Oscar Katusya, based in Nairobi, Kenya, is a journalist and writer on board at Africa Agenda. My objective is to be informative and fair while writing.

Uganda Anti-Gay Law Met with Condemnation from US, UN

Culture and Society, East Africa, Headline

On June 1, Pres­i­dent Yow­eri Musev­eni, the auto­crat­ic and long-serv­ing leader of the African nation of Ugan­da, signed what is con­sid­ered one of the harsh­est anti-LGBTQ laws glob­al­ly. Some of the pun­ish­ments in the new law for Uganda’s found break­ing the law include a 20-year sen­tence, and cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment for repeat offend­ers and oth­er individuals…

Top Questions Remain Following VP Harris’ Africa Visit

China in Africa, East Africa, Headline, Southern Africa, West Africa

Unit­ed States Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris com­plet­ed a three-nation African Tour, vis­it­ing Ghana, Zam­bia, and Tan­za­nia. “It was an hon­our being in Ghana, Tan­za­nia and Zam­bia – strength­en­ing the very impor­tant rela­tion­ship and friend­ship between the peo­ple of the Unit­ed States and those who live on the con­ti­nent of Africa” Tweet­ed Kamala Har­ris. What inspired…

Demonstrations in Kenya: Important Details You Need to Know

African News Review, East Africa, Media

“We shall now hold protests every Mon­day and every Thurs­day begin­ning next week,” said Raila Odin­ga, oppo­si­tion par­ty leader who lost to Pres­i­dent William Ruto in Kenya’s last pres­i­den­tial elec­tions. A for­eign source cov­er­ing the recent Kenyan demon­stra­tions said Kenyans are angry Ruto lied to them. Police arrest­ed over 200 peo­ple dur­ing a March 20…

The Status of Nigeria’s February 25 Elections

Elections and Democracy, Headline, West Africa

Edi­tor’s Notes: Nige­ri­ans go to the polls on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 25 to elect the coun­try’s next pres­i­dent. The top three con­tenders in the elec­tion are Peter Obi, rep­re­sent­ing the Labour Par­ty, for­mer vice-pres­i­­dent Atiku Abubakar who is rep­re­sent­ing the Peo­ple’s Demo­c­ra­t­ic Party(PDP), and Bola Tin­ubu, rep­re­sent­ing the All Pro­gres­sive Congress(APC) par­ty. Cur­rent Pres­i­dent, Muham­madu Buhari…

The Growth of Mobile Money Transfer in Africa

Business and Finance, Business and Investment, East Africa, Finance and Economics, Headline

In 2021 the glob­al mobile val­ue stood at 1 tril­lion dol­lars. The African con­ti­nent account­ed for about 70 per­cent of the sta­tis­tics. The adop­tion of mobile mon­ey in Africa con­tin­ues to rise with Glob­al Sys­tem for Mobile Communications(GSMA) fig­ures high­light­ing an increase from 27.5 bil­lion in 2020 to 36.7 bil­lion in 2021. Mobile Mon­ey Enables Growth…

Africa Post-Covid-19

Two Areas That Can Boost Africa’s Post-COVID Development

Covid-19, East Africa, Finance and Economics, Headline, West Africa

Editor’s Note: Ear­li­er, Oscar Katusya point­ed us to a strat­e­gy that may ben­e­fit the African con­ti­nent as it deals with the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic. Today, Oscar tells us trade and pol­i­tics are some of the key aspects of this strat­e­gy.  The Agen­da 2063 To under­stand the Africa Con­ti­nen­tal Free Trade Area, we first have to be…

Kenya's Democracy

Three Reasons Why Kenya’s Democracy Triumphed

East Africa, Elections and Democracy, Headline

Edi­tor’s Note: The August 2022 Kenya pres­i­den­tial elec­tion result­ed in a dis­pute that was resolved by the Supreme Court. Con­trary to pre­dic­tions that the dis­pute may result in vio­lence, the sit­u­a­tion end­ed with a peace­ful trans­fer of pow­er from the admin­is­tra­tion of Pres­i­dent Uhu­ru Keny­at­ta to a new admin­is­tra­tion led by for­mer Deputy Pres­i­dent William…