🇰🇪 How Treasury is edging out 'mama mboga' for banks
Kenya's government has dramatically intensified its domestic borrowing strategy over the past 18 months, a shift that is now creating significant ripp...
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🇰🇪 Galana Kulalu irrigation scheme posts record grain yield,
** Kenya's Galana Kulalu irrigation scheme has achieved a significant production milestone, recording its highest grain yield in years and reigniting...
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🇰🇪 Buyers turn to leeks on high onion prices - Business Daily
East African consumers are fundamentally shifting their purchasing patterns as onion prices reach levels that make alternative vegetables economically...
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🇰🇪 Local borrowing: How Treasury is edging out 'mama mboga'
Kenya's Treasury Department has quietly engineered a financial squeeze that threatens to upend the investment landscape across East Africa. As the gov...
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🇰🇪 Unpopular mango varieties lock out Kenya from EU
Kenya's agricultural sector faces a critical market access problem that threatens hundreds of millions in potential export revenue. European buyers, p...
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🇰🇪 Egypt's Foreign Minister meets Kenyan Chamber of Commerce
Egypt's Foreign Minister has initiated strategic discussions with Kenya's Chamber of Commerce to formalize and expand bilateral economic partnerships,...
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🇰🇪 Bill seeks inflation-based pension raise for retirees
East African governments are confronting a mounting fiscal challenge as aging populations and persistent inflationary pressures force a reckoning with...
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🇰🇪 EPRA appoints Joseph Oketch acting DG after Kiptoo’s arrest
Kenya's energy sector has entered uncertain territory following the dramatic departure of Daniel Kiptoo, Director General of the Energy and Petroleum ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya petrol cover drops to 16 days amid Middle East crisis
Kenya's petroleum reserves have fallen to a critically low 16-day supply, triggering fresh concerns about energy security across East Africa and signa...
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🇰🇪 Agoa renewal offers new chance to redefine Africa's place
** The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) faces its quadrennial renewal cycle, and this time the geopolitical stakes are higher than ever. As ...
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🇰🇪 East Africa’s largest economy to host Dubai-backed SEZ
Kenya is positioning itself as East Africa's gateway for foreign direct investment through an ambitious special economic zone (SEZ) project backed by ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya: Energy executives step down amid fuel manipulation
Kenya's energy sector has been rocked by a major corruption scandal involving five senior executives arrested for allegedly manipulating an emergency ...
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🇰🇪 Petroleum PS, KPC and EPRA bosses resign amid fuel shortage
Kenya's energy sector has been rocked by a major governance crisis as three senior officials—the Petroleum Principal Secretary, Kenya Petroleum Compan...
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🇰🇪 Co-op bank shares set for further gains on strong profit
** Kenya's banking sector is entering a pivotal phase of margin compression and earnings acceleration, and Co-operative Bank of Kenya—the nation's th...
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🇰🇪 China woos Kenyan producers with '800-million opportunity'
China's implementation of a zero-tariff trade agreement with Kenya marks a strategic inflection point for African industrialisation—and a critical rep...
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🇰🇪 Telkom Kenya slides to smallest mobile operator in market
Kenya's telecommunications sector is undergoing a fundamental restructuring. Telkom Kenya, once positioned as a credible third player in East Africa's...
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🇰🇪 How transporters can navigate this year’s tough VAT
** The transport and logistics sector across East Africa is entering a critical period of fiscal uncertainty as governments tighten value-added tax (...
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🇰🇪 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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