Month: April 2022

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter once again reminds us how much power billionaires have to change the course of the world. His intentions are supposedly noble- he wants to change twitter from a forum of hate, an accusation that most social media platforms have been unable to shake off, to “the digital town square where…

In December 2021, 8 miners were trapped in an artisanal gold mine in Abimbo, Siaya County, Kenya after the mine collapsed. 6 were rescued, one died and the fate of the last miner, Tom Okwach, is uncertain as he still has not been found almost 4 months later, with rescue efforts left to his family…

The long queues for fuel are back in Kenya, even after the government released KES 8.2 billion of the KES 13 Billion owed in subsidies to Kenyan oil marketers. (Oil marketers dispute this and claim back payments of over KES 20 Billion). The latest reports claim that marketers are uncertain which stocks the subsidy will…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Europe does have far reaching effects, as it has affected global oil prices driving them to their highest levels in nearly a decade. This is because Russia is the world’s largest oil exporter to global markets, according to the International Energy Agency. While most western nations including the US and…