Business & Economy
Workers at the Hela Intimates Export Processing Zone Ltd factory in Athi River, Machakos County. [FILE] Kenyan exporters to the United States are a step closer to reclaiming crucial duty-free access after the US House of Representatives passed a law…
Safaricom Headquarters on Waiyaki Way in Nairobi. [File, Standard] The National Assembly will on Monday kick off a multi-sector inquiry into the government’s controversial sale of a 15 per cent stake in telecoms giant Safaricom to South Africa’s…
Safaricom Headquarters on Waiyaki Way in Nairobi. [File, Standard] The National Assembly will on Monday kick…
Nairobi to lead green energy push in Africa
Wind turbines at Ngong Hills Wind Power Station in Kajiado County, on October 7, 2023. [File,…
President William Ruto with Prime Minister Li Qiang, after a meeting at the Great Hall of…
Members of the South African Communist Party during a protest against the US operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, outside the US Embassy in Pretoria on January 8, 2026. [AFP] US President Donald Trump…
President William Ruto during inspection of the Mau Mau Road Lot 1A and Lot 1B in Lari, Kiambu County, on March 5, 2025. [File, Standard]…
Business Weekly Round Up
An egg/smokie trolley at a Nairobi street.[FILE] It has now been over a month since the nationwide lecturers’ strike began in local public universities. The…
Angola has become the latest sovereign shareholder in the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), three years after the Southern African country joined the infrastructure solutions…
The deployment of AI and ML tools presents a growing opportunity to improve customer engagement and boost revenues for financial services providers. [iStockphoto] Financial…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino (left), US President Donald Trump and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during a signing ceremony after a state…
