Brian Okoth

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Senior Editor at TRT World. Ex-News & Current Affairs Editor at Standard Group. Former Asst. Content Manager, Digital at Mediamax Network Ltd. | God above all.

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TRT Global - Africans lost the most from 2024 Schengen visa rejections

5 days ago | trt.global | Brian Okoth

Forty-five (45) African countries lost a total of €60 million — or $68 million — for their rejected Schengen visas in 2024, a TRT Afrika analysis of the 2024 State of Schengen Report reveals. That amount accounted for 41% of all the funds that Europe raised from Schengen visa rejections that year. Algeria, which had 529,000 Schengen visa applications, had the highest number of rejections in Africa, at 185,000.
Kenya's Ruto: A 2-year presidency that has seen it all

Feb 27, 2025 | trtafrika.com | Brian Okoth

Today, February 27, 2025, marks two years, five months, and 15 days since William Ruto became the fifth president of Kenya. Sworn into office on September 13, 2022, Ruto is yet to reach the halfway mark of his five-year term, but his administration has already experienced significant events.
Adetshina: Beauty queen’s unending saga in SA

Feb 17, 2025 | trtafrika.com | Brian Okoth

By Brian Okoth South African authorities have detained the mother of Miss Universe Africa 2024 Chidinma Adetshina for "fraudulent" acquisition of South Africa's identity documents. In a statement dated Saturday, February 15th, South Africa's Department of Home Affairs said that Anabela Rungo, a Mozambican national, is under detention at a property in Cape Town.
Raila Odinga: How power has eluded Kenya's 'unlucky' political veteran

Feb 16, 2025 | trtafrika.com | Brian Okoth

For Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, his defeat to Djibouti's candidate for the African Union Commission chairmanship accords him the opportunity to return home, where, he says, "a lot of work" awaits him. Shortly after the AU Commission chairmanship election results were announced on Saturday, February 15, Odinga addressed journalists in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union.
Liberia president suspends state oil company CEO over alleged corruption

Feb 9, 2025 | trtafrika.com | Brian Okoth

By Brian OkothLiberia's President Joseph Boakai has suspended the chief executive officer of the West African nation's state oil company, NOCAL, over alleged corruption. In a press statement dated Saturday, February 8, President Boakai said the suspension of Rustonlyn Suacoco Dennis follows recommendations by NOCAL's Board of Directors.
What Trump presidency means for manufacturing in East Africa

Jan 20, 2025 | businessdailyafrica.com | Brian Okoth

Donald Trump’s return as US president has ignited discourse on the consequential changes to business around the world. The American relationship with Brics , for example, and the dominance of the petrodollar, emerge as focus areas as his policies take centre stage. East Africa, with its complex ties to the global economy, is particularly vulnerable to changes arising from this shifting geopolitical landscape.
Raila firmly in AU race, Kenya says amid 'withdrawal' rumours

Jan 13, 2025 | trtafrika.com | Brian Okoth

By Brian OkothKenya says former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is firmly in the race to succeed Moussa Faki Mahamat of Chad as the African Union Commission chairperson amid rumours that Odinga was contemplating quitting the contest. Reports, whose sources were not immediately clear, emerged on Monday suggesting that Odinga, 80, would throw in the towel amid a "predicted shortfall" of votes to make him win in February.
Tax burden: Navigating the shift to price-first economy

Jan 9, 2025 | businessdailyafrica.com | Brian Okoth

A persistently high tax burden on many households in Kenya has led consumers to turn to creative ways to stretch the shilling. One familiar strategy is downtrading, where consumers get aggressive at value hunting, often focusing only on the basic functional properties of the products that they use on a daily basis, to guarantee that they get the lowest prices. This reality is not at all unique to Kenya.
Speculation swirls as Kenya's Ruto meets ex-president

Dec 9, 2024 | trtafrika.com | Brian Okoth

Kenya's President William Ruto has met his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta in what many term a "surprise move" in the East African nation's political circles. Kenyatta, who served as president from 2013 to 2022, supported the presidential candidature of Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the August 2022 election won narrowly by Ruto.
Namibia to get its first female president

Dec 3, 2024 | trtafrika.com | Brian Okoth

By Brian OkothNamibia will get its first female president, provisional results posted on the official website of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) show that the ruling party's candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, is certain to win the November 27 presidential election. Results from 118 out of Namibia's 121 constituencies show that Nandi-Ndaitwah, who is the country's vice president, has 611,989 votes, which is 57.6% of the votes cast.