The Semifinals at the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations 2021 tournament opens with Burkina Faso taking on Senegal at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde on the evening of Wednesday 2 February. The Stallions earned their place in the final four with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Tunisia in the previous round, with Dango Ouattara the hero after he scored the only goal of the game (though he was later sent off for elbowing an opponent in an aerial challenge), while The Teranga Lions battered Equatorial Guinea 3-1 thanks to strikes from Famara Diedhiou, Cheikhou Kouyate and Ismaila Sarr.…
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Cyprian Bundi, a former caddie and Nanyuki based golfer, emerged top in the first leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour after returning 39 Stableford points at the Nanyuki Sports Club. Marion Githinji took the ladies’ top prize after posting 33 to win by one point from Dr Susan Ngure. Bundi returned 19 Stableford points in the first nine and 20 on the second nine. This totalled to an impressive 39 points to secure a slot in the Grand Finale of The Safaricom Golf Tour to be held in Vipingo Ridge, Kilifi County, in August. “I have come a long way,…
Soko Directory Investments Limited, Tuesday said it has partnered with Abojani Investments, experts on personal finance, to train entrepreneurs on financial literacy. Soko Directory and Abojani will work to amplify financial training sessions that have so far seen them train over 5000 people. “We aspire to train 1 million Kenyans on financial awareness by 2023. We run online communities with over 100,000 learners on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram,” said Robert Ochieng, CEO and Founder of Abojani. “Soko has a reputation for setting the agenda in conversations across the country. We are positive that this partnership will help both of…
The world has seen dramatic improvements in maternal, newborn and child health. For instance, the World Health Organisation reported a 38% reduction in maternal deaths between 2000 and 2017, globally. Maternal deaths refer to deaths due to complications from pregnancy or childbirth. Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have also seen a reduction in maternal mortality by as much as half since 2000. Still, there’s a great variation in maternal deaths between low- and high-income countries. Low- and middle-income countries still account for a high proportion of the world’s maternal deaths. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa also report the highest neonatal mortality…
Senegal surged to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-1 victory over Equatorial Guinea on Sunday night. Famara Diedhiou opened the scoring for Senegal and in the second half, goals from the substitutes Cheikhou Kouyate and Ismaila Sarr were the ultimate to send the Lions of Teranga into the semi-finals. They will face Burkina Faso on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/CAF_Online/status/1488067025150820353?s=20&t=hJBOidbGiav-thbCZq4Kow On Sunday in the first of two matches at the Ahmadou Ahidjou Stadium, Egypt edged Morocco 2-1 after extra time and will play host nation Cameroon in the other semi-final on Thursday. AFCON 2021 quarter-final results Saturday, January…
You have probably seen a page in the dailies regularly informing interested investors about an upcoming Treasury Bill or Treasury Bond Auctions. Secondly, you might have seen another page with Treasury Bills or Treasury Bonds Auction results and asked yourself what Treasury bonds or Treasury Bills are. I will try and answer this in as few words as possible. Treasury bills are short-term instruments issued by the Government with maturity periods ranging from 91 days for the shortest to 364 days for the longest. In between, we have the 182-day Treasury Bill (91,182 ad 364). Treasury Bills are sold at…