Business & Economy
Bandari Maritime Academy CEO Eric Katana talks to cadets proceeding for shipboard training onboard CMA CGM vessels in Mombasa on April 17, 2025. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] Stakeholders have welcomed a new notice from the Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) regarding the…
Stephen Muhoma a Jua Kali trader at Bama Market in Nakuru on June 13, 2019. [File, Standard] Kenya’s weak performance in the manufacturing and agricultural segments of the economy has been termed the genesis of slowed job creation…
Workers at the Hela Intimates Export Processing Zone Ltd factory in Athi River, Machakos County. [FILE]…
President William Ruto during the launch of the electro-deposition paint plant at Isuzu East Africa, Nairobi.…
Mkopa Kenya General Manager Martin Kingori / Jacktone LawiLocal smartphone manufacturer M-Kopa has raised concerns over…
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 Vodacom, summoning…
Tea production declined by 2.8 per cent over the third quarter of 2025 compared to the third quarter of 2024. [File, Standard] The agriculture sector…
Business Weekly Round Up
Safaricom’s mobile money service, M-Pesa, has significantly contributed to economic transformation. [File, Standard] The latest State of Industry Report for Mobile Money by Global…
National Bank of Kenya branch in Nairobi. [File, Standard] The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has approved the acquisition of National Bank of Kenya…
CBK report shows 11 banks are operating with core capital below the new Sh3 billion threshold as of June 2025. [File, Standard] Up to…
Octagon Africa Group CEO Fred Waswa (L) and AlexForbes CEO Growth Markets Jonathan Muthige (R) during the signing of a strategic partnership to provide…