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USA Kenya
[VIDEO] Agitated Joho scolds Uhuru, Ruto on drug dealing, says war now political
Hassan Joho has reprimanded the President's Jubilee administration over the war on drugs saying they should clean their house first. DP William Ruto said on Monday that individuals engaging in the business had been given notice "that the end has come and there is no more space, room and time for them ...
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Kenya
Business Beat: ANALYSIS: If we get rail and port right, Kenya may soon rival Dubai
Last week, Uganda announced that the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR) linking Kampala to Kenya would begin later this year.
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Kenya
Business: ANALYSIS: If we get rail and port right, Kenya may soon rival Dubai
Last week, Uganda announced that the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR) linking Kampala to Kenya would begin later this year.
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Kenya
Kenya's public debt doubles as government goes into loan frenzy
The country’s total borrowings as at September is equivalent to 48 per cent of GDP.
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Cina USA
China's Foreign Reserve Balance Falls Below $3 Tril. Level
The People's Bank of China said on February 7 that the nation's foreign reserve balance has hit a low of US$2,998.2 billion won at the end of January. This is the first time for China's foreign reserves to fall below the $3-trillion level since February 2011. China's international reserves have been ...
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Nigeria
ACCA Nigeria names first platinum learning provider
Ife Ogunfuwa The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of Nigeria has conferred the Platinum Approved Learning Partner status on Synergy Professionals, an indigenous professional accounting tuition provider. A statement on Tuesday stated that the official presentation was made during the ALP’s open day with new and existing ACCA students in ...
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Egitto USA Nigeria
Ethiopian Airlines’ $220m trapped in Nigeria, others
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Ethiopian Airlines says it is unable to repatriate about $220m held in local currency in Nigeria, Egypt and some other African states because of foreign exchange scarcity in these countries. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Tewolde Gebremariam, told Reuters on Tuesday that this was partly because countries such ...
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Cina USA
Why China will win in a trade war with the US
During his election campaign, President Donald Trump threatened to impose 35 per cent to 45 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports to force China into renegotiating its trade balance with the US. The immediate result of that would be a fierce trade war that America would almost certainly lose. And ...
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Sudafrica Nigeria
FG demands justice for Nigerians killed in South Africa
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has asked the South African government to investigate and punish those involved in the killing of a Nigerian in Johannesburg in December last year. It also called on Pretoria to end extra-judicial killings, criminalising immigrants and xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The Special Assistant ...
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Nigeria
Senate screens 23 ambassadorial nominees
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday completed screening of 23 non-career ambassadorial nominees out of 46. Those screened were Goni Modu Zanna Bura (Yobe), Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi), Ahmed Ibeto (Niger), Kabiru Umar (Sokoto) and Baba Madugu (Bauchi). Others were Baba Ahmad Jidda (Borno), Justice George Adesola Oguntade ...