Kenya

A customer uses her cell-phone to access the Sidian Bank mobile-app inside the banking hall at the Sidian Bank headquarters on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi

Figure of the week: Taxing mobile transactions in Kenya

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

A customer uses the AliExpress app on a mobile phone, after Safaricom secured a deal to use its M-Pesa mobile payment service for online shopping on one of Alibaba's platforms, at their offices in Nairobi, Kenya March 12, 2019. REUTERS/George Nganga - RC17EC4C3010

Taxing mobile phone transactions in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

Njuguna Ndung’u

Monday, August 5, 2019

Men walk past electricity pylons as they return from work in Orlando, Soweto township, South Africa March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1C1FC73920

Africa in the news: South Africa bails out Eskom, Kenya Airways is nationalized, and Kenya and Namibia announce green energy plans

Saturday, July 27, 2019

A woman recycles plastic bags from a river near the Dondora dumpsite close to the slum of Korogocho in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, March 17, 2015.

Africa in the news: New environmental policies on the continent, Zimbabwe’s IMF stabilization program, and Sudan update

Christina Golubski

Saturday, June 8, 2019

Africa in the news: Oil corruption charges move forward in Nigeria, airport workers strike in Kenya, and DRC updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 9, 2019

A customer uses her cell-phone to access the Sidian Bank mobile-app inside the banking hall at the Sidian Bank headquarters on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi

Could taxation of mobile banking in Africa stall financial inclusion?

Njuguna Ndung’u

Thursday, February 21, 2019

African Heads of State pose for a group photo during the opening of the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 10, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC1E7E156A00

Africa in the news: AU summit, Eskom power cuts, and telecom industry consolidation in Kenya

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Kenyan policemen and explosives experts gather evidence from the car suspected to have been used by the attackers outside the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at The DusitD2 complex, in Nairobi, Kenya January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi - RC1EDB13C140

Africa in the news: Terrorist attack in Nairobi and protests in Zimbabwe

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Shoppers walk during the opening of the 'Mall of Africa' in Midrand outside Johannesburg, South Africa April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - D1AETAYSBVAB

Africa’s consumer market potential

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Students arrive at the start of a social event advocating against harmful practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at the Imbirikani Girls High School in Imbirikani, Kenya, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - GF10000390972

Lessons on youth educational training reform in Kenya

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

School children, who were kidnapped by armed men and released on Wednesday, are helped to get into a truck by gendarmes in Bamenda, Cameroon November 7, 2018. REUTERS/Josiane Kouagheu - RC1299CA39D0

Africa in the news: New visa programs, kidnappings in Cameroon, and anti-gay campaign in Tanzania

Saturday, November 10, 2018

FILE PHOTO: A South African Airways Airbus A320-200 aircraft (bottom) arrives as a Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 aircraft prepares to take off at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo - RC1E35E6C420

Africa in the news: South Sudan peace ceremony and South African Airways update

Saturday, November 3, 2018

U.S. first lady Melania Trump tours Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC12A76764A0

Africa in the news: World Bank lowers growth forecast, Melania Trump visits, and Zambia announces 2019 budget

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Patients are treated at a clinic dealing with cholera outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe, September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC1685B60460

Africa in the news: Kenya’s finance bill and updates from Zimbabwe

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1D0C9E7900

Figure of the week: New US investments in Kenya

Victoria Elikana

Saturday, September 1, 2018

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May talks to Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and Chief Justice David Maraga, during a State Banquet at State House in Nairobi, Kenya August 30, 2018. Picture taken August 30, 2018. Kenya Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1C7C3DEAA0

Africa in the news: European leaders visit, political reforms in Ethiopia, and a power sector update from South Africa

Friday, August 31, 2018

Opposition supporters carry banners and pictures of Soumaila Cisse, leader of opposition party URD (Union for the Republic and Democracy) as they protest along a street in Bamako, Mali August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC1ED19D7F60

Africa in the news: Disputed election results in Mali and Zimbabwe, sanctions on South Sudan, and more

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Supporters of Congolese exiled opposition leader Moise Katumbi gather to watch his address via a video link in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo June 9, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Nyemba - RC1BE5D84170

Africa in the news: Kenya’s budget, DRC elections, and austerity measures in Zambia

Friday, June 22, 2018

Children study at Olympic Primary school in Nairobi

Delivering education in Kenya that addresses the breadth of learning needed to thrive in a changing world

Joyce Kinyanjui

Friday, June 8, 2018

Congolese Health Ministry officials carry the first batch of experimental Ebola vaccines in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC1D1B631BE0

Africa in the news: DRC’s Ebola response, South Sudan’s peace talks, and Kenya’s cybercrime law

Friday, May 18, 2018