They used to say Arabs can’t have democracy decause it’d be bad for Israel. Now the U.S. can’t have it either - .@mazmhussain theintercept.com/2024/05/08/ame…

Microsoft shuts the engineering section of its Africa Development Centre in Nigeria, 2 years after it was opened in the West African nation. It was one of two on the continent - the other being in Kenya, which hasn’t been affected
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Charles Onyango-Obbo Of late I've been obsessed with Guinea's State TV and the coverage of Mamadou Doumbouya the coup ruler. Its laughable. A km long line of sycophants have to see him off and welcome him back youtu.be/fEvWyob_P-M?si…

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“Africa keeps getting pushed down”: Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on electricity, neocolonialism and Africa's future
timeslive.co.za/news/africa/20…

Sri Lanka’s Brown Investments buys Dutch company Lipton Teas and Infusion, gets its tea estates in Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania
kenyanwallstreet.com/lipton-transfe…

More than 70% of Africa’s urban population of about 609 million walk daily to their various destinations – in cities that aren’t welcoming places for pedestrians
theconversation.com/walking-in-afr…

Floods cut off Kitale–Lodwar–Juba highway, the main trade route linking Kenya and South Sudan
theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-…

A Big African Man who leads an organisation on the continent, apparently doesn't like to attend events on the continent. He prefers things in Europe (like World Economic Forum) and North America. A critic says of him, 'he's too posh for the African bush'😂

Arms race: Made-in-Africa military drones on the rise wp.me/p7FLkS-1d1E

April 2024 was the hottest on record globally, according to data by Copernicus, the EU's climate change agency. The surface air temperature averaged 15.03°C, surpassing the April average calculated between 1991 and 2020 by 0.67 degrees. This temperature was 1.58% higher than the…

African Countries With the Lowest Tax Rates
MAURITIUS
•Maximum personal income tax rate: 20% — #30 lowest out of 144 countries
•Maximum value-added tax rate: 15.0% — #54 lowest of 144 counties
•Maximum corporate tax rate: 15.0% — #17 lowest out of 144 countries
NIGERIA…

If Karuma Bridge could speak, it would thrill us - Charles Onyango-Obbo
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Senegal’s president stops reception on his return trip, sacks chief spy. No dancers, no sycophantic minister’s greeting him with both hands? Faye is truly bewitched🙃😜 thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/…

Kenya moving to deploy police officers to Haiti, after months of delays. Civilian contractors supporting the mission have already begun arriving in Haiti and the officers are expected to deploy later this month
miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

Guinness World Records is searching for Kenyan man John Waweru, who claims to have the longest nails in Africa to take part in a global competition. Waweru makes KSh2,000-10,000 day showcasing his 1.4ft+ nails, which are painted in the Kenyan flag
nation.africa/kenya/news/gui…

Is it me, or is it that the older (a vegetarian man) gets, the more they use a spoon than a fork?
Also, we are likely to keep the mobile phone in the trouser/jacket pocket than on a table when one is about (I guess reduces the chance of forgetting it)🤣