Why Guyana’s Adults Must Embrace Technology – For Themselves and Their Children

Nov 02, 2025 Features / Columnists, News By Alisha Koulen, MSc, Operations Manager, STEMGuyana (Kaieteur News) – Standing in a grocery store checkout line last week, I watched something that has become all too familiar. A woman approached a...

21 killed, 30 others missing in landslip in western Kenya

At least 21 people have died and 30 others were missing after a landslip in Kenya's western Rift Valley region, where heavy rains have battered the area for days during the country's ongoing short rains season. More than 1,000 homes were destroyed...

Safaricom unveils a Sh30 billion education initiative

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa speaking during 2025 sustainable business report launch.[Wilbrforce Okwiri,Standard] Safaricom, through the M-Pesa Foundation, has unveiled a Sh30 billion education initiative that will provide 10,000 scholarships and...

Kenya hosts first Africa Championship of Chinese cuisine

Kenya and China have made a commitment to broaden their bilateral cooperation beyond trade and infrastructure, with an emphasis on culinary arts and gastronomy tourism as essential avenues for cultural exchange and mutual understanding. Speaking...

Chinese cuisine championship bridges cultures in Kenya

The aroma of sizzling woks and fragrant spices filled the air at Kenya's Utalii College on Thursday as chefs from across the world gathered for the 2025 Africa Championship of Chinese Cuisine, a celebration of culinary artistry and cultural...

Flashback Oct. 30: Children’s choir visits, election called, tax talks ignored

Welcome to Lake Flashback. Reporter Sarah Simpson has been combing through old newspapers with the assistance of the Kaatza Station Museum and Archives so we can jog your memory, give you that nostalgic feeling, or just a chuckle, as we take a...

Mirror Revolution: When the children rise in 2027

Now, in 2027, with the dictatorship’s fall and Trump’s flight into Arabian exile, it’s obvious that only a youth revolution could have brought down the corrupt US regime. But two years ago, in fall 2025, no one was talking about what the kids...

Landslide kills 21, leaves 30 missing in western Kenya

At least 21 people were killed and 30 others went missing after a massive landslide hit Kenya’s western Rift Valley region on Saturday, following days of heavy rainfall during the country’s short rains season. The disaster struck the hilly area of...

Kenyans abroad, families to benefit from diaspora medical cover

Kenya Diaspora Alliance chairperson Shem Ochuodho, Jubilee Health Insurance CEO Njeri Jomo, BUPA Global Kenya CEO Uditha Jayaratne and Kenbright managing director Ezekiel Macharia during the official sign-off ceremony for the Diaspora Medical...

Kenya’s Loan Rate Divide Is No Accident and the Numbers Behind It Tell a Rougher Truth About Banking

Kenya’s cost of credit portal, a public transparency tool run by the Kenya Bankers Association, has revealed just how uneven personal loan pricing can be. For a simple one-year, Sh100,000 loan, the gulf between the cheapest and costliest lenders...

The Kenyan corner shop owner tricked into fighting for Putin - who escaped the meatgrinder by hiding under a corpse... DAVID PATRIKARAKOS investigates the impoverished Africans being lured to Russia as cannon fodder

He lies face down in the sludge of a Ukrainian field. High above, the sky buzzes with the falsetto whine of drones. Men scream as death falls from the air. Others are already silent, their bodies twisted into unnatural shapes. The horizon blazes....

Why Kenya Needs a New Social Contract for Labour Relations in the Digital Age

For decades, unemployment has remained the most persistent challenge in Kenya and across much of the developing world. The policy prescriptions have been familiar with governments being tasked to build industries, expand markets and ease the cost...

21 dead, over 30 still missing following massive landslide in western Kenya

At least 21 people have died and 30 others are missing after a landslide on Saturday in Kenya’s western Rift Valley region, where heavy rains have battered the area for days during the country’s ongoing short rains season. More than 1,000 homes...

M-PESA Foundation Launches 5-Year Education Initiative to Boost Learning in Kenya

Safaricom, through the M-PESA Foundation, has launched an education initiative to improve education and training outcomes over the next 5 years. Dubbed Citizens of the Future, the program seeks to upgrade infrastructure, enhance teacher skilling...

Youth Leadership and Innovation Center launched in Kenya with Azerbaijan's support

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Kenya reported that the Youth Leadership and Innovation Center has launched its activities in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, with the support of the Azerbaijan International Development Assistance Agency (AIDA), which...

Feature: Kenyan chefs inspired by Chinese cuisine amid blossoming cultural ties

NAIROBI, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Clad in a crisp white coat and a matching hat, James Wambua smiled as he dropped some slices of raw beef, fish, lettuce, and onions inside a gleaming steel pan for deep-frying, unleashing a mood-lifting aroma. Wambua's...

Rescue efforts intensify in Kerio as volunteers brave ongoing mudslides

Chief Inspector Ruth Rotiken next to the chopper she has been flying to help in the mudslide disaster in Kerio Valley. /MATHEWS NDANYIVolunteers continue to brave treacherous conditions in Kerio Valley as search and rescue efforts intensify...

Landslide in western Kenya leaves 21 people dead, 30 others missing

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 21 people have died and 30 others are missing after a landslide on Saturday in Kenya’s western Rift Valley region, where heavy rains have battered the area for days during the country’s ongoing short rains season....

Drought-hit Kenya shifts herds from cattle to camels

SAMBURU: “God, God, God, protect them,” two herders chanted as a dozen camels tore toward the acacia trees, oblivious to the bone-dry riverbed of northern Kenya where no rain has fallen since April. Perched on the rim of a nearby well, Chapan...

Emmanuel Msuri: Kenyan mourners who accompanied priest's body for burial blocked at border

Father Emmanuel Msuri from Tanzania was a beloved priest who led the Sacred Heart-Dagoretti Parish in Nairobi, Kenya The man of God died in Kenya and was supposed to be taken back to his country of origin for burial, but Tanzania is reeling from...