Business & Economy
An open dinning place and a sitting room at the MI VIDA homes at the Garden City in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] Behind the aggressive push fueling the construction boom under the affordable housing programme is a sustained narrative that Kenya…
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi speaks during the opening of the 7th Session of the Kenya–Iran Joint Commission for Cooperation. [@MusaliaMudavadi, X] Kenya and Iran have agreed to form a joint committee to remove trade barriers between the…
Safaricom chief executive Peter Ndegwa. [File, Standard] Safaricom has committed Sh15 million towards this year’s devolution…
Central Bank lowers key rate to 9.5pc
Central Bank of Kenya’s Monetary Policy Committee has lowered its benchmark rate to 9.50 per cent…
Treasury CS John Mbadi before the Senate’s Finance at County Hall, Parliament, Nairobi. March 18, 2025.…
Sasra Chief Executive Peter Njuguna seeks to streamline Afya Sacco Society Ltd. [File, Standard] The regulator has moved to recover part of more than Sh500 million, said to have been misappropriated by the management of Afya Sacco Society Ltd. The…
Energy and Petroleum CS Opiyo Wandayi and Kenya Power Chairperson Joy Brenda Masinde at the National Control Centre during induction tour and update on the…
Business Weekly Round Up
The coffee auction at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) recorded a 5% increase in prices, the second time in a row since the auction…
Food stuff sold at Tuskys Supermarket on Sunday, September 19 2021 [David Njaaga,Standard] Kenya’s inflation rate rose to 4.1 percent in April 2025, up from…
A general view GTC Tower in Westlands, Nairobi. [File, Standard] Nairobi emerged Africa’s top business travel destination at the World Travel Awards for Africa…
Rental houses in Pipeline Estate in Nairobi’s Embakasi area. A majority of tenants do not have tenancy agreements with their landlords. [File, Standard] It…