SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has an advantage in strengthening ties with the Global South, including Africa, given its steady engagement without historical baggage and an economic growth model admired by many developing countries, the top Kenyan envoy in Seoul has said. Ambassador Emmy Jerono Kipsoi made the remarks, voicing hope that [...]
CHANGWON, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of individuals has been charged with orchestrating an elaborate scheme that placed Kenyan marathon runners in illegal employment at seafood farms along South Korea’s southern coast, the Changwon Coast Guard announced on November 19. According to authorities, a 29-year-old marathon runner affiliated with a local sports association has [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The residents of impoverished regions in Kenya, facing water shortages due to prolonged droughts, will receive drinking water through South Korea’s official development assistance (ODA) project. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea’s overseas aid agency, said it held a ceremony on Wednesday (local time) to mark the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents of Turkana County, one of the driest counties in Kenya, showed deep satisfaction in the SCORE project, an effort to improve the quality of potable water. The project, began in 2019, is one of South Korea’s aid projects in which the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the [...]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah and NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — doTERRA and its supply chain partners have connected with World Bank to improve access to funding for smallholder farmers in Kenya. The project is part of a broader plan called the Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development Project (KEMFSED) that will support fisheries value [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Relay Medical Corp. (“Relay” or the “Company”) (CSE: RELA, OTC: RYMDF, Frankfurt: EIY2), and Fio Corporation (“Fio”) announce the delivery of the first Fionet COVID-19 workflow software for the Meru County Ministry of Health (“Meru”) which operates a network of approximately 140 community-based healthcare clinics in Meru County, Kenya. [...]
Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Vous trouverez ci-joint le communiqué de presse en français. Agreement signed between the government of Kenya, UNOPS and partners hopes to deliver at least 100,000 affordable, sustainable homes nationwide UNOPS and its partners aim to attract $647 million worth of investment in the project UNOPS and the government [...]
BOEUN, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A relatively new winding path in Songnisan, a national mountain park in North Chungcheong Province’s Boeun-gun, has become a famous training ground for adventurous runners. The trail, which was officially opened to the public two years ago, spans 10 kilometers from Solhyang Park to Songni Tunnel, all situated within [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics revealed that it had supplied 10,000 low carbon eco-friendly cook stoves to a Kenyan refugee camp in the Kakuma region. This is not the first time the South Korean tech giant has contributed cooking equipment to Kenya; 10,000 cook stoves were distributed to select areas in the [...]
NAIROBI, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean official has pledged to continue to help Kenyans boost agricultural output as hundreds of Kenyans expressed gratitude to Seoul for providing advanced agricultural technology. Chung Hwang-keun, head of the Rural Development Administration in South Korea, made the commitment on Tuesday in a meeting with Kenyan officials [...]