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Cuore de un Leone.

[Ochuko @DavidAmhewroro]

it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself.

[Hassan Ali Joho, EGH. @HassanAliJoho]

Africa stands at a defining moment in the global minerals economy. Rising demand for critical minerals presents an unprecedented opportunity for the continent to move beyond supplying raw ores and to build competitive, integrated value chains that drive industrialisation, create quality jobs, and strengthen global supply chains.

This vision is embodied by the Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG), a coalition of African countries that are producers of critical minerals. I was privileged to represent Kenya at the third AMSG High-Level Roundtable on Critical Minerals Development in Africa, convened on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York and chaired by the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Kenya’s position is clear: we cannot compromise on local beneficiation. Our rare earths, lithium, graphite, copper, nickel and niobium must be refined and processed domestically before export, so that value addition, technology transfer and skilled employment remain in Africa.

[Bureau of African Affairs @AsstSecStateAF]

https://t.co/F2bpuWgtb8

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

Held talks with United States Secretary of State @marcorubio on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Kenya and the United States share a strong and enduring partnership anchored in trade, security, technology and development. We welcome the extension of AGOA, which will strengthen trade between Africa and the United States and expand economic opportunities.

We are also broadening our cooperation in emerging areas, particularly Artificial Intelligence and its application in health, education and financial services. We exchanged views on the responsible governance of rapidly advancing AI technologies and explored opportunities for cooperation in critical minerals and nuclear energy.

On regional peace and security, we discussed sustaining the security mission in Somalia, supporting stability in Haiti, and addressing the worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan through efforts towards a ceasefire, political settlement and continued regional engagement.

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

Africa is not short of capital. Our domestic capital pools have surpassed $4trillion. What stands between these savings and the infrastructure we need are the rules that determine where capital can go.

We must reshape the financial architecture to price African risk against African experience, make insurance affordable and create investable instruments that channel our savings into power, transport and industry.

Kenya is putting its own capital behind this agenda and building the instruments to turn savings into productive assets. Africa has the capital to finance its development. We must now make it possible for that capital to build Africa.

Addressed the Africa We Build High-Level Roundtable on Regulation, Risk and Reward, on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

[Echo Lima @azpillicueta01]

Kenya’s extra passenger charges hit $99 ($50 APSC + $5 API + $44 health insurance). Ethiopia’s main PSC is $30. Qatar $36, Dubai $37. That’s the gap IATA is flagging: support KQ one way, tax it another.
This is what we have been saying here all along, KQ cannot compete with the current status quo.

[COMBATE |🇵🇷 @upholdreality]

Meanwhile on Chinese TV, they're explaining why America's economics Nobel Prizes don't add up to anything.

Zhang Weiwei: every country that modernized needed a first pot of gold -- the starting capital that gets an economy growing.

"The West got theirs through violence, war, the slave trade. Ruthless plunder, ruthless slaughter."

China earned its own -- "through its own effort and sacrifice."

US-trained economist Wen Yi adds the punchline: Western models literally can't explain where that starting capital comes from. "Economics assumes it's given -- by God."

Which is why copying the Western model was never on offer for the Global South:

"Tell developing nations to copy you -- no pot of gold!"

[Uratibu @Uratibuu]

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Kenya ranked 55th on this year's global competitiveness index. The same week, President Ruto made the case for processing Africa's resources on site, insisting the continent must capture more value at home, not just extract and ship out.

https://t.co/28IoqI5Jr9

[Ekkanss @ekkanss]

Máximo Décimo Perridio

[Tarus Arap Seroney @tarussongor]

@moneyacademyKE John Kamau's article was the catalyst

[Esikanda @mbechethedon]

The Redsan @30 concert was amazing. Ay, Jose Chameleone, and Redsan's performances were impeccable. What they could do better is provide more toilets for women and a wider variety of drinks

[Oketch 🇰🇪 @clichy_malooks]

Dear KE event organisers,
Stop wanting to do everything. Hire the right team to handle your operations. For instance, ticketing: why should you be the one handling ticketing without proper systems? Use an already established system to handle your tickets; Kenyans are paying you for easier convenience.

[The Jazz Estate @thejazzestate]

Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens performing “When The Saints Go Marching In” in New Orleans.

[Uratibu @Uratibuu]

Our new paper, The Cost of Waiting, breaks down the same structural blind spot across climate, economics, demography and leadership.

https://t.co/joIKwOYPsh

#Uratibu #TheCostOfWaiting #StrategicForesight #GovTech #Africa

[Dr. Eng. John Mativo CP³P @MativoMJohn]

The moment at 11.31pm last night when our neighbors connected their 2135MW Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station to the rest of their grid.

Kenya national grid is connected to Tanzania through a synchronized AC system.

Congratulations @Tanescoyetu
#EastAfricaPowerPool

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Kenya has been ranked first globally in AI usage, with 97% of internet users aged 16+ using AI, according to the Digital 2026 Mid-year Global Update Report.

It is followed by the UAE at 94% and Indonesia at 93%.

[Uratibu @Uratibuu]

Africa's opportunity isn't catching up with the world. It's building the institutional architecture of what comes next.

Read the full report below:
https://t.co/Atu0sixNvJ

#AfricaRising #GoodGovernance #InstitutionalMemory #AIforGood #PublicPolicy #Uratibu

[Uratibu @Uratibuu]

Qatar's Hayya app. 9 Million + fans at the just concluded 2026 World Cup fan festivals. The 2025 AFCON final decided months later, in an appeal room, not on the pitch.

these aren't football stories. They are data stories.

https://t.co/TllNTgxcII

#PAMOJA2027 #AFCON2027

[ManuBakar @Qs_Manu]

Guess what cyanide is also used for ……..

Yes, Gold and/or rare metals extraction 😬

Someone definitely doing large scale gold mining in the park 😒

[Insecurity KE @InsecurityKE]

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