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Kenyan AI-powered social commerce platform Twiva has been selected for the Spark Accelerator Program, an initiative by telecom giant Safaricom. This program will provide Twiva with training, mentorship, market access, capital, technology, and product development support, facilitated by iHub. Twiva: An Overview Founded in 2020, Twiva helps Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) gain better…
The Government of Kenya has established a campaign secretariat to support political premier Raila Odinga’s bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson. At a press conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Nairobi, Cabinet Secretary (CS) Musalia Mudavadi announced the formation of the secretariat following a consultative meeting with Mr. Odinga…
Kenya has officially joined the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), a move that President William Ruto praises as a significant step toward achieving self-reliance in vaccine production. IVI is a non-profit intergovernmental organization, established in 1997 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to ensure vaccines are accessible and affordable worldwide. Now independent, IVI is headquartered…
Host nation Germany is riding a wave of renewed optimism as the Euro 2024 tournament opener against Scotland approaches. After disappointing exits in the last two World Cups and a loss to England in the Euro 2021 round of 16, Germany faced a tough 2023, securing only three wins in 11 matches. Predictions of an…
Attorney General Justin Muturi has defended President William Ruto’s tax policies, emphasizing that they aim to increase Kenya’s tax-to-GDP ratio. Speaking in Kirinyaga during the dissemination of the fourth medium-term plan on Tuesday, Muturi highlighted that the current tax levels in Kenya are low compared to the GDP, necessitating an increase to match the economic…
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli officials in connection with the war in Gaza. The bill passed with a vote of 247 to 155, including support from 42 Democrats, while two Republicans voted “present.”…
Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has updated its rules to officially allow adult and graphic content. This update, first reported by TechCrunch on Monday, comes as part of a broader set of new guidelines that explicitly permit users to share consensually produced adult nudity or sexual behavior. Although adult content…