Listen Kenya is set to host American technology giant Oracle Corporation’s regional data centre. This will be Oracle’s second facility of its kind in Africa. The announcement came following a meeting between a high-level Kenyan delegation led by President William Ruto and CS Ministry of Information and the Digital Economy, Eliud Owalo, and a delegation […]
Listen The County Government of Kisumu has partnered with Safaricom to implement a new Integrated County Revenue Management System (ICRMS). The county management hopes that they will be able to acquire their target of Sh.2.2 billion in revenue collection thanks to the new system. The system will be cashless. “We have co-created the platform with […]
Listen Industry PS, Dr Juma Mukhwana, said the goal is to distribute 27 metric tonnes of Hart 89M cotton seeds and two metric tonnes of Bt cotton seeds in each of the 24 growing counties across the country. “The core objective of this collective effort is to harness the potential of the cotton industry and significantly hasten […]
Listen The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has inaugurated a team that is expected to develop guidelines on the use of emerging technologies in the industry. MCK chief executive officer David Omwoyo said the Technical Working Group on Development of Media Guidelines on use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data and Social Media, would prepare a […]
Listen The Ministry of ICT and the Digital Economy has moved to overhaul the legal and policy frameworks that govern the technology sector in bid to align them to the constitution as the country moves into a bold digital future. Mr Eliud Owalo, the ICT CS, said there is an urgent need to undertake the […]
Listen By Dibo Willis-Ambetsa A government think-tank has called for inclusion of the youth in the Kenyan roadmap for COP28, which will be held in the United Arab Emirates. The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (Kippra) said there are many youths and youth organizations engaging in climate mitigation measures whose work should not be […]
Listen By Dibo Willis-Ambetsa First Lady Rachel Ruto has called for the training of the youth on climate mitigation to empower the future workforce on the development of a green economy. Mrs Ruto, who was speaking at a meeting of female leaders, the youth, private sector representatives and donors at the Africa Climate Summit First […]
Listen By Dibo Willis-Ambetsa President William Ruto has asked the youth in Africa to use their skills and energy to solve the worsening climate crisis. President Ruto, who was speaking as he opened the Africa Youth Climate Assembly in Nairobi, a pre-event ahead of the Africa Climate Summit that starts on Monday, said […]
Listen Youths from different countries in Africa have demanded action from global leaders to help stem the worsening effects of climate change, which include drought. The youth, who were speaking at a two-day conference in Nairobi as part of the activities of the forthcoming Africa Climate Change Summit, asked political leaders to take charge of […]