The Daily IIJ

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Kenya on Tuesday for the first time. Merkel’s visit to Kenya from July 12 is expected to usher in new investments from Germany and the rest of Europe into Kenya’s “green energy” sector and spur trade between the two countries. “This visit is a vote of confidence,” said [...]

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East Africa has a new baby. South Sudan is now the sixth East African country and President Salva Kiir is at the helm. For the country with more than 8 million citizens, Saturday will remain a momentous and emotional day. In January, they voted in an historic referendum to separate from the north. UN Secretary-General [...]

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President Mwai Kibaki on Friday launched a key website making Kenya the first country in sub saharan Africa to offer loads of government data to its citizens Citizens can now access data and participate in constitutional implementation process as well as hold the government accountable, President Kibaki said. The government has released several large datasets, [...]

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Nairobi, Monday He had cheated death for long but finally he is gone with the wind. The terror mastermind and feared leazder of Al-Qaeda link, Osama Bin Laden is no more. He has been brough down by US forces and already buried at Sea. Word of Osama bin Laden’s death rocketed through the Internet in [...]

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By James Ratemo in Nairobi Businesses and the media can shun online platform at their own peril as consumers spend more time on the Internet. Research shows consumers are increasingly heading online for goods and services as traditional forms of distribution lose grip.

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Here comes the East African  Community Leaders have, however, cautioned that although East Africa has ushered in the new regime, full implementation will be a gradual and could take as long as five years. BY JAMES RATEMO IN NAIROBI After a long wait, the East African Community (EAC) Common Market is officially here, ushering in [...]

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At KICC (see picture below),  Nairobi,   The 37th meeting for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) closed in Nairobi on Friday 12th March 2010 in Nairobi with a clear indication that issue of new top level domains shall be delayed.   The much awaited resolution on .xxx domain was also deferred to [...]

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Kenyans could soon enjoy dual citizenship if the draft constitution, unveiled on Tuesday, is enacted into law. According to the draft, a person cannot lose Kenyan citizenship if he or she acquires the citizenship of another country. The draft also proposes that Kenyans, who as a result of acquiring the citizenship of another country ceased [...]

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After Decades of struggle and abortive attempts, Kenya is finally on the path to      unveiling a new constitution. On Tuesday, Kenya unveiled a harmonised draft that entrenches post of a Prime Minister (PM) in the constitution. If the draft is adopted, the number of cabinet ministers shall not exceed 20 and not below 15. Currently we [...]

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The International Institute for Journalism came to Nairobi, Kenya last month. Fifteen journalists from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania convened in Kenya’s Multimedia University for a two-weeks course on Budget reporting and it was marvelous.

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