Business & Economy
Mombasa Port. [Photo, Courtesy] South Sudanese importers are facing a crisis at Kenya’s Mombasa port, where they claim inefficiencies in managing empty shipping containers have driven the cost of imported goods to triple. Delays in returning containers, coupled with port congestion and high security bonds, are strangling trade for the…
The new itel SUPER 26 Ultra series. [Sofia Ali, Standard] Chinese firm itel Mobile has unveiled its latest device, the itel SUPER 26 Ultra series, in the Kenyan market. Speaking during the launch on Friday in Nairobi, Ryan…
Kenya Re extends MD's suspension
Suspended Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Group MD Dr Hillary Wachinga. [File, Standard] Kenya Reinsurance Corporation has announced…
Explained: How telecom engineers keep you connected. [File, Standard] Have you ever paused to think about…
Megna Homes CEO Ahmed Badawy receives an award from Lamu Governor Issa Timamy after the…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during the opening of the 2025 Magical Kenya Travel Expo at Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi. [DPCS] Kenya is seeking to develop new tourist products by exploiting untapped non-traditional attractions, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki now says. He noted…
The market share of loans borrowed by Sacco members for land and housing purposes is shrinking, even as the sector still holds the highest proportion…
Business Weekly Round Up
Kakuzi Plc, a listed agricultural firm, has posted KSh347.5 million net profit for the 6 months to June 2024 – a 195.8 percent increase…
Long haul trucks along the Nairobi – Mombasa road transporting cargo. [File, Standard] Governments, development agencies, and private sector leaders from across East Africa…
Uganda’s legislature has forwarded the Auditor-General’s report on the UShs 60bn (US $ 16.23mn) Bank of Uganda heist to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations…
Communities living along the coastal shores of Kwale County—including Tsunza, Waa, Tiwi, Mwaepe, Msambweni, Mkwiro, and Vanga—have long depended on fishing as their main…