Twitter founder Jack Dorsey says SORRY to current and ex-employees after Elon Musk fired half of social media giant’s staff and says he ‘grew the company too quickly’ – but keeps his $1 billion in sharesContinue Reading
KENYA prolonged drought: Hundreds of elephants, wildebeests, and zebras have died across Kenya amid the nation’s longest drought in decades.Continue Reading
Troubled Kenya Airways is facing an operational crisis as pilots down tools protesting poor working conditions.Continue Reading
When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, he was lauded as a regional peacemaker. A year later, he launched a conflict that spiraled into a brutal civil war, spawning one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.Continue Reading
Hopes for big finance at Cop27 fade. The biggest disruption since last year’s Glasgow climate talks has been the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.Continue Reading
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) will transport oil produced from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to the port of Tanga in Tanzania, where the oil will then be sold to world markets. While this may be considered an economic boon for East Africa by some, climate activists are raising concerns about the threat to the livelihood of community members, sensitive ecosystems, and worsening the climate emergency.Continue Reading
No Kenya Airways flight will depart Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from 6:00 am (0300 GMT) on Saturday,Continue Reading
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam: Cuba will present the draft resolution to end the US embargo at the UN meeting on November 2-3 this week.Continue Reading
Ethiopia Fractured. Two years after war broke out in northern Ethiopia between federal forces and Tigrayan rebels, the country remains in deep crisis, with its once-vibrant economy in ruins and a humanitarian disaster roiling Tigray.Continue Reading
African ICT infrastructure can pave way for leap forward. One major lesson for Africa from the Covid-19 pandemic is that it had an outsize negative impact on workers in jobs that cannot be performed remotely. Such jobs are typically in the informal sectors that dominate Africa’s economies. Services and other sectors more amenable to remote work were far less affected, which…Continue Reading
