The Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) has launched a digital marketplace dubbed, Kenya Innovation Bridge that will link innovators, researchers, and startups to introduce their solutions to partners, funders, and customers. The Kenya Innovation…
Economy
Plans Underway To Establish An Industrial Park
The Government through the Ministry of Trade and Industry has embarked on an elaborate process with a view to establish an Industrial Park in Busia County. Speaking to the press during a visit to the proposed site at Nasewa grounds, the Acting General…
UAE Central Bank Digital Currency strategy launched
The Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE) jointly held a signing ceremony with G42 Cloud and R3 to mark the implementation of the CBUAE Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Strategy, one of the nine initiatives of the CBUAE’s Financial Infrastructure Transforma…
VOA Interview: Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright
Editor’s note: Alice Albright, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, or MCC, gave an interview to Carol Castiel of VOA’s English to Africa Service on the “Press Conference USA” radio program on March 7, 2023, at our Washington headquarters.As ef…
Russia Halts Pipeline Oil Supplies to Poland, PKN Orlen CEO Says
Russia has halted supplies of oil to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline, Daniel Obajtek, chief executive officer of Polish refiner PKN Orlen, said on Saturday.”We’re effectively securing supplies. Russia has halted supplies to Poland, for which we are pre…
AU Official Urged Turning Difficulties Into Opportunities To Transform Africa’s Energy Sector
ADDIS ABABA– African Union (AU) Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, Amani Abou-Zeid, yesterday urged African countries, to turn difficulties into opportunities to transform Africa’s energy sector.“The last three years have been difficult years …