Kenya’s Inflation Crosses the Central Bank Midpoint for the First Time in Two Years
Kenya’s headline inflation reached 5.6 percent in April 2026, up from 4.4 percent in March,…
Kenya’s economy expanded 4.6% in 2025, barely changed from the revised 4.7% recorded in 2024,…
Tech News
RightsCon 2026: Zambia Cancels the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference
The Zambian government blocked RightsCon 2026 days before it was due to open, forcing the cancellation of the world’s largest digital human rights conference and…
HEALTH
Three in Four Kenyan Women Want to Plan Their Pregnancies. The System Is Still Catching Up
Seven in ten married women of reproductive age in Kenya want to control when, or whether, they have children. The National Update on Family Planning shows that 76% of married women under 49 need contraception, either to space their pregnancies or stop having children altogether. Specifically, 46% say they do…
COMMENTARY
Kenya’s Women Journalists Are Entering the Newsroom and Leaving Too Soon
Kenya’s media sector draws young women in and pushes them out before they reach their prime. That is the central finding of the State of…


