Saturday 4 September
Too many African political developments have gone according to stereotype of late: suspect elections in Ethiopia and Rwanda, surging violence in Somalia and a never-ending conflict in Congo.
When Tokyo-based design guru Kenya Hara is asked to create graphics, he usually ends up advising a company on its entire aesthetic direction. This is how he became design adviser to no-label Muji. As well as generating…
Sunday 28 March
His name is Makmende. An African version of Shaft, mixed with a bit of Chuck Norris, he is the karate-chopping, damsel-rescuing star of the new video by Kenya’s Just-a-Band.
The young guns taking the tea world by storm, mobile markets and an eco-friendly super-yacht.
A Kenyan town gets a presidential boost, and will Emiratis ever use Dubai's new metro?
Kenya's watchful rich and Lebanon's army fights back.
South Africa's ambition to host a mega-telescope, the new calendar for Senegal, and the Ugandan president's desperate measures to win the election.
Sunday 11 October
Kenya is welcoming a procession of international visitors this month that indicate both the depths it has fallen to and the heights it could once again reach.
Dai Nippon Printing’s new training centre, by architect Kenya Ishihara, was designed to inspire its employees. With a spa and views of Mount Fuji, it seems more like a retreat than a place of work but with this incentive…
Until now, African airlines have been known for their limited routes and terrible safety record. The continent has also lacked a hub. But Titus Naikuni, the visionary CEO of Kenya Airways, is revolutionising the skies.
Diamond cutting in Israel, olive oil farming in Croatia and the business of making Japan cool.
Kenya's drink-driving crackdown, a new island in the Med and a new metro for Algiers, 40 years after its initial conception.
We ask whether oil will be a good thing for Kenya, get the latest from the Aircraft Interiors Expo and celebrate past political gaffes.
The lavish motorcade of Kenya's president, the new jet-set of Nigeria, and an old banknote for West Africa returns.
Friday 19 March
It is hard to find anyone in Kenya who doesn’t buy a newspaper. From security guards to CEOs, newspapers are read voraciously, from cover to cover.
Japanese design icon Kenya Hara’s House Vision exhibition gathered some of the nation’s most creative thinkers in Tokyo to explore new possibilities for urban living.
The benefits and pitfalls of Kenya striking oil and business expert Roger Martin about the economics of sports.
We head to Namanga in Kenya for our borders series, and learn how the Eritrean community in London is making an impact on food.
Markus Hippi selects a story on Kenya’s lions, an African fashion success, and a look at the sustainability of Olympic design as his weekly favourites.
Thursday 7 April
“Today is accountability day for Kenya,” declared International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, addressing the six Kenyans suspected of masterminding the post-election violence that killed more than 1…
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