased by 19.8 percent to 18,839 units. Opening the year with 12,456 motorcycle units sold in January, the KNBS data that was released in November last year also showed sales rose steadily to 15,699 in August and peaked at 18,839 in November. “We acknowledge that the data by KNBS provides a good glimpse of the overall market,” Watu Kenya Country Manager Erick Massawe, said. “Traditional…

Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has launched its initial public offering (IPO), offloading a 60 percent stake to the public in a transaction expected to raise Sh106.3 billion if fully subscribed. The sale of KPC ordinary shares, priced at Sh9 each, not only puts the current value of the pipeline firm at Sh163.56 billion but also opens its ownership to local, regional, and international investors. The listing also ends a 17-year government-backed listing drought at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, following the Safaricom IPO of 2008. “The offer represents a decisive step in transforming a profitable state enterprise into a people-owned company…

Kenya has secured a preliminary bilateral trade agreement with China, following months of intensive negotiations and diplomatic engagement aimed at expanding market access and strengthening the country’s position in the global economy. The deal grants 98.2% zero-duty access for Kenyan goods in the Chinese market and addresses a longstanding challenge that has historically placed developing countries like Kenya at a comparative disadvantage. While China had recently extended duty-free and quota-free access to all African goods, this provision primarily favored Least Developed Countries. However, with this deal, Kenya will no longer be left out. By aligning its access privileges with those…

Construction of Ethiopia’s $12.5 billion Bishoftu International Airport (BIA)—designed to accommodate up to 60 million passengers per year—began in earnest in mid-January, in what experts familiar with large-scale infrastructure projects say will be Africa’s largest airport. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said during the project’s launch on Saturday, January 10, that the “multi-airport” facility—located 40 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa at an altitude of 1,910 metres—will not only be the largest transport infrastructure project in the history of the Horn of Africa, but also one of the busiest airports globally. “The project will strengthen Ethiopian Airlines’ global competitiveness, enhance Africa’s…

Wikipedia marked its 25th anniversary on Thursday, January 15, celebrating a quarter-century of making free, reliable, human-powered knowledge accessible to billions of people worldwide. As the platform enters its next chapter, its social arm – the Wikimedia Foundation — the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia — has launched a global campaign, inviting users to explore the platform’s evolution, celebrate the volunteers who sustain it, and engage with its future at a time when digital trust, artificial intelligence (AI), and access to verified information have never been more critical. Maryana Iskander, Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation said the platform…

There are claims that Kenya’s cashew nut industry is ailing on the back of years of declining production costing the country jobs, incomes and export earnings, even as global demand for the crop continues to rise. This has triggered a move to revive the industry with Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe saying that years of falling production have eroded livelihoods, particularly along the Coast, despite Kenya having suitable land, strong global demand and underutilised processing capacity. Speaking during a visit to cashew nut farmers and processors in Kilifi County, where he was accompanied by Dr Bruno Linyiru, Director General…