Aly-Khan Satchu and Julian Rowa unpack the various facets of the economic meltdown Kenya is in that has been accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic leaving the...
Kenyans were already struggling with tough economic conditions and political tensions when COVID-19 appeared. Lockdowns and dwindling incomes have now made their lives much more difficult,...
The coronavirus crisis has thrown into sharp relief the interlocked embrace of globalisation and nationalism and shown the limits of the neoliberal globalisation that has reigned...
The global economic shock triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented in scale and severity. How will African governments survive this financial crisis, given that many...
Yanis Varoufakis, DiEM25 co-founder and MeRA25 MP, on the economic and political impact of the coronavirus.
The main talking point of his speech to the nation two weeks ago was Kenyatta’s directive asking the national Treasury to release Sh500 million to the...
What Wanjiku never seems to understand is that GDP growth doesn't always automatically translate into higher incomes. In fact, GDP growth can be achieved while salaries,...
The former president of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, has dismissed as “nonsensical” any suggestion that Africa may have over-borrowed, saying instead that with better...
Six years of fiscal profligacy have finally caught up with the Jubilee administration. Money is short, it now admits, and the begging bowl is out. The...
To be young is to have hope. So all these hinderances did not deter Kagwa from pursuing his interests. He was a keen member of the...
