Cloud push to keep patient data local reaches thousands of health facilities

Audio By Vocalize Jyoti Ball, Amazon Web Services general manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, speaks on the deployment of cloud infrastructure supporting Kenya’s electronic medical records system.  Thousands of Kenyan health facilities... Read more »

How Bungoma County is bridging donor funding gap to sustain NTD interventions

Kenya continues to grapple with the burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) even as it races against time to meet the World Health Organization’s 2030 elimination target. The diseases targeted for elimination... Read more »

Africa: Ebola Response Update – May 29, 2026

The Department of State, in close coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is continuing to mount a rapid and comprehensive response to the Ebola outbreak in the... Read more »

Opposition leaders fault govt over school safety failures

Audio By Vocalize ODM Linda Mwananchi faction leaders from R-L, Edwin Sifuna, James Orengo, Babu Owino and Godfrey Osotsi- in black on May 31, 2026. [John Muia, Standard]  Opposition leaders have... Read more »

Kenya’s remote work rise as global hiring grows

Audio By Vocalize A Kenyan’s professionals are increasingly worki remotely, reflecting the country’s growing role as a regional hub for global digital talent and cross-border employment.  [istock] The Covid-19 pandemic permanently... Read more »

Kenya’s flower exports now feel the heat of rising freight costs

Audio By Vocalize Workers at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha. [File, Standard] Kenya’s flower industry, long celebrated as one of the country’s biggest export success stories, is staring... Read more »

International Security Forum highlights health of nations as key to global stability

The International Security Forum, held under the auspices of the Security Council of Russia, has opened in the Moscow Region. TV BRICS is serving as the international media partner of the event.... Read more »

Why CBK rules punish Kenya’s safest borrowers and lock millions of farmers out of credit

Audio By Vocalize Central Bank of Kenya [File, Standard] Smallholder farmers in Kenya are being locked out of formal credit not because they are risky borrowers, but because banking regulations are... Read more »

Nation in Mourning: Recurring tragedy of school fires, urgent call for systemic reform

The heart-wrenching loss of life at Utumishi Girls’ Senior Secondary School in Gilgil, Nakuru County, has once again plunged the nation into a state of profound grief and national introspection. As investigators... Read more »

Global push to redefine housing for appropriate policy intervention

Audio By Vocalize Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development CS Alice Wahome, Housing and Urban Development PS Charles Hinga, Eswatini Minister of Housing and Urban Development Appolo Maphalala and Devolution PS... Read more »