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Japanese firms rank Kenya top investment spot Monday April 05 2021 By PATRICK ALUSHULA The East Asian country affiliated firms cited Kenya’s position as the economic hub of East Africa. The firms also pointed to expanding demand for infrastructure, potential of geothermal power, growing car industry and the existence of Japan’s Official Development Assistance. Kenya is the most attractive destination for Japanese firms seeking to make new investments in Africa, a survey has shown, beating the continent’s larger economies like South Africa and Nigeria. The survey, carried out by Japan Ex...

Share A Cambodian student takes the final practical exam for the higher diploma in electrical work. Photo supplied People-centric projects are top priority for JICA in the Kingdom Mon, 15 March 2021 The government’s goal of Cambodia becoming a high middle-income country by 2030 before reaching high-income status by 2050 could well become a reality given Cambodia’s stellar economic growth of 7.3 per cent over a decade, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, these ambitious targets can only be achieved by diversifying the Kingdom’s domestic economy and by developing human capital to s...

Time is running out: urgent action needed to address humanitarian crisis in Tigray Format Introduction With the situation in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region at a dangerous turning point, the international community has yet to take decisive action. Diplomatic, humanitarian, and human rights groups have increasingly spoken out, urging the Ethiopian government to allow relief workers to deliver adequate levels of emergency aid to the beleaguered population. Unfortunately, they have had little success. More than 6 million people remain trapped in the fighting between Ethiopia’s military (EN...