🇰🇪 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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🇰🇪 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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