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 Kenneth Agutamba
Kenneth Agutamba
An aerial view of the Kibagabaga estate. A 2012 housing survey found that the City's current population will more than triple to over 5.3 million people by 2040, something that will present the City with immense urban housing pressure. (Timothy Kisambira)
World Bank warns of a looming urban housing crisis
Empty beaches in Mombasa. The number of tourists going to Kenya has reduced over the last few years. (Kenneth Agutamba)
Can domestic tourism save Kenya's lonely beautiful beachside resorts?
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KQ troubles should worry us all
Burundian refugees wait to be registered in Kigali earlier this year. (File)
Burundi: Business continues to die off as crisis refuses to abate
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Pope Francis fails to end Vatican silence on Rwanda
Hon. Daniel Fred Kidega (L), Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly, Amb. Valentine Rugwabiza (C), Minister for East African Affairs, and Denis Karera, Chairman of the East African Business Council, share a light moment during a dinner at Serena Hotel recently. The Private Sector Federation has asked EALA to pass laws that favour smooth trade in the region. (Faustin Niyigena)
PSF, EALA exchange friendly fire over EAC laws
A man is carried across a flooded street. Global warming affects weather patterns. (File)
WB seeks $16bn to counter climate change in Africa
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Can Islamic State help unite UN's veto powers?
The writer takes a walk on a car free street in London; its open to only pedestrians and cyclists. (Courtesy)
Society
Basking in London beauties, a sojourn so short
Construction works at the KivuWatt plant in August. (Timothy Kisambira)
KivuWatt energy finally connected to national grid
Mombasa Container Terminal: Kenya Ports Authority senior officials were in Rwanda recently to explore ways of boosting cooperation with Rwandan traders. (File)
Kenya Ports Authority courts Rwandan traders for more trade
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East Africa's unaccompanied passports
Crystal Telecom workers sell shares in Remera, Kigali, earlier this year. (File)
Stock market experts reassure local investors amid MTN-Nigeria woes
Visitors arrive into the country via Kigali International Airport. Rwanda strives to continue good performance in the World Bank Doing Business Reporter to keep investor interesting lively. (File)rn
Government, WB officials to meet over investor report index
An Ethiopian female technician working on the lighting system of a bus. Forty percent of workers at Ethiopia's Bishoftu Automotive Industry (BAI) are women with vocational training. (Kenneth Agutamba)
An import substitution lesson: Ethiopia assembles AU's anti-al Shabaab tanks
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Deconstructing a bogus news article
Journalists pose for a photo with Ethiopia's President Dr Mulatu Teshome at his Palace in the Capital Addis Ababa after the interview session. (Courtesy photos)
To indulge in corruption, one must think not twice but twenty thousand times, says Ethiopia’s President Mulatu
Redifer (C) addresses a joint media briefing with government officials at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning offices in Kigali yesterday. Looking on is Tobias Roy, a senior economist for African Department, and Finance minister Claver Gatete (with back to camera). (Doreen Umutesi)
We have no doubt in Rwanda's poverty figures – says IMF chief

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