Founders ask investors questions about venture capital in Africa

The typical founder–VC dynamic is one-directional: analysts ask the questions, and founders answer. But last month, I launched the first edition of Ask an Investor that flipped that script.  Instead of pitching,... Read more »

KRA’s Sh47.3b tax shortfall hits Ruto’s economic agenda amid fiscal strain

Kenya’s fiscal stability faces fresh challenges after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) fell Sh47.3 billion short of its tax collection target for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.  The shortfall,... Read more »

Olukoyede And The New EFCC – THISDAYLIVE

REUBEN ABATI Last Friday, July 18, the incumbent Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede was in Lagos to hold a sensitization programme on Naira Abuse, at the... Read more »

Kenya: Pan-African Rights Groups Condemn Kenya’s Worsening Crackdown On Protesters and Civil Liberties

A coalition of Pan-African civil society groups, legal experts, and human rights defenders has issued a scathing statement condemning the Kenyan government’s escalating repression of civil liberties, arbitrary arrests, and weaponization of... Read more »

Stakeholders task FG, NASS on agroecology policy framework

Stakeholders have tasked the Federal Government and the National Assembly to develop National Policy Framework on Agroecology to promote a more sustainable path to food sovereignty and ecological resilience in the Country.... Read more »

Auditor-General flags Kenya Railways for SGR loan default

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu before the National Assembly’s Cohesion Committee at Continental House, Parliament, Nairobi. April 15th,2025 [Elvis Ogina, Standard] The Kenya Railways Corporation is on the spot over failure to... Read more »

Kebbi voters won’t back Malami’s 2027 ambition

From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi The Special Adviser to the Kebbi State Governor on Communication and Strategy, Alhaji Abdullahi Idris Zuru, has said that voters in Kebbi State would not be cajoled... Read more »

DPP cites CJ Koome to justify terror charges against protesters » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 21 — The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has defended the controversial decision to charge several anti-government protesters under Kenya’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), insisting the charges are... Read more »

Obasanjo Leadership Institute Begins Long-Vacation Training For Principals

The Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute (OOLI) has commenced an intensive long-vacation training for school principals for its Advanced Certificate in School Leadership and Management (ACSLM) programme. In a press statement released after... Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today – July 21, 2025

  Prominent Kenyan Activist Boniface Mwangi Arreste, Faces Terrorism Charges Prominent activist Boniface Mwangi is facing terrorism-related charges for his alleged role in facilitating the anti-government protests on June 25 in Nairobi and... Read more »