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Kenya to borrow Ksh1.15T to finance 2026/27 budget deficit

Kenya plans to borrow Ksh1.15 trillion during the 2026/27 financial year to finance its fiscal deficit, according to the National Treasury’s Annual Borrowing Plan.

  • Kenya plans to borrow Ksh1.15 trillion in 2026/27 to cover budget deficit
  • Domestic borrowing to account for Ksh898 billion of net financing requirement
  • External financing forecasted at Ksh247.2 billion for fiscal year

World

Catalyst Symposium Holds “Alaigbo” Series in South-East, Empowers Youths

The Catalyst Symposium, an initiative that empowers and nurtures emerging leaders across different sectors, has held its Alaigbo Series in Anambra and Imo States to ignite ideas, inspire creativity…

  • Catalyst Symposium held Alaigbo Series in Anambra and Imo States
  • Anambra edition on Aug. 13 at state capital, Owerri on Aug. 17 at FUTO
  • Events empowered youths with leadership, business, and transformation discussions

Health & Medicine

'Link workers' help fight elderly loneliness

One of Ben Wong's clients is an elderly man who shunned others after his dog died. "At his home, there were only some instant noodles and alcohol," Wong spoke about his client's sense of isolation.

  • Link workers help elderly combat loneliness through social prescribing.
  • Volunteer link workers like Ben Wong assist lonely seniors with social activities.
  • Hong Kong's loneliness rate exceeds global average, with 520,000 self-isolating.

AI

The Download: kids outlearning AI, and space travel agents

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids outlearn AI—and we still don’t know why Teaching a computer to use human language requires an inhuman amount of data. An LLM can easily churn through a hundred thousand times…

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