🇰🇪 US easing of Russia oil sanctions draws criticism
The Biden administration's decision to ease sanctions on Russian oil exports has sent ripples through global commodity markets, with significant impli...
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🇰🇪 Fears for press freedom as billionaire takes control of NMG
The recent shift in ownership structure at Nation Media Group (NMG), Kenya's largest media conglomerate, has triggered renewed scrutiny around editori...
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🇰🇪 Is Dubai’s glossy image under threat? Not everyone thinks so
Dubai's carefully cultivated image as the Gulf's premier business hub and safe haven has long attracted European capital seeking exposure to Middle Ea...
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🇰🇪 Atwoli re-elected COTU secretary general for sixth term
Francis Atwoli's re-election as Secretary General of the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) for an unprecedented sixth consecutive term repre...
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🇰🇪 SHA begins disbursing Sh11.1bn to hospitals for claims
Kenya's Social Health Authority (SHA) has initiated disbursements totaling Sh11.1 billion (approximately €80 million) to contracted healthcare facilit...
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🇰🇪 AfCFTA Single Market Faces Implementation Barriers, Analyst
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which came into force in January 2021, represents one of the world's most ambitious economic integra...
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🇰🇪 Gulf Capital Accelerates Shift Into African Markets
The escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are fundamentally altering the investment calculus for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, ...
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🇰🇪 Equity Group to spin off its tech unit amid AI
Equity Group Holdings, East Africa's largest banking institution by customer base, is pursuing a strategic separation of its technology operations int...
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🇰🇪 Africa Energy Indaba highlights urgency of power investment
The continent's persistent electricity deficit has reached a critical juncture, forcing policymakers and investors alike to confront an uncomfortable ...
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🇰🇪 Call for entries: Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies 2026
The Financial Times' call for entries to its Africa's Fastest Growing Companies 2026 initiative represents far more than a recognition programme—it si...
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🇰🇪 Explainer: What does the expiry of a US trade deal mean
The potential expiration of preferential US trade arrangements threatens to disrupt one of Africa's most valuable economic partnerships, creating both...
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🇰🇪 Weight-loss treatments boom as Kenyan attitudes to beauty
Kenya's beauty and wellness sector is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by a confluence of rising middle-class incomes, social media influe...
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🇰🇪 Billionaire's Media Takeover Raises Press Freedom Concerns
The acquisition of East Africa's largest media conglomerate by billionaire businessman Rostam Aziz has triggered concerns about editorial independence...
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🇰🇪 10 startups selected for Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Inves
The Africa Tech Summit Nairobi's announcement of 10 selected startups for its February 14-15 Investment Showcase represents a critical inflection poin...
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🇰🇪 Intrigues in new KTDA board coup as tea sector faces
Kenya's tea industry—Africa's second-largest tea producer and a critical foreign exchange earner—faces a deepening governance crisis that threatens bo...
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🇰🇪 Kenya’s public debt did not accumulate through misfortune
Kenya's spiraling public debt burden—now exceeding 70% of GDP—represents far more than a macroeconomic stumble. Recent analysis suggests the accumulat...
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🇰🇪 Kenya Tea Industry Faces Governance Crisis
Kenya's tea industry is entering a critical juncture as institutional instability threatens both production and investor confidence across East Africa...
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🇰🇪 Capitation, autonomy and union fees
Kenya's rollout of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) and its associated junior secondary education tier has created an unexpected funding crisis t...
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🇰🇪 Centum ends 25-year Sidian Bank investment with final
Centum Investment Company, one of East Africa's most prominent diversified investment firms, has completed its exit from Sidian Bank through a final s...
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🇰🇪 Mbadi dangles attractive car loan terms for civil servants
Kenya's Treasury Cabinet Secretary Mbadi has unveiled a strategic pivot in the government's approach to employee lending, signaling a deliberate shift...
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