Kenya has spent decades shaping world athletics. Now its biggest championship is coming home. Nairobi 2029 connects the running culture of Iten with a renovated Kasarani, billions in public investment, a difficult doping record and a government eager to associate itself with national sporting success.
Who Owns Safaricom?
Kenya’s High Court has nullified the government’s sale of a 15 percent Safaricom stake to Vodacom. Because Safaricom and M-Pesa sit so deeply inside everyday communications and payments, the case raises a larger question: when does a private company become strategic public infrastructure?
Edwin Sifuna 2027
Edwin Sifuna has moved from ODM secretary-general and Nairobi senator to one of Kenya’s fastest-rising presidential prospects. His rise raises a larger question: can a politician shaped by Raila Odinga’s coalition politics build support in a Kenya where ethnicity remains powerful but citizenship, economic interests and generational identity increasingly compete with it?
Kenya Oil Prices 2026
Oil is back above $100 a barrel, but Kenya will not feel the shock all at once. AFRICA3000 follows the transmission chain from Hormuz and global oil markets through imported fuel, EPRA’s price formula, government stabilisation, diesel, transport and food — all the way to the household budget.
Kenya AI election 2027
Anthropic disrupted a Kenyan operation that used artificial intelligence to generate batches of political posts designed to look like spontaneous grassroots opinion. It found no evidence of government involvement and little real-world reach. AFRICA3000 examines why the method still matters — alongside worsening economic sentiment, early campaign clashes and the politics of credibility ahead of 2027.