The East African

World leaders meet to raise $5b for education, lobby govts to do more for schoolgirls

The GPE Summit comes at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the annual financing gap for education in low and middle-income countries.

Kenyan primary school students attend class.

Tanzania records 176 new Covid cases

Tanzania Health Minister Dorothy Gwajima.

It has also recorded 29 deaths.

Kenyan firms on the spot for sharing customer data

A survey by consultancy Ernst & Young shows that 41 percent of firms transferred their clients’ data to third-party service providers.

Covid-19: Tanzania bans social gatherings

Many citizens have been following health guidelines, minister says.

Heavy fighting kills 20 in region bordering Tigray

Rebel spokesman dismisses claims Tigrayan rebels had killed civilians as "flat-out lies."

News

Rwanda goes for more testing amid lockdown

According to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre, mass testing aims at determining the prevalence of Covid-19 in Rwanda.

World leaders meet to raise $5b for education, lobby govts to do more for schoolgirls

The GPE Summit comes at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the annual financing......

Kenyatta not giving up on pushing constitutional changes before polls

Zimbabwe reels from the violence that hit S. Africa

Pegasus international espionage expose rattles African governments

Dialogue no longer an option as Abiy brands TPLF a terror group

Ethiopia’s filling of GERD gets muted response

Liverpool joins Oryx Sanctuary, Elbe Valley on names dropped from World Heritage list

Business

Egyptian lender CIB reaches for a bigger piece of East Africa’s banking sector

Commercial International Bank is seeking to acquire more banks

The banks says the entry into the regions will help it finance investors looking for opportunities in the region

Sameer turns to staff redundancy and sale of property to ease financial woes

It will also close several retail outlets and adopt a new business model for its wholesale......

Base Titanium wins long-running levy battle against Mombasa County

Ride hailing app Little set to enter Ethiopia market

Tanzania opts for natural gas to reduce import fuel costs

Kenyans to pay more for Zoom calls

Efficiency, compliant taxpayers boost KRA to hit target in three months

Agents, importers want stability at KPA

Opinion

ANYANGA: Vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa is urgent

G-7 countries recently committed to share

Covid-19 remains a lethal threat; requires continuous vigilance and engagement in a region battling threats and dire structural deficiencies.

EDITORIAL: Use espionage to protect citizens, not abuse rights

Spying helps to inform and execute policy. ...

OBBO: Africans don’t read or loot books, but many have died for scripts

KETEMA: Africa-based firms still keen to expand despite AfCFTA enactment challenges

FAROUK: South Sudan peace plan needs political goodwill and funding

KIKWETE: In Covid recovery plans Africa must prioritise the education of its youth

BUWEMBO: Ugandan doctors could soon join MPs in protesting too much pay

ULIMWENGU: State capture is the ‘original sin’ that saw S. Africa go to the dogs

Magazine

Female artists, designers showcase works on the environment

Topics of the installations ranged from access to housing, urban planning and traditional architecture.

EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki launches the 2021 bicycle tour at EAC Secretariat, Arusha

Cyclists ride against Covid wave in quest for unified and greener EAC

After planting 1,000 trees just before flag-off in Tanzania, the cyclists will take time along......

Dar brothers bring exhibit to life with the use of AR

SHORT STORY: Revenge is best served chilled

How Covid pushed Gatera from tours to a pizzeria

Tanzania’s Selous park saved from Unesco delisting

Honour finds Kenya’s oldest fossil hunter Kamoya Kimeu

Not even a fire can erase history of the iconic Kariakoo hub

Science & Health

Vaccine deserts: The poor nations trailing in the fight against Covid-19

The global failure to share vaccines equitably is fuelling the pandemic.

Kenyans wait to receive the Covid-19 vaccination

Absence of vaccine against virus to slow down recovery of economies, warns WTO head

India and South Africa proposed a temporary waiver of the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related......

African states face acute shortages of oxygen supplies and ICU beds

One in two Covid hospital cases develop complications- study

Covid-19 deaths in Africa surge 43pc week-on-week, WHO says

Global agencies sign tech transfer deals to boost Covid testing in Africa, Latam

Lack of vaccines for Africa 'unacceptable': World Bank

WHO warns individuals against mixing Covid vaccines

Sports

Troubled Tokyo Olympics set to open under Covid cloud

Kenya’s sevens rugby team players model the outfits that Team Kenya will wear at Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony

Friday's opening ceremony will take place with Tokyo in a state of emergency.

Ugandan weightlifter who went missing in Tokyo returns home

Julius Ssekitoleko made news last week when he vanished from the Olympic village. ...

Missing Ugandan weightlifter found in central Japan

UK agonises after racial abuse of England football stars

Disappointed athletes brace for crowd-free Tokyo Games

Sebastien Ogier wins WRC Safari Rally

Safari Rally: Ogier fastest on Kasarani super special

President Kenyatta officially flags off Safari Rally

KUSI IDEAS

WASUNNA: Strong leadership fought Covid: next step is research

Most of the research taking place for Covid-19 is happening in North America and Europe, yet Africa has a different genetic profile.

NDUNG'U: Africa can turn the negative impacts of illness into a chance to build itself

The pandemic has had a devastating effect on African economies. In order to move forward, we......