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President William Ruto has listed key collaboration areas between Kenya and Japan, in a renewed drive to strengthen economic ties. Speaking at the opening of the TICAD 9 summit in Yokohama, Japan, the ...
YOKOHAMA — Representatives from African countries interacted with children and business leaders in Yokohama on Wednesday, the opening day of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African ...
Africans are migrating to new destinations (for example in South America and Asia). There’s more diversity in the types of African migrants, based on who they are, why they are migrating and how they ...
Africa has everything it takes to become a "renewable superpower", UN head Antonio Guterres said Thursday, as he called for greater investment in green energy across the resource-rich continent.
Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya’s largest referral facility, is set to launch a new training programme in collaboration with a Japanese organisation, Africa Health Dynamics Limited.This initiative, ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed an "economic zone" encompassing the Indian Ocean region and Africa during a major aid conference for African nations on Wednesday, seeking to tap into ...
Nairobi — Kenya’s economic growth this year is expected to exceed official forecasts despite higher US tariffs and other challenges, President William Ruto said at a conference on Wednesday, where ...
Addressing the Kenya Investment Forum in Yokohama, Ruto said Japan contributed over $205 million (Sh26 billion) in foreign direct investment in 2024, making it Kenya’s third-largest investor.
State House saysJapan’s trade with Kenya reached $900m in 2024, but Kenya’s volume of exports there was just about $70m.
Across Kenya, smart partnerships between public institutions and private innovators are quietly transforming the way we fight ...
President Ruto projected 5.6% growth for 2025, higher than the Finance Ministry’s 5.3% and Central Bank’s 5.2% forecasts. • Kenya’s GDP slowed to 4.7% in 2024, down from 5.7% in 2023, due to weaker ...
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has held one-on-one talks with African leaders attending the Tokyo International ...