Kenya

Tanzania is the most urbanised country in East Africa, according to data compiled by researchers at Yale and Columbia universities. The second largest economy in East Africa is 35.2 percent…

Kenya leads Africa in the pace at which it is electrifying its population through a mix of grid and off-grid power connections. Kenya connectivity pace is also among top three…

The World Bank recently took a swipe at the dispirited manner in which Kenya and Ethiopia are handling the risk of Lake Turkana drying up following construction of a hydroelectric…

Tanzania has suffered the biggest rollback of poverty reduction gains in East Africa battered by Covid-19 pandemic, with about six million more Tanzanians sliding into extreme poverty over the past…

The World Bank has approved release of $1 billion loan towards meeting Kenya’s budget shortfalls as the country battles multiple crises – Covid-19, desert locust invasion and floods. The global…

Namibia leads in sub-Saharan Africa in the race to achieving net-zero emissions in energy generation and consumption, followed by Ghana and Kenya, according to the World Economic Forum. In its…

Kenya and Uganda were early Saturday morning thrown into nationwide blackout even as their utility companies scrambled to troubleshoot the hitches. The two neighbouring countries have an interconnector power line,…

Kenya has raced past Italy to emerge seventh largest geothermal power producer in the world, new global data shows. Kenya’s geothermal capacity stands at 823 megawatts (MW), having grown by…

The World Bank has rated Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique’s labour pool in hydropower as most qualified on the continent. In a new report on operation and maintenance strategies for…

More women than men live in extreme poverty in Kenya with four million females subsisting below the poverty line, a new report shows. Vienna-based World Poverty Clock indicates that 4.1million…