NCBA, Kenya’s third-largest bank by assets and customer deposits, last weekend in Boston began its marketing road show for banking services tailored for the diaspora, underscoring the latter’s significance as an important and profitable customer base for Kenyan banks.
The bank, one of only 12 that are listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, announced its next stop is Minnesota starting...
Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Tuesday.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months and older and the agency’s director quickly signed off Tuesday on the panel’s recommendation. That means doses should be available this week, some as early as Wednesday.
The severity of the COVID-19...
Open Streets, an annual event that started in 2011 to make Minneapolis streets accessible to walking, biking, rolling, and community engagement, may not return next year.
The event is organized annually by Our Streets, a non-profit organization that advocates for the construction of new streets that are pedestrian and cyclist friendly and the conversion of old ones to allow people...
Although the full moon was making its second appearance of the month on August 30th, Nduduzo Makhathini was making his first appearance at The Dakota, Lowell Pickett, owner of the venue assured me.
Jazz pianist, maestro of both his genre and instrument, sat down at the Steinway piano Wednesday evening and began murmuring what sounded like a prayer. Neither of...
Due to the pandemic, federal student borrows have not had to make payments for over three years, but the freeze is ending soon. The loans will start accruing interest today (September 1) and payments on the loans will resume in October.
The conservative Supreme Court on June 30, 2023 blocked President Joe Biden's student debt cancellation plan to forgive up...
Mamadou Sanou describes himself as hard working and his actions back up his claim. Earning a living since 1981 in the world of music, Baba Commandant - his stage name - has danced, sung, directed, and composed his way into his own style of Manding music fused with Afrobeat a la Fela Kuti.
Mshale spoke with Baba recently in the...
There was no preamble to Sona Jobarteh and band’s show at The Cedar on August 14th. The musicians didn’t need it and the at-capacity audience of 550 people didn’t want it. As soon as Jared Hemming, Events Manager and Volunteer Coordinator delivered his brief spiel about both the venue and the band and exited the stage, we wanted to...
Nadia Mohamed, a state DEI specialist and current mayor pro tem of the St. Louis Park City Council, filed officially to run for mayor during the filing period that closed last week.
She will become the first Somali mayor in Minnesota if she beats retired banker Dale Anderson in November. Anderson is the only other candidate that filed by the...
BULIISA, Uganda (AP) — Alex Wakitinti is worried about the sacred natural sites he tends in the large swath of bushy grassland near Lake Albert. It’s the same slice of his homeland that oil companies are developing in order for Uganda to become an oil producer by 2026.
But French oil company TotalEnergies and others working toward that goal are...
The unmistakable mouthwatering aroma of east African food filled the air around Nicollet Avenue and 13th Street. It was the aroma of food from the tent of TAMU Grill and Catering, a restaurant in Minneapolis that specializes in African food, mostly from Kenyan.
At the tent, George “Jojo” Ndege, TAMU’s owner, and his team were busy trying to keep up...
In celebration of 35 years of promoting literacy, Books for Africa (BFA), the world’s largest shipper of donated books to Africa, will be hosting their 35th Anniversary Gala on Wednesday, September 13. Themed, “A Book for Every Child,” the event will be held at The Depot in Minneapolis and will introduce an upcoming Rotary International project to ship more...
