Browsing: East Africa

If someone were to put me on the spot and ask me to name an environmentalist group, I’d probably blurt…

If you are reading this in East, Central, North or Southern Africa, you have probably heard these hit songs “Number…

Banks in East Africa are empathizing with the loss of livelihood and businesses of their clients by easing off on…

The month of March marked one year after most countries globally locked up their people, introduced tough restrictions on movement and introduced ways of containing the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19). For East Africa, this has been a tough outing with thousands sick, and millions affected economically. The countries in the region have also reacted differently, with Rwanda and Kenya being on the extreme cautious path, while Tanzania and Burundi have applied the Laissez-Faire approach. 

Stocks in the region have been hit hard with the regional bourses shrinking significantly, as well as a loss in interest by foreign investors. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) seems to have been hard hit with an unprecedented bear run. According to the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) end-of-year statistical bulletin, all indices at the Nairobi bourse performed poorly, with net foreign outflow hitting KSh28.63 billion ($260.9M) compared to a net foreign inflow of KSh1.38 billion ($12.6M) in 2019. 

Climate change is a 21st-century phenomenon that has called the attention of most governments on planet earth. In Africa, the…

Contribution of game meat to total world meat production and consumption is apparently very small, according to reports the…

Innovation is ferrying Africa to a brighter more successful future, a future of technology and digital realities in everyday life.…

You have a debtor, it is time for them to pay, you pick up your mobile phone dial the number…

In its fight against Covid-19 Rwanda has opted to have robots replace humans when coming into contact with infected…

According to the Global E-Waste Monitor Report, in 2019 the world generated 53.6 million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste (e-waste), and only 17.4 per cent was recycled through appropriate channels. Africa in particular lacks formal governance to support e-waste management.

Households in Africa generated 2.9 Mt of e-waste in 2019, of which only 0.9 per cent was reported to be collected and recycled by the formal sector. Discarded equipment such as phones, laptops, fridges, sensors and televisions contain substances that pose serious environmental and public health risks, particularly if treated inadequately.