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Kenya: Controversial media bill passed

Posted by Elia Varela Serra on 03/01/2009

Moses Kemibaro reports that Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has signed into law the controversial Communications Amendment Bill 2008. He notes that “the Bill has been signed even as Kenyan Media, in particular, and Kenyans, in general, have expressed concerns about the Bill as there are aspects a ...

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Kenya: Top 10 most influential women

Posted by Elia Varela Serra on 03/01/2009

Kachwanya has made a list of the Top 10 most influential women in Kenya, led by Minister of Justice Martha Karua who is also running for President in 2012.

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Kenya: Banks should embrace money transfer service M-pesa

Posted by Elia Varela Serra on 29/12/2008

Bankelele explains why he thinks Kenyan banks should embrace M-Pesa, the popular money transfer service offered by the mobile phone provider Safaricom: “Banks need to change and embrace M-Pesa as it is able to do some things they can't or won't do”.

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Madgascar, Kenya question widsom of foreign land deals

Posted by Lova Rakotomalala on 21/12/2008

Following national and international outrage, the land deal that would have let South Korean firm Daewoo Logistics lease a large swath of Madagascar's arable land, was finally rejected. However, the number of reported land deals between wealthy countries and developing nations continues to grow ...

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“Why I blog about Africa” (Part 2)

Posted by Elia Varela Serra on 21/12/2008

A couple of weeks ago we brought you a meme that was doing the rounds in the Francophone blogosphere answering the question of why to blog about Africa, after which it spread into the Anglophone blogosphere. Now we bring you a selection of that new batch of reactions.

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