Faith Nyasuguta “Umhlanga” (pronounced: um̩ɬaːŋɡa) mostly known as the “Reed Dance” ceremony, is a Zulu cultural festival held every year in September. This festival, unlike many in African culture, has annually attracted thousands of spectators and highlighted the beauty and bounty of the Zulu Kingdom. WHAT IS THE REED DANCE FESTIVAL? Guess what? You are […]
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Faith Nyasuguta William Ruto has won the race to be the fifth president of the East Africa’s economic powerhouse, Kenya, according to results announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). However, four election commissioners said they could not support the “opaque” vote count ahead of the announcement, raising questions about what will happen […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has announced the addition of coding as a subject into its primary and secondary schools curricula. The fresh development makes the East African country the first African nation to give a nod to coding as a subject of study in the 2 early schools. “I applaud the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ethiopia has launched electricity production from the second turbine of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), doubling its power output to 540MW. The production was launched by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as Egypt protested, pending resolutions on the future safety and dispute resolutions from the use of the dam on the Blue Nile. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Somalia’s worst drought in four decades has pushed one million people into fleeing their homes and brought the entire country to the brink of famine, according to the UN. Over 75 per cent of that million are internally displaced refugees. About four failed rainy seasons have destroyed crops and livestock; and an expected […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The East Africa Community (EAC) Observer Mission in Kenya has praised the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for executing a smooth voting exercise on Tuesday. Following a press address on Thursday in the capital Nairobi, the observer mission noted that the police were also in position to ensure voters were safe during […]
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Faith Nyasuguta This month, a survey involving over 4,500 Africans from Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana revealed that 91.7 per cent of Africans are likely to use technology solutions made in Africa. Dubbed ‘The Africa Innovation Impact Report’ the study compiled by Talking Drum Communications and Survey54 noted that the recent wave of technology innovation coming […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Burundi will soon open a window for sugar and cement importation to meet a shortfall that has created a black market in which prices have shot up. The move was publicised through a Cabinet statement released Wednesday after a Council of Ministers meeting in Gitega last week. “There are discrepancies between the reference […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Tuesday, Kenya’s elections witnessed sporadic failures of kits used to manage voters’ roll and transmission. In a number of stations, the polling clerks were pushed into identifying voters using the manual registers after the gadgets failed. WHAT THE LAW SAYS According to the law, the electoral agency was given a nod to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Logistical delays and a failure of the identification kit in some parts of Kenya marred a largely peaceful election day in Kenya. Polls were officially closed at 5pm local time but voting was extended in places that opened late. This vote follows an intense campaign dominated by debates about living costs, unemployment and […]
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