Author: Lynet Awino

The National Museums of Kenya started charging new entry fees across all its museums and heritage sites from 7 May 2026, under Legal Notice No. 79 of 2025, the National Museums and Heritage (Admissions Fees) Regulations 2025. The fees vary by site, visitor category and nationality. Kenyan and East African citizens pay in shillings. Residents from the rest of Africa and foreigners from outside the continent pay in US dollars. What You Pay at Each Site Nairobi National Museum Category Kenya & East Africa (KSh) Rest of Africa (USD) Outside Africa (USD) Adult 350 9 18 Child 200 6 9…

Air France has brought one of France’s most compelling culinary voices into its Business cabin on the Nairobi–Paris route, partnering with Michelin-starred chef Mory Sacko to serve a rotating menu of dishes that draw on West African tradition and French technique in equal measure. Who Is Mory Sacko? Sacko trained in the grand palace hotels of Paris before arriving on the gastronomic scene in 2020 with the opening of MoSuke, his debut restaurant on the Left Bank. The concept, as he describes it on his website, proposes “a detailed and poetic conversation between Africa, France, and Japan” — a triangulation…

Kenya’s biggest night in film and television belonged to three titles. At the 14th Kalasha International Film and TV Awards, held on Saturday 2 May at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, the Oscar-submitted feature Nawi and the short film Sukari each claimed five awards, while television drama Kash Money swept its category to round off a night that announced a new generation of Kenyan storytelling to the world. The ceremony, hosted by Amina Abdi Rabar and Lotan Salaipei, drew industry players and key stakeholders from across East and Central Africa. Nawi crowns Kenya’s awards season Nawi arrived at…

COMESA and the World Bank have launched a USD 5 billion programme to expand access to clean and sustainable energy across Eastern and Southern Africa, with provisions to scale the initiative to USD 15 billion should demand and project pipelines support it. The programme — the Access to Sustainable and Clean Energy Transformation, known as ASCENT — targets up to 100 million new energy connections over five years to 2031. It focuses on off-grid and small-scale renewable solutions alongside clean cooking technologies, directing resources toward communities and businesses that formal energy infrastructure has consistently bypassed. A Facility Built to Turn…

Cross Switch has appointed Gillian Koinange as Head of Business Development for East Africa, bringing two decades of commercial experience across the continent to a company deepening its presence in the region. Gillian joins from PayU in Nairobi, where she led new sales across Africa and managed strategic global client relationships. Before that, she built a track record across IT, telecommunications, fintech, and SaaS — scaling pan-African portfolios, negotiating high-value contracts, and growing teams that consistently delivered results in competitive markets. At Cross Switch, she takes responsibility for expanding the company’s footprint in East Africa, strengthening partner relationships, and driving…

Kenya’s annual consumer price inflation rose to 5.6 percent in April 2026, up from 4.4 percent in March — the first time the rate has crossed the Central Bank of Kenya’s 5 percent midpoint target since June 2024. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics confirmed the figure on 29 April, citing food, transport, and fuel as the primary drivers of an acceleration that caught most forecasters off guard. The monthly picture was sharper still. The Consumer Price Index climbed 1.4 percent in April alone, against 0.5 percent in March — nearly three times the pace of the previous month. The…