🇰🇪 Firm bets on financial inclusion to unlock boda boda sector
Kenya's boda boda sector—a backbone of last-mile mobility serving over 2 million riders—faces a critical financing bottleneck as traditional banks sys...
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🇰🇪 TNT DT Sacco cuts dividends, share payouts after regulator
Kenya's savings and credit cooperative (SACCO) sector faces a pivotal moment as regulators tighten oversight, forcing dividend reductions that signal ...
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🇰🇪 From insight to action: How small businesses grow
Kenya's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 98% of all businesses in the country, yet most remain trapped in subsistence operations. T...
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🇰🇪 Africa's $29.5 trillion mineral wealth: The unsent invoice
Africa sits atop one of the world's most valuable natural resource endowments—$29.5 trillion in proven mineral reserves—yet captures a fraction of the...
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🇰🇪 Young innovators secure backing to scale, attract investors
Kenya's startup ecosystem is gaining institutional momentum. Strathmore University and Absa Bank have launched a structured support programme designed...
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🇰🇪 Kenya targets Sh230bn from indigenous knowledge assets
Kenya is positioning itself at the forefront of a largely untapped economic frontier: the systematic monetisation of indigenous knowledge. The country...
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🇰🇪 Absa unveils Sh100bn asset finance plan
**HEADLINE:** Kenya Asset Finance: Absa's Sh100bn Plan Reshapes SME Lending **META_DESCRIPTION:** Absa Kenya launches Sh100bn asset finance facility ...
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🇰🇪 Del Monte's growing footprint in kenya's farm economy
Del Monte Kenya operates as one of East Africa's largest horticultural producers, commanding significant influence over Kenya's farm economy through p...
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🇰🇪 Consumption outpacing recycling of waste, data shows
Kenya is facing a critical electronic waste (e-waste) management crisis. Consumption of electronics—from smartphones to appliances—is accelerating far...
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🇰🇪 Borrow smart or not at all
Kenya's economy is caught in a dangerous feedback loop: households are borrowing aggressively to fuel consumption, yet lack the infrastructure to mana...
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🇰🇪 Why formal jobs remain out of reach for Africa's youth
Africa's labour market faces a structural crisis that threatens economic stability and investor confidence across the continent. Each year, approximat...
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🇰🇪 CashAfrica taps ChamsSwitch to fix tap-to-pay compliance gap
CashAfrica, a Nigerian fintech focused on contactless payment solutions, has partnered with ChamsSwitch, the country's premier payment switch operator...
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🇰🇪 Amsons pledges to expand investment in Kenya
Kenya's manufacturing sector is attracting renewed capital commitment as Amsons Group, a regional industrial player, formally pledged to expand operat...
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🇰🇪 Rains push up Kenya hydropower output to 9.57 million units
Kenya's hydropower sector is experiencing a significant boost as seasonal rains replenish critical water reservoirs, pushing electricity generation fr...
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🇰🇪 Kenya–Tanzania Private Sector Calls for Faster EAC
East Africa's private sector is growing impatient. Business leaders from Kenya and Tanzania have publicly called for accelerated integration within th...
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🇰🇪 Car & General profit jumps over fourfold to Sh2.4bn
Car & General Holdings, one of East Africa's largest automotive and consumer goods retailers, has reported a dramatic profit surge of over 410% to Sh2...
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🇰🇪 Copia faces insolvency petition over unpaid debts
Kenyan e-commerce platform Copia is facing a critical insolvency petition, marking a watershed moment for East Africa's digital retail landscape. The ...
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🇰🇪 East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania Set May 2026 Deadline to
Kenya and Tanzania have committed to a landmark May 2026 deadline for removing all non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to bilateral trade, a move that could fu...
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🇰🇪 Kenya, Tanzania Set May 2026 Deadline to Eliminate Trade
Kenya and Tanzania have jointly committed to a May 2026 deadline for eliminating remaining trade barriers, signaling a significant acceleration of eco...
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🇰🇪 Lobby petitions MPs to release IMF governance report
Kenya's civil society organizations have escalated pressure on the National Assembly to compel the government to publicly release the International Mo...
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