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Latest Article 20 Sep 2024
Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya Adani seeks KSh635bn from Kenyans for power lines, substations India’s Adani Group will seek KSh634.7 billion ($4.92 billion) from Kenyans over the next 30 years for building high-voltage power transmission lines, setting the stage for an increase in electricity prices. The conglomerate, through its subsidiary Adani Energy Solutions Limited and a unit of the […]...
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30 Aug 2024
The road to Addis Ababa: A highlight of the regional and global dynamics shaping the AUC elections
With seven months remaining until the African Union Commission (AUC) elections in February 2025, the race to succeed Moussa Faki of Chad, whose term ends next year, is underway. The new AUC Chairperso...
23 Aug 2024
The Brussels effect: When regulations become technical barriers to trade.
As the deadline for Kenya’s coffee farmers to comply with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) rapidly approaches, a significant challenge looms over the industry. By the end of 2024, only four mo...
23 Aug 2024
Navigating AfCFTA, TFTA, COMESA and other agreements
To an observer, trade rules can appear to be layers of complexity that somehow, and no doubt, both manufacturers and traders encounter quite often. With the recent coming into force of the Tripartite ...
16 Aug 2024
AI and the future of jobs in the digital economy: Highlights from the Africa Union AI continental strategy
As Africa steps into the digital age, one of the biggest questions we face is how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will impact our jobs and economies. AI is transforming industries worldwide, and Africa i...
2 Aug 2024
Experts and Government Ministers Convened in Addis Ababa to Advance Social Development and Employment Strategies
From July 29th to August 2nd 2024, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour, and Employment (STC-SDLE-5). Th...
2 Aug 2024
Ethiopia opens up its Forex Market
As a country, Ethiopia marches to the beat of a different drum in quite a number of issues. Historically, the country was never colonised, a fact that shaped its development in various ways, bo...
12 Jul 2024
FINGER ON THE PULSE
President William Ruto this week dissolved his cabinet with the exception of the Deputy President and the Prime Cabinet Secretary. He also signed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commis...
12 Jul 2024
POLITICAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS ROUND-UP
Kenya Raila retreats from Ruto deal amid backlash In a dramatic turn of events, ODM leader Raila Odinga appears to be backing away from a proposed political deal with President William Ruto, as...
8 Jul 2024
Special Issue Kenya Gazette Review.
President Ruto Establishes Taskforce on Forensic Audit of Public Debt H.E. President William Ruto has established a Presidential Taskforce on Forensic Audit of Public Debt. This taskforce aims ...
8 Jul 2024
Trade and Financial Service Round-Up
Kenya Uganda oil imports end Kenyan firms’ fuel transit business The first oil shipment destined for Uganda docked at the port of Mombasa on Wednesday, marking an end of Kenyan oil market com...
8 Jul 2024
Political Round-Up
Kenya Ruto appoints 8-member team to audit public debt President William Ruto has gazetted the Presidential Taskforce on Forensic Audit of Public Debt. The President has appointed Nancy Onyango...
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