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Broke, jobless graduates and Sh90bn Helb default

🇰🇪 Broke, jobless graduates and Sh90bn Helb default

Kenya finance -0.85 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's Higher Education Loan Board (HELB) is confronting a mounting crisis: Sh90 billion in unpaid loans, driven by a generation of unemployed and un...

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Are family businesses wasting their natural advantages?

🇰🇪 Are family businesses wasting their natural advantages?

Kenya macro -0.60 · 21/04/2026

Kenya's family businesses—enterprises that have anchored the East African economy for generations—face a critical crossroads. While these firms built ...

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National Oil goes missing in action amid another crippling

🇰🇪 National Oil goes missing in action amid another crippling

Kenya energy -0.80 · 21/04/2026

Kenya is sliding deeper into a fuel supply crisis, and the institution mandated to prevent such scenarios—the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK)...

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Bolt fights back against Kenya's crackdown on ride-hailing

🇰🇪 Bolt fights back against Kenya's crackdown on ride-hailing

Kenya tech -0.65 · 21/04/2026

Kenya's ride-hailing sector faces a pivotal moment as **Bolt challenges Kenya's regulatory crackdown**, escalating a standoff between global mobility ...

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Beams Global eyes Kenya base in East Africa clean energy

🇰🇪 Beams Global eyes Kenya base in East Africa clean energy

Kenya energy +0.75 · 20/04/2026

**HEADLINE:** Kenya Clean Energy Expansion: Beams Global's East Africa Strategy 2024 **META_DESCRIPTION:** US solar firm Beams Global targets Kenya, ...

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Kenya eyes Sh64.5bn debut green bond to plug funding deficit

🇰🇪 Kenya eyes Sh64.5bn debut green bond to plug funding deficit

Kenya finance +0.70 · 19/04/2026

Kenya is preparing to enter the green bond market with a debut issuance of approximately Sh64.5 billion (roughly $500 million USD), marking a signific...

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Gitson accuses NEMA of concealing data on Marsabit power

🇰🇪 Gitson accuses NEMA of concealing data on Marsabit power

Kenya energy -0.65 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's energy infrastructure expansion faces a critical transparency challenge. Gitson, a major infrastructure stakeholder, has publicly accused the ...

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Kenyans turn to advance loans as salary delays bite

🇰🇪 Kenyans turn to advance loans as salary delays bite

Kenya finance -0.75 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's salaried workforce is increasingly turning to advance loan mechanisms as a survival strategy amid persistent wage payment delays and the squee...

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How a cheaper vaccine helped Kenya cut malaria by a third

🇰🇪 How a cheaper vaccine helped Kenya cut malaria by a third

Kenya health +0.75 · 15/04/2026

Kenya has achieved a significant public health milestone: a 33% reduction in malaria cases within two years of deploying an affordable vaccine strateg...

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Second phase of Kenya's NYOTA youth training program

🇰🇪 Second phase of Kenya's NYOTA youth training program

Kenya tech +0.65 · 20/04/2026

** Kenya's rollout of the second phase of mandatory classroom training under the NYOTA (National Youth Opportunity and Talent Acceleration) Project s...

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Coffee market nets Sh24 billion in six months

🇰🇪 Coffee market nets Sh24 billion in six months

Kenya agriculture +0.65 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's coffee industry has demonstrated robust momentum in the first half of the 2025/2026 harvest season, generating 24.7 billion Kenyan Shillings (...

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Reliance on rain-fed agriculture is increasingly untenable.

🇰🇪 Reliance on rain-fed agriculture is increasingly untenable.

Kenya agriculture -0.70 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's dairy sector is at an inflection point. Once a pillar of rural livelihoods and a reliable export commodity, the industry now faces structural ...

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Kenya: EPRA May Review Fuel Prices Every 14 Days Under New

🇰🇪 Kenya: EPRA May Review Fuel Prices Every 14 Days Under New

Kenya energy +0.60 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's energy sector stands at a critical inflection point. Rongo MP Paul Abuor's proposal to amend the Petroleum Act 2019—shifting fuel price review...

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Vehicle importers tap new financing model in Absa–World

🇰🇪 Vehicle importers tap new financing model in Absa–World

Kenya finance +0.75 · 20/04/2026

East Africa's vehicle import sector is experiencing a structural financing breakthrough that could unlock significant opportunities for European inves...

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Stanchart wealth unit assets rise to Sh148bn

🇰🇪 Stanchart wealth unit assets rise to Sh148bn

Kenya finance +0.75 · 14/03/2023

Standard Chartered's wealth management division in Kenya has crossed a significant milestone, with assets under management reaching Sh148 billion (app...

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Inside KPA's push for Mombasa, Lamu as key cruise tourism

🇰🇪 Inside KPA's push for Mombasa, Lamu as key cruise tourism

Kenya trade +0.75 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's port authority is quietly reshaping the country's tourism infrastructure, positioning the coastal cities of Mombasa and Lamu as international ...

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Kenya: Oburu Oginga Warns Against 'Reckless Tax Removal'

🇰🇪 Kenya: Oburu Oginga Warns Against 'Reckless Tax Removal'

Kenya macro -0.65 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's opposition leader Oburu Oginga has injected a critical voice into an increasingly heated debate over fuel taxation and pricing policy, caution...

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Safaricom's Super App Gamble: Execution Risk Trumps

🇰🇪 Safaricom's Super App Gamble: Execution Risk Trumps

Kenya telecom -0.65 · 20/04/2026

Safaricom's ambitious super app strategy represents a pivotal moment for East Africa's largest telecommunications operator, but the company faces a pa...

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Kenya: Ruto Explains Why Fuel Costs More in Kenya

🇰🇪 Kenya: Ruto Explains Why Fuel Costs More in Kenya

Kenya energy -0.35 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's persistent fuel cost premium compared to regional and global benchmarks has become a focal point of political and economic scrutiny. President...

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Kenya Ports gives trace of bad Sh12 billion fuel import

🇰🇪 Kenya Ports gives trace of bad Sh12 billion fuel import

Kenya infrastructure -0.85 · 19/04/2026

Kenya's critical infrastructure just exposed a significant weakness in East Africa's commodity supply chains, and European investors need to pay atten...

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