Young advocates, mainstream media, and social media platforms are some of the mediums that can be used to amplify messages and call to action in tackling barriers related to sexual and reproductive health in children, young women and girls. In a brainstorming virtual session dubbed, ‘Targeted solutions and a call to action in the advancement of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) agenda’, various movement-led organizations discussed long-term solutions in ensuring girls and women access SRHR products and services. Top on the agenda was the emerging threats on COVID- 19 on the sexual and reproductive health of teenage girls…
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Khusoko provides market insights into Africa's business investment as well as global trends that impact East African businesses.
Unit Trust Funds, “UTFs”, are collective investment schemes that pool money together from many investors and are managed by professional Fund Managers, who invest the pooled funds in a portfolio of securities to achieve objectives of the trust. Types of Unit Trust Funds include Money Market Fund: This fund invests in short-term debt securities with high credit quality such as treasury bills and commercial paper. The fund offers high-income yield, liquidity as well as capital stability. Risk adverse investors are prone to invest in Money Market Funds in times of high stock market volatility; Equity Fund: This fund aims to…
Google has replaced its homepage logo with a Doodle to honour and celebrate Mekatilili wa Menza, one of Kenya’s first freedom fighters. https://twitter.com/googleafrica/status/1292204284331855874?s=20 At the time, the British colonial rule had threatened the sovereignty and freedom of the Giriama people with forced labour and taxation. Menza travelled from village to village rallying Giriama people to fight against the oppression of the British settlers. She is remembered for performing the native dance ofkifudu (the Giriama funeral dance) to draw large crowds and then unleashing her powerful oratory skills to garner support and encourage her tribe to resist and swear oaths. Her…
Najma Ismail, Standard Group Journalist will replace Pauline Njoroge who has been removed from her position as a board member of the Tourism Regulatory Authority by Kenya’s Minister of Tourism. Najma Ismail is currently the Editorial Liaison Manager at Standard Group Limited. She is also the Education Goodwill Ambassador for the Kenya Education Fund since August 2019. Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala, in response to public outcry, had learned of her past remarks about the Nairobi National Park and could not associate itself with her thus, the decision to revoke Shireen’s appointment. “… we have just seen what she tweeted…
If I know it is the last time, That I will be seeing you, Walk out the door I will give you a big hug and kiss And call you back one more time. If I know it will be the last time, I stare an extra minute at you, I will stop en say ‘I love you” And show you I do. There will always be another day To say that ‘I love you’ And certainly there another day To ask ‘Is there anything I can do” Tomorrow is not promised to anyone Rich or poor, young…
Handset adoption can guide the quantum leap to 4G With mobile connectivity now integral to the modern economy, a key part of any national development programme must be digital inclusion. This is being achieved by expanding mobile broadband coverage, but there is another important consideration: smartphone affordability. A recent GSMA report shows that smartphones make up 39% of the 774 million mobile connections in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is projected to grow significantly, but for Africa’s people to fully reap the dividends of mobile connectivity, it is critical that 4G-enabled smartphone handsets be made more easily attainable for the entry-level market. …