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Tanzania's Public Service Social Security Fund just got crowned best in class for putting together clean financial statements, and the National Board of Accountants handed out the trophy for the social security category. The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority scored first place under...

Zanzibar just scooped up the Africa's Best Corporate Retreat Destination Award at the World Travel Awards, beating out Kenya, South Africa, Morocco, and Botswana. Deputy Minister Hamad Hassan Chande handed the trophy to President Hussein Mwinyi after the ceremony took down in Bahrain. This marks...

Dodoma Regional Commissioner Rosemary Senyamule gave props to the disaster management crew for getting their act together before the rainy season hits. She mentioned that last year, the region got wrecked by flash floods after just one heavy downpour, so everyone's trying to avoid a repeat...

Tanga Port in Tanzania just got its first-ever batch of tarmac shipped straight from Iran, and port officials are calling it a pretty big deal for the facility's growing reputation on the Indian Ocean. The Iranian cargo, which is headed to Malawi, came in six containers holding 660 drums and...

Tanzania hit its 64th independence anniversary, and officials told citizens to keep leaning on the unity framework that Julius Nyerere built because it has carried the country through army mutinies, economic collapse, and regional wars. Information Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said Nyerere pushed...

Ruto told elected officials to quit the constant campaign mode and actually do their jobs instead of running around being divisive, and he said the whole first-world economy vision gets mocked by people who have been in power forever without even getting pavement to their own houses. The...

EPRA locked fuel prices at the same levels through mid-January, which means Nairobi drivers keep paying Sh184.52 per liter for petrol even though the imported cost dropped over four percent. Diesel stays at Sh171.47 while kerosene sits at Sh154.78, and Mombasa gets everything cheaper because the...

Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo died after his car hit a passenger bus on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway, and his family is completely wrecked over losing someone they called their rock. Relatives gathered at his home, where people were crying and trying to process how their 64-year-old family leader...

Head of Public Service Felix Koskei wants regular people getting in the faces of corrupt officials by calling out sketchy behavior and filing reports through legal channels. He dropped a three-step playbook that tells citizens to interrupt crooked deals when they spot them, push back against...

Azerbaijan and Kenya doubled down on their partnership around climate stuff and city planning after wrapping up the UN Environment Assembly session in Nairobi. Deputy Environment Minister Umaira Taghiyeva showed up at a reception where she talked about how both countries need to team up on water...

Ruto had to step in and clear up the mess happening in Kiambu, where people thought they were voting for governor when really it was just internal UDA party stuff happening. He told everyone at a church event that the polls are strictly for grassroots party positions and not county leadership...

Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah told Ruto that Kiambu County will deliver more ballots than anywhere else when 2027 rolls around, and he made the promise at a church gathering where Governor Kimani Wamatangi showed up with the president. The lawmaker pointed to infrastructure work happening...

Kenya keeps linking up with Azerbaijan for help on housing projects and digital government stuff after Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi met with Ambassador Sultan Hajiyev. The partnership targets urban development ahead of the World Urban Forum that Baku hosts next year, and Kenya wants to copy the...

Ruto wants to offload 15 percent of government-owned Safaricom shares to Vodafone for around Sh240.5 billion to fund his National Sovereign Fund and infrastructure plans, but opposition leaders like Rigathi Gachagua and Kalonzo Musyoka are losing it over the move. Even some Kenya Kwanza...

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi rolled into Minsk with Ambassador Peter Mathuki and Narok Senator Ledam ole Kina to pitch a cooperation roadmap with Belarus that covers everything from tractors to mining gear. He sat down with President Alexander Lukashenko at Independence Palace and Council...

Kikifoodies just threw a curveball at the standard jollof rice playbook by loading it with onions to create a sweeter version that hits different from the smoky stuff everyone serves at parties. She starts by cooking meat and making pepper base, then fries onions until they turn golden before...

Nathaniel Bassey dropped Odara as a preview track before his Glory of His Presence album lands next January, and the whole thing feels like pure worship vibes. The music video gives you a chance to sit with it and soak up what he captured, which basically leans into that feeling of being right...

Tems showed up at Genius to walk through Big Daddy from her Love Is a Kingdom EP, and she got real about what drives the track. She talked about how the song comes from a place of being solid in who you are without needing to fake anything for outside validation, and she said she likes making...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rolled out forest guards across Northern Nigeria to cut down on bandit hideouts and boost community safety, according to Nuhu Abdullahi from the Public Enlightenment Movement Project. The coordinator mentioned the plan during a Phase 3 event where they screened a...

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is setting up a task force to lock down motor parks and other busy spots where criminals might be hiding out. His spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, said the move targets entry and exit points around the city, with motor parks getting extra attention...