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Pedestrians walk outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre during the launch of its 5G internet service in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya, 27 October 2022. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenya's Safaricom raises $117m with local sustainability-linked loan

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Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

By Sean Avery 6 May 2024

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Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

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Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

23 Dec 2016

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

5 Dec 2016

A megaproject rises in East Africa

Wanjohi Kabukuru 12 Sep 2016

Angaza Boma bringing solar TVs to rural Kenya

Tom Jackson 8 Sep 2016

African startups named among 100 most inspiring uses of tech

African startups named among 100 most inspiring uses of tech

Tom Jackson 10 Dec 2015

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

18 Nov 2015

Maasai women lead solar revolution in Kenya

Maasai women lead solar revolution in Kenya

Priya Pitamber 7 Aug 2015

More than half of the continent’s population relies directly or indirectly on forests for livelihood

Africa to debate the sustainable future of forests

3 Aug 2015

SkyPower to invest $2bn in Kenyan solar projects

SkyPower to invest $2bn in Kenyan solar projects

28 Jul 2015

Renewable energy needs guarantees for investors

Renewable energy needs guarantees for investors

Charlotte Mathews 21 Jul 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

Africa's food security improves

Africa's food security improves

7 Aug 2013

Unilever says Africa is next growth market

Unilever says Africa is next growth market

21 Jun 2013

Wind power to change Africa

Wind power to change Africa

28 May 2013

State should own 50% of all Africa's mines

State should own 50% of all Africa's mines

Paul Vecchiatto 13 May 2013

IMF forecasts "solid growth" for Africa

IMF forecasts "solid growth" for Africa

17 Apr 2013

Standard Bank is cleanest and greenest

Standard Bank is cleanest and greenest

12 Apr 2013

Africa's growth driven by SA

Africa's growth driven by SA

Schalk Mouton 20 Mar 2013

Bigger is better says motor industry

Bigger is better says motor industry

11 Mar 2013

Lagarde says global uncertainty limits Africa growth

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 8 Jan 2013

Nigeria frets over Kenya ICT

Nigeria frets over Kenya ICT

Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd 21 Aug 2012

Kenya: Treasury sets aside Sh15 billion for food projects

4 Aug 2011

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Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

16 Feb 2017

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

23 Dec 2016

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

5 Dec 2016

A megaproject rises in East Africa

Wanjohi Kabukuru 12 Sep 2016

Angaza Boma bringing solar TVs to rural Kenya

Tom Jackson 8 Sep 2016

African startups named among 100 most inspiring uses of tech

African startups named among 100 most inspiring uses of tech

Tom Jackson 10 Dec 2015

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

18 Nov 2015

Maasai women lead solar revolution in Kenya

Maasai women lead solar revolution in Kenya

Priya Pitamber 7 Aug 2015

More than half of the continent’s population relies directly or indirectly on forests for livelihood

Africa to debate the sustainable future of forests

3 Aug 2015

SkyPower to invest $2bn in Kenyan solar projects

SkyPower to invest $2bn in Kenyan solar projects

28 Jul 2015

Renewable energy needs guarantees for investors

Renewable energy needs guarantees for investors

Charlotte Mathews 21 Jul 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

Africa's food security improves

Africa's food security improves

7 Aug 2013

Unilever says Africa is next growth market

Unilever says Africa is next growth market

21 Jun 2013

Wind power to change Africa

Wind power to change Africa

28 May 2013

State should own 50% of all Africa's mines

State should own 50% of all Africa's mines

Paul Vecchiatto 13 May 2013

IMF forecasts "solid growth" for Africa

IMF forecasts "solid growth" for Africa

17 Apr 2013

Standard Bank is cleanest and greenest

Standard Bank is cleanest and greenest

12 Apr 2013

Africa's growth driven by SA

Africa's growth driven by SA

Schalk Mouton 20 Mar 2013

Bigger is better says motor industry

Bigger is better says motor industry

11 Mar 2013

Lagarde says global uncertainty limits Africa growth

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 8 Jan 2013

Nigeria frets over Kenya ICT

Nigeria frets over Kenya ICT

Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd 21 Aug 2012

Kenya: Treasury sets aside Sh15 billion for food projects

4 Aug 2011