Tanzania, April 11 -- It is not every day that you come across a judge with a delightfully wicked sense of justice and humour like Justice Anne Ong'iinjo of the Kenya High Court, in Mombasa. Confirmi... Read More
Uganda, April 9 -- I receive several requests from good folks in Kampala to go buy, and send to them stuff from some Nairobi store or other; from rare books, computer and camera components, to medicin... Read More
Nairobi, April 6 -- In February I attended a speaking event at Tanzania's largest bank, CRDB. Banks are staid, mostly boring, places so you never expect big surprises. But I got one at CRDB. Turns ou... Read More
Nairobi, April 6 -- No African country invokes as much passion and divides opinion as Rwanda. Many people in Africa and the rest of the world think it is proof that miracles are possible and that the ... Read More
Tanzania, April 4 -- This year's edition of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya ended on Sunday. Just like all the editions since the WRC Rally returned to Kenya in 2021, there ... Read More
Uganda, April 2 -- On April 5, there will be a celebration at Makerere University to mark the 80th birthdays of two important figures of Ugandan and East African literature; Arthur Gakwandi and Austin... Read More
Nairobi, March 30 -- Little-known outside Senegal, anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye just won the country's presidential vote, in one of the most dramatic moments of recent African po... Read More
Tanzania, March 28 -- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on the weekend broke the hearts of some with very strong statements that the construction of high-rise apartments in the Kenyan capital's upmarket... Read More
Uganda, March 26 -- The race for 2026 has started, and the ruling NRM is making all the "President Yoweri Museveni is sole candidate body contortions". Museveni will be its candidate, and seek to notc... Read More
Nairobi, March 23 -- In May 2017, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published a report titled The Future of Jobs and Skills in Africa: Preparing the Region for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, urging th... Read More