🇰🇪 Kenya adds 9 million mobile money users but the easy growth
Kenya's mobile money ecosystem has crossed a critical threshold. With subscriptions climbing to 51.3 million users—a net addition of 9 million in the ...
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🇰🇪 Middle East conflict ripples through African economies
The reverberations from Middle Eastern conflicts are increasingly reshaping the economic landscape across sub-Saharan Africa, creating both immediate ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya: DCI Arrests Top Energy Officials Over Fuel Supply
Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has escalated its anti-corruption mandate by arresting senior energy sector officials on suspicio...
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🇰🇪 Kenya slashes dollar debt to record low as Chinese yuan
Kenya's macroeconomic strategy has entered a critical inflection point. President William Ruto's administration has successfully engineered a historic...
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🇰🇪 KPC names Mwendwa acting MD after Sang arrest
Kenya Petroleum Company (KPC) has initiated a significant management reshuffle following the arrest of its Managing Director, with the board appointin...
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🇰🇪 Kenya: Fuel Prices Set to Rise in May Dependent On Global
Kenya's fuel prices are poised for a significant increase in May, marking another inflationary pressure point in East Africa's largest economy. The an...
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🇰🇪 Kibera’s Bitcoin economy signals new path for financial
Kibera, home to approximately 250,000 residents across Nairobi's sprawling informal settlement, represents one of Africa's most challenging financial ...
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🇰🇪 Clean cooking start-up files for insolvency after clash
** The insolvency filing of a prominent clean cooking start-up operating across East Africa represents a watershed moment for European impact investo...
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🇰🇪 Radhika Bhachu left BlackRock and returned home to rethink
The migration of senior talent from established Western financial institutions to African markets represents a significant shift in how global capital...
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🇰🇪 DCI arrests top energy officials over fuel supply probe
Kenya's energy sector has been thrust into acute uncertainty following the arrest of four senior officials by the Directorate of Criminal Investigatio...
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🇰🇪 Government plans stricter laws to clean up tea sector
** Kenya's tea industry stands at a regulatory crossroads. The government's announced plans to introduce stricter legislation governing the sector re...
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🇰🇪 Tourism earnings hit record sh500 billion as arrivals near
Kenya's tourism sector has achieved a remarkable milestone, generating Sh500 billion (approximately €3.8 billion) in foreign exchange earnings during ...
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🇰🇪 Expect high fuel prices in May, Treasury CS warns
Kenya's Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has issued a cautionary statement regarding fuel price volatility expected in May, signalling that Afric...
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🇰🇪 Kakamega youth, women eye avocado export cash after skills
Kenya's avocado sector is experiencing a quiet but significant transformation in Kakamega County, where youth and women's cooperatives are rapidly ado...
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🇰🇪 Portable kitchen: Designer taps into space-saving trend
** The global urbanization wave is reshaping consumer behavior in ways traditional retailers have struggled to address. In Thika Town, Kenya's indust...
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🇰🇪 Kenya tea earnings hit Sh218.79bn as exports grow
Kenya's tea industry has delivered a robust performance in 2024, generating total earnings of 218.79 billion Kenyan Shillings (approximately $1.69 bil...
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🇰🇪 Kenya urged to pilot AI regulatory Sandbox in bid to lead
Kenya stands at a critical juncture in Africa's digital transformation. As the continent's most developed tech ecosystem outside South Africa, Nairobi...
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🇰🇪 Kenswitch taps Visa as Kenya’s national payments switch
Kenya's payments ecosystem has entered a critical inflection point. The strategic partnership between Kenswitch—the country's nascent national payment...
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🇰🇪 Taxpayer pain as MPs seek Sh364bn budget top-up
Kenya's parliament is pushing for a Sh364 billion (approximately €2.7 billion) supplementary budget allocation, revealing deepening fiscal pressures t...
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🇰🇪 Kenya’s tourist arrivals up 9pc, earns country Sh500bn
Kenya's tourism sector has entered a decisive growth phase, with international arrivals climbing 9% in 2025 and generating approximately 500 billion K...
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