🇰🇪 NCBA profit rises to Sh23b as Nedbank buyout nears
Kenya's largest banking group by customer base, NCBA Group, has delivered a robust financial performance with net profits reaching Sh23.4 billion, pos...
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🇰🇪 Will private sector-led dual training end Africa’s job cr
Africa's youth unemployment crisis has reached critical proportions. With over 200 million young people aged 15-24 across the continent, unemployment ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya bets Sh152 billion on AI to become Africa's
Kenya has officially staked its claim as Africa's artificial intelligence frontier, committing 152 billion Kenyan shillings (approximately $1.3 billio...
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🇰🇪 COMESA attracts 67pc of Africa FDI as inflows hit $65bn
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has emerged as a dominant force in attracting foreign direct investment to the African cont...
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🇰🇪 Moniepoint breaks into Kenya with Sumac Microfinance
Moniepoint's acquisition of a majority stake in Sumac Microfinance Bank marks a significant inflection point in East African fintech strategy, ending ...
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🇰🇪 Tourism regulator ties hotel grading to safety drills
Kenya's tourism regulator is implementing a significant regulatory shift that will reshape the competitive landscape for hospitality operators across ...
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🇰🇪 Nigeria’s Moniepoint enters Kenya with 78% stake in Sumac
Nigeria's Moniepoint has officially entered Kenya's financial services market with a controlling 78% stake in Sumac Microfinance Bank, marking a criti...
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🇰🇪 Why Kenya needs a one-stop pension dashboard now
Kenya's retirement savings landscape is fractured across multiple custodians, fund managers, and administrative platforms—a structural inefficiency th...
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🇰🇪 Kenyan agribusinesses among 20 picked to fight food loss
Africa loses approximately 220 million tonnes of food annually—a staggering economic hemorrhage that undermines both food security and investor return...
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🇰🇪 Youth seek Blue Economy financing
Kenya's fishing sector is experiencing a significant transformation as young entrepreneurs increasingly recognize the commercial potential of the Indi...
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🇰🇪 No new taxes as govt targets wider tax base, Mbadi says
Kenya's Finance Minister Lindiwe Mbadi has signalled a significant policy shift toward fiscal consolidation without new taxation, opting instead to ex...
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🇰🇪 Fears as airfares rise due to fuel shortage
Kenya's aviation industry is confronting a critical operational challenge as Vivo Energy, the country's largest fuel distributor, grapples with invent...
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🇰🇪 President Ruto pledges fuel stability amid geopolitical risks
Kenya's government has moved to reassure the domestic market amid growing concerns about fuel supply disruptions stemming from escalating Middle East ...
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🇰🇪 Shell Kenya attributes temporary fuel shortage to supply
East Africa's energy sector faces renewed scrutiny following Shell Kenya's acknowledgment of temporary fuel shortages across its retail network. While...
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🇰🇪 Skyward Airlines to hike ticket prices over rising fuel
Africa's energy crisis is reshaping business economics across the continent, with cascading effects that European investors cannot ignore. Recent deve...
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🇰🇪 COMESA issues recall of infant milk brands over toxin con
The East African Common Market (COMESA) has issued an urgent product recall affecting multiple infant formula batches, targeting Nutricia brands distr...
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🇰🇪 Stablecoin issuers in Kenya face $3.85 million minimum ca
Kenya has moved to establish itself as Africa's most regulated stablecoin market, introducing draft capital requirements that will fundamentally res...
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🇰🇪 COFEK calls for suspension of new fuel, LPG levies
Kenya's business community is escalating pressure on the government to suspend newly implemented fuel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) levies, markin...
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🇰🇪 Kenya moves to phase out low-end phones
Kenya is engineering a deliberate shift away from entry-level mobile devices, signalling a maturation of Africa's largest tech ecosystem and creating ...
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🇰🇪 African states urged to tighten controls to curb Sh11.7tn
Africa is hemorrhaging capital at an alarming rate. New research from the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa—the secretariat of the African Union's High...
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