Respected Ghanaian journalist and publisher, Ben Asante has died. The renowned war correspondent passed on August 12 in Accra after a prolonged illness. Asante reported and commented extensively on politics and social development across Africa for over fifty years. Asante was one of the frontline journalists during the Liberian...
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Confederation of African Football (CAF) has imposed new sanctions on Kenya, co-host of the African Nations Championship (CHAN), marking the second penalty in two weeks due to recurring security failures. In a statement released Monday evening, CAF announced restrictions on attendance at the 48,000-capacity Moi International Sports Centre, commonly...
2025 Paris Peoples Governors’ Excellence Award is set to honour outstanding African state executives whose exceptional leadership has driven meaningful socio-economic transformation. The event will take place on 19 August 2025 in Paris, France as featured honorees include His Excellency, Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi State recognized for...
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo), has hosted young professionals from Nigeria and other African countries at its offices in Lagos, as it continues to support the growth of future leaders in the energy industry on the continent. The 25 engineers and geologists from Nigeria, Cameroun, Chad,...
An article in TheCable edition of July 4, 2025, entitled: “Lessons from Kenya’s e-procurement revolution,” examined the East African country’s e-procurement reforms and the rapid transformation in how it buys and spends. It was a good read. And what it did, perhaps without meaning to, was remind us that...
An article in TheCable edition of July 4, 2025, entitled: “Lessons from Kenya’s e-procurement revolution,” examined the East African country’s e-procurement reforms and the rapid transformation in how it buys and spends. It was a good read. And what it did, perhaps without meaning to, was remind us that...
The world of sports betting is rapidly moving into the mobile dimension. For Kenyan bettors, the smartphone has long been the main tool for betting, tracking events and account management. Convenience, speed and accessibility are key advantages of specialised apps over websites. But with the abundance of options on...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), has expressed delight over the milestone recorded by the nation’s public relations companies at the recently concluded SABRE Africa Awards held during the 2025 edition of the African Public Relations Association (APRA) conference in Mombasa, Kenya, saying it is a clear testimony...
A High Court in Nairobi, Kenya, has ruled that the detention and transfer of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 was unlawful and illegal. The court has awarded Kanu compensatory damages of 10 million Kenyan shillings for...
A witness and an operative of Department of State Services (DSS), identified as BBB, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that his office was not involved in the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya. BBB, who was the 2nd prosecution witness (PW-2) in the ongoing trial...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Kenya Airways has been sanctioned by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for violating consumer rights in cases involving three passengers, including Gloria Omisore. The airline was found guilty of several consumer-related infractions, prompting the regulatory body to impose penalties. Director of Public Affairs and...
Nigeria booked their place in the quarter-finals of the CAF U20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a hard-fought 2-2 draw against Kenya at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on Wednesday. The result, coupled with Morocco’s 3-1 win over Tunisia in the simultaneous Group B fixture, means Nigeria...
A subsidiary of Nigeria’s Access Holdings PLC, Access Bank PLC, has secured approvals from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and Kenya’s National Treasury and Economic Planning for the acquisition of 100% shareholding of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK). According to a statement issued by the CBK on...
The 2025 edition of the annual 42km 2024 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has been once again dominated by East African runners from Kenya and Ethiopia. Kenya’s Edwin Kibet on Saturday emerged winner in the men category, clocking a time of 2:14:06 to win the $50,000 price money. Kibet...
President William Ruto said Kenya has started discussions with the United Arab Emirates to secure financing to complete a regional railway after China cut infrastructure funding to the project. The railway connecting the Kenyan port of Mombasa with landlocked neighbours, as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, ended...
Kenya suffered a widespread power outage on Wednesday that affected most of the country, with electricity supply restored about six hours later, the nation’s leading power utility Kenya Power said. The cause of the outage in East Africa’s largest economy, which was first reported at 1:28 a.m. local time...
Kenya’s government has said it was investigating how a prominent Ugandan opposition leader was spirited out of Nairobi this week, amid growing criticism that it had failed to protect foreign dissidents on its soil. Kizza Besigye, a longtime rival of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, disappeared in the Kenyan capital...
The wife of a prominent Ugandan opposition politician, Kizza Besigye on Wednesday alleged that her husband has been kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya. According to the wife, Winnie Byanyima, the husband was kidnaped over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail...
YouTube says it has partnered with Raha Fest, a creative industry in Kenya, to host Ayra Starr’s first YouTube live concert in Nairobi. The Head of Music Sub-Saharan Africa at YouTube, Addy Awofisayo, said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Awofisayo said that YouTube was not just...
The Kenyan Senate voted on Thursday to oust Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a historic impeachment vote. The upper house has so far voted to impeach the 59-year-old on five charges out of a total of 11 against him, after two days of hearings. The Senate only had to...