🇰🇪 KCB unveils record Sh22 billion dividend payout as profit
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Group's announcement of a Sh22 billion (approximately €165 million) dividend payout represents a significant inflection po...
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🇰🇪 Inside Watamu's developments spurring beach tourism
Watamu, a once-quiet village on Kenya's Indian Ocean coastline, is experiencing unprecedented transformation that signals broader opportunities for Eu...
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🇰🇪 Why property buyers are seeking higher grounds
Kenya's property market is undergoing a fundamental realignment driven by climate volatility and flood risk awareness. Once dismissed as seasonal weat...
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🇰🇪 Informal livestock trade continues to hurt Africa's
Africa's pastoral economies are being held hostage by informal trading networks that operate beyond government oversight, creating a critical bottlene...
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🇰🇪 Kenya to host Africa urban forum next month
Kenya is cementing its role as a continental thought leader by hosting a major African urban development forum next month, a move that signals growing...
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🇰🇪 State now banks on special economic zones
Kenya's government is repositioning itself as a regional trade nexus through an ambitious framework centered on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and deep...
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🇰🇪 Kenya's meat exports disrupted by Middle East war
Kenya's livestock and meat export industry faces unprecedented challenges as escalating military tensions in the Middle East disrupt critical trade co...
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🇰🇪 New digital tax risks pushing traders off e-commerce
Kenya's ambitious digital taxation framework, implemented in December 2024, is producing the opposite of its intended outcome. Rather than broadening ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya's tea sector in crisis talks over shipping route
Kenya's tea industry, the world's largest black tea exporter and a cornerstone of the East African nation's agricultural economy, faces an unprecedent...
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🇰🇪 Naivasha businesses light up as firms rush to showcase
The WRC Safari Rally in Kenya has evolved beyond a motorsport spectacle into a significant economic indicator for hospitality and service sector oppor...
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🇰🇪 Moi Referral halts staff pension deductions over arrears
Kenya's healthcare sector faces mounting regulatory scrutiny as the country's pension oversight authority issued a formal directive against Moi Referr...
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🇰🇪 Qantas agrees to pay $74m over Covid-19 travel voucher
The Australian carrier Qantas Airways' agreement to pay $74 million in settlement funds to resolve a class action lawsuit over pandemic-era travel vou...
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🇰🇪 State seeks Sh853mn to clear media houses’ pending bills
Kenya's government has formally requested 853 million Kenyan shillings (approximately €6.4 million) from parliament to settle outstanding advertising ...
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🇰🇪 CoA allows President Ruto’s advisers to remain in office
Kenya's Court of Appeal delivered a significant procedural decision on Friday, temporarily halting the removal of President William Ruto's advisers fr...
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🇰🇪 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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