The Smart Africa Secretariat (Smart Africa) and The Commons Project Foundation (TCP) are pleased to announce the launch of a partnership to accelerate the digitization of healthcare across Africa.
East Africans have been called upon to turn out in large numbers and get vaccinated against covid as the only way to contain the further spread of the deadly pandemic. Dr.Peter Mathuki the EAC secretary General said on Monday that resistance to vaccines was undermining efforts to jumpstart the regional economy after the damage caused […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday made an extensive inspection tour of the 27.1km Nairobi Expressway which is currently 93% complete. According to details, President Uhuru has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the 8-lane elevated dual carriageway whose completion is scheduled for March 2022. The Nairobi Expressway is fast transforming the capital’s landscape. The grand […]
Reports have emerged that the recent fire that gutted a prison facility in Gitega, Burundi’s political capital could have actually killed more inmates than ambiguously reported. On December 7, Gitega prison was devastated by a deadly fire which officially left 38 dead and 69 injured. But according to local associations, the toll could actually reach […]
Leaders of the East African Community member states have this Wednesday discussed admission of Democratic Republic of Congo into the regional bloc. The deliberation is part of the ongoing virtual 18th Extraordinary Summit of the East African Community Heads of State, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The Summit is held under the theme “Deepening Integration, […]