Latest fifth estate stories from across Kenya.
Are universities researching how AI can improve healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, education, journalism, finance, public services and many more? Are they developing solutions for Kenya and other economies? Are they redesigning…
One of the biggest mistakes I encounter is the belief that a successful business is, by itself, a retirement plan. Many entrepreneurs have built valuable companies, yet much of their personal wealth remains tied to those businesses. When…
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s address was particularly significant for its consistency. The ideas he presented at the summit build on a vision China has articulated over many years: a stronger Global South, a more representative…
Africa has extraordinary sports stories. Kenyan distance running, Nigerian football culture, South Africa’s sophisticated market, Rwanda’s positioning around cycling and major events, Morocco’s tourism-football play.
BRICS could not have acquired its present economic significance without China’s enormous contribution to intra-group trade, investment, industrial capacity and connectivity. UN Trade and Development estimates that intra-BRICS merchandise…
Electoral preparations are matters of enormous public interest. The IEBC does not operate in a vacuum. Its decisions affect every Kenyan and have implications for the country’s democratic stability. Kenyans therefore have every right to…
The world is undergoing profound change. Conflicts are on the rise and are becoming harder to resolve, economic inequalities persist, and challenges such as climate change, artificial intelligence, pandemics and…
Japan’s right wing must not be allowed to turn historical revisionism into political normality. Attempts to minimise wartime atrocities, deny or distort Japanese aggression, portray Imperial Japan as misunderstood or justified, or…
Flooding, displacement, loss of lives, disease outbreaks, destruction of homes and infrastructure, and disruption of livelihoods are among the risks Kenya is being asked to prepare for. The question, therefore, is not whether we should be…
There is growing pressure on journalists to police hate speech, incitement and irresponsible political conduct, while those who make inflammatory statements or sponsor violence are sometimes allowed to escape scrutiny. Even more worrying…
When people think about data challenges in lending, their minds often go straight to defaults and credit losses. That is understandable, but it is only part of the story
As the world’s second-largest economy, China’s performance affects global trade, supply chains, investment, technology and growth. When its economy maintains momentum, the opportunities created are felt not only in Asia but across Africa,…
The narrative of a persecuted outsider fighting a dynastic elite uncomfortable with the rise of the son of a peasant. The Church. The Hustler movement. Mt Kenya. And the international community.
These “new quality productive forces” are increasingly becoming a powerful engine of China’s economic transformation, with their impact now visible across manufacturing, investment, employment and technological innovation.
Across the continent, strong examples are emerging. Kenya is building digital health governance through the Digital Health Act and the Digital Health Agency, with the Ministry of Health reporting more than 10,000 facilities onboarded to…
Kenya did not borrow money that simply disappeared. The financing built a major national infrastructure that is now part of the country’s transport and logistics system.
Every innovation zone Kenya aspires to emulate spent years doing exactly what Konza is doing today: laying data infrastructure, attracting tenants and building the unglamorous but essential plumbing—fibre connectivity, power redundancy and…
According to Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country’s key exports to the UAE include agricultural products such as meat and meat products. Kenya exported KSh9.9 billion worth of these products to the UAE in 2023, representing…
Today’s attacks do not make grammatical errors. They arrive in perfect English, crafted from open-source information and tailored to an organisation before the recipient has even read the subject line. They can reference actual supplier…
That policymakers and even the President are now part of this conversation is largely a result of the work of health journalists and communication platforms that have deliberately made health, health financing and access a permanent…
A friend was sending her teenager a WhatsApp message and, before hitting send, asked ChatGPT to refine the wording so it would sound more appealing. Later, in the same conversation, we found ourselves asking AI to generate visual images…
Entrepreneurs want to separate personal wealth from business assets. Professionals want to know whether they are saving enough for retirement. Parents want to structure their investments around education and succession. Families want to…
In the first half of 2026 alone, 55,000 new generative artificial intelligence companies were established in China, representing a 28 per cent increase from the same period a year earlier. Even more remarkable was the expansion of the…
Japan’s 2026 defence white paper identifies China as its greatest strategic challenge and promotes the development of long-range offensive capabilities and new forms of warfare. More significantly, it presents the defence industry as an…
