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The Kenyan government has announced plans to begin the rollout of a new long-acting HIV prevention drug in March, targeting 15 priority counties as part of its efforts to curb new infections and strengthen public health…

Former Kenyan Prime Minister and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 while receiving medical treatment in India, his family has confirmed. According to Devamatha Hospital in India, Odinga collapsed during a…

 Kenya will receive another fine over crowd safety and security breaches, a football governing body said Wednesday, with officials promising to prevent chaotic scenes outside stadiums with extra security. It is the first time three east…

Henceforth 1 July, traders in Lagos open markets and supermarkets will stop giving shopping polythene bags known as Nylon or Leather to buyers of their goods, following the government's decision to begin enforcement of the ban on single-use…

Kenya suffered a widespread power outage on Wednesday that affected most of the country, the nation's leading power utility Kenya Power  said. The cause of the outage in East Africa's largest economy, which was ongoing as of 0200 GMT, is…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that Nigeria and eight other African countries benefited from an initial 899,000 vaccine doses allocated to countries hard-hit by the current mpox surge. The allocated vaccines came from European…

JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. lender, plans to enter Kenya and Ivory Coast this year and grow its footprint in Africa, CEO Jamie Dimon told Reuters. International markets are a growth area for JPMorgan, which has more than $4.2 trillion…

A total of 12 Fintech across Africa have qualified for the final of the 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge scheduled to be held at Lome, Togo September 27. The finalists include BuuPass, Kenya, Daba Finance, Ivory Coast, EasyEquities, South…

After a deadly protest led to the death of at least 23 people, Kenyan President William Ruto has asked that the contentious tax bill to raise $2.3 billion in new levies be scrapped. “I decline to assent to the Finance Bill, 2024,” and…

Kenya’s central bank unexpectedly raised its benchmark interest rate for the second time since Governor Kamau Thugge took office in June, citing the need to support the country’s battered shilling. The monetary policy committee increased…