Business & Economy
President William Ruto inspects a guard of honour when he arrived for the State of The Nation Address in Parlaiment on Thursday, November 20, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] President William Ruto says Kenya has climbed from the brink of economic…
Export Processing Zone (EPZ)workers resume work after a two-week strike. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard] It’s a reprieve as striking workers of a textile manufacturing company at the Athi River–based Export Processing Zone (EPZ) resume work. More than 2,000 workers…
Home appliances are now protected against power surges and accidental damage as Kenya faces rising grid…
Kenya and 18 other countries in Eastern, Southern and Northern Africa have intensified efforts to establish…
Francis Nasyomba, President of CFA Society East Africa. [Courtesy] Africa, the world’s second most populated continent,…
A rich businessman holding a wad of money. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Wealthy individuals are considering relocating their family offices to new jurisdictions to protect their wealth from being eroded by inflation. A report by Standard Chartered Global Private Bank also lists cyber…
Kenya’s long-entrenched dependence on collateral and guarantors in its credit markets is facing new criticism as lenders re-examine what truly drives repayment performance. For decades,…
Business Weekly Round Up
Mumias Sugar has issued Ksh150 million bonus to cane farmers as leaders from the region challenged the government to fast-tract reforms in the entire…
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has launched an investigation into several multinational companies (MNCs) operating in Kenya’s shipping and logistics sector, following complaints…
Treasury CS John Mbadi before the Senate Devolution Committee on county governments’ commercial bank accounts at Bunge Towers, Nairobi. July 17, 2025 [Elvis Ogina,…
Ayisi Makatiani, CEO of Caava Group, Urvi Patel, Consulting Leader, Deloitte East Africa and Moses G. Kuria, Group Chief Financial Officer at M-TIBA during…