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
Just months ago, Lipa Later, a Kenyan BNPL fintech, was celebrating a significant $10 million (Sh5.69 billion) debt and equity injection, aimed at supporting…
President William Ruto, accompanied by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping inspects a guard of honor at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,…
Naspers, Africa’s largest publicly listed company by market capitalization, has posted Profit After Tax (PAT) of US$12.26 billion—surpassing revenue of US$7.18 billion-for the fiscal…
Anne Wanjiku Ngugi a poultry farmer puts feed for her layers at her farm in Thika Kiambu County. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] With proper management, care,…