THE STANDARD By
Kennedy Gachuhi |
February 18th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
From left: CSs Najib Balala (Tourism), Eugene Wamalwa (Devolution), James Macharia (Transport) and Betty Maina (Industrialisation). They inspected the new Metre Gauge Railway at Longonot in Nakuru County on Tuesday. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Amid clamour for a referendum and succession politics, President Uhuru Kenyatta has dispatched Cabinet secretaries to secure his legacy development agenda.
President Kenyatta, whose tenure expires in 18 months, has constituted National Development Implementation and Communication Cabinet Committee (NDICCC) comprising Cabinet secretaries and Presidential Delivery Unit (PDU).
The top-ranking government officials have been asked to leave the comfort of their air-conditioned offices in Nairobi and visit project sites to obtain firsthand information.
Google Grants Kenya 1.1 Billion For Post Covid-19 Recovery
American technology giant Google has announced a 10 million US dollar package to support Kenya’s post-Covid-19 recovery efforts.
The announcement was made Wednesday evening by Google’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai during a virtual meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta on the sidelines of a public discussion on digital transformation in Africa organised by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA).
CCA is a Washington DC-based trade association focusing on strengthening trade and commercial ties between the United States of America and African economies.
In addition to the 10 million dollar package, which includes 3 million to support small businesses, 5 million for Kenyan startups, and 2 million for charity, Mr Pichai announced several other investments lined up by his organization for Kenya.
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Tech giant, Google, has pledged a Ksh.1.1 billion (USD 10 million) package to support Kenya’s post Covid-19 recovery efforts.
The announcement was made Wednesday evening by Google’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai during a virtual meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta, on the sidelines of a public discussion on digital transformation in Africa organized by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA).
CCA is a trade association based in Washington DC, focusing on strengthening trade and commercial ties between the United States of America and African economies.
In addition to the multi-million dollar package, which includes Ksh.300 million to support small businesses, Ksh.500 million for Kenyan start ups and Ksh.200 million for charity, Mr. Pichai announced several other investments lined up by his organization for Kenya. He added that his company will expand its Google for Startups Accelerator program this year by supporting 100,000 businesses and 15,000 developers in
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