NPR’s A Martinez talks to the Miami Herald’s Jacqueline Charles about Kenya’s offer to send a thousand police officers to Haiti to lead a multinational effort to support Haitian police.
From Nairobi to Johannesburg, I traveled on Kenya Airways on a Boeing 787–8 in economy class. Service was pleasant onboard and the meal was acceptable, but the chronically-delayed airline was late again. Kenya Airways 787–8 Economy Class Review After flying from Nairobi to New York in business class on Kenya Airways on my prior trip, I…
“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…
Thanks to Denver-based Africa Development Promise (ADP), an estimated 150 people came out to witness the work that the American NGO does, thousands of miles away from its Colorado headquarters. Billed as a Winter Gala, the fundraising event occurred on Saturday, March 4. The location was the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. Attendees…
When last did you pick up an actual book with the intention of reading for leisure rather than compulsory study? Well, let me attempt to convince you why this is of great importance for not just you, but all of us. Books are great sources of information. As we all know, information is power. Missionaries Introduced…
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…
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…
Once upon a time, communication used to be through smoke signals. Slowly but surely human evolution brought with it the gadget we now know as the telephone. His name was Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer who was credited with patenting the first practical telephone. No one was prepared for how rapidly…
As he moves on from Africa to take up his next posting in Mexico, NPR’s Eyder Peralta has one last love letter to a favorite part of Nairobi, Kenya: roadside plant nurseries.
“We cannot afford to waste another moment debating the merits of doing something vis a vis doing nothing,” he said.