Farmers sort out coffee berries. [File, Standard] With the clock ticking towards the December 31 deadline, Kenyan authorities are scrambling…
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Saccos have been cautioned to expect stiff competition from banks in the wake of the falling interest regime by the…
Beer processing chain in action during the Kenya Breweries Ltd (KBL ) Nairobi’s plant tour. [File, Standard] Alcohol manufacturer Kenya Breweries Ltd (KBL)…
A woman preparing ugali. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Ugali, Kenya’s long-cherished staple dish, is losing ground on the nation’s dinner tables. New data…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department Vitor Gaspar. [Maxwell Agwanda, Standard] In what was a…
Free electric vehicle charging station at the United Nations Office in Nairobi on November 1, 2023. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] Kenya…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department Vitor Gaspar. [Maxwell Agwanda, Standard] In what was a…
GPE Director Abid Ganatra displays some of the mid-sized Royal Enfield MotorBikes. [Courtesy] Kenya’s mid-size motorcycle market has caught the…
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu, in the latest report, revealed that Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya is insolvent. [File, Standard] The…
Restored Loiyangalani to Suswa transmission line now carries up to 300MW of wind energy into Kenya’s national grid. [File, Standard]…
Tems leaves Nairobi fans in frenzy at Blanets and Wine festival Kenyans turned out in their thousands this past weekend…
Your workspace does more than hold your laptop. It has the power to shape your mood, your focus, and even…
Acting Commissioner for Micro and Small Taxpayers, George Obell says KRA is addressing feedback from taxpayers to make tax processes…
The building sector is estimated to be responsible for around 21 per cent of all global greenhouse gas emissions. [File,…
Wilson Ogheneovo of Bybit outlines the company’s scholarship initiative aimed at boosting digital skills among African students.. Kenyan students are…
Treasury CS John Mbadi at Parliament Buildings. [File, Standard] Kenya is set to get a new set of tough conditions…
Your funds, your terms: The power of instant withdrawals in modern tradingThe anatomy of…
The GLE offers a premium cabin finished with leather, wood trims, and soft-touch materials. [Sourced] A fortnight ago, the internet…
Tullow Oil has completed the sale of its Kenya assets to Gulf Energy Ltd, shifting the pressure to realise Kenya’s…
Ayisi Makatiani, CEO of Caava Group, Urvi Patel, Consulting Leader, Deloitte East Africa and Moses G. Kuria, Group Chief Financial…
Tullow Oil has completed the sale of its entire Kenyan business to Auron Energy E&P Limited, an affiliate of Gulf…
Tullow Oil has completed the sale of its Kenya assets to Gulf Energy Ltd, shifting the pressure to realise Kenya’s…
Co-operatives CS Wycliffe Oparanya. [File, Standard] As part of a stringent crackdown on poorly managed savings and credit co-operatives (Saccos),…
Delegates attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Kenya spotlighted a homegrown smart city model for…
Attendees engage with Bitget’s booth at a crypto convention, where the platform promoted tokenised access to global equities. Kenyan investors…
High Voltage Direct Current power station in Suswa. [File, Standard] A forensic audit report by the Auditor General has exposed…
Pesalink CEO Gituku Kirika (left) and Tende Pay CEO Abel Masai after signing a partnership that combines PesaLink’s real-time interbank…
Co-operatives CS Wycliffe Oparanya (right), Principal Secretary Patrick Kilemi and Sasra acting CEO David Sandagi (left), during the launch of…
The agreement between Empower New Energy and Abyssinia Group of Industries’ Awasi steel plant will deliver about 14 gigawatt hours…
George Obell, Acting Commissioner for Micro and Small Taxpayers speaking at a citizen assembly forum in Mombasa.[Courtesy] The Kenya Revenue…
An ongoing activity at an upcoming Berth at the Kenya Ports Authority in Mombasa County. [Kelvin Karani, Standard] The cargo…
Kenya Airways flight at JKIA. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] There is enough raw material available to support the production of Sustainable…
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe with KTDA Holding Chairman Chege Kirundi in a recent function. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard] Orthodox tea…
National Tax Payers Association (NTA) CEO Patrick Nyagweso when sharing the Wealth Tax Study Report while seeking the adoption of…
Then PS for Shipping and Maritime Ambassador Nancy Karigithu during a Blue Economy sensitisation by the Public Service Commission at…
An ongoing activity at an upcoming Berth at the Kenya Ports Authority in Mombasa County. [Kelvin Karani, Standard] The cargo…
National Tax Payers Association (NTA) CEO Patrick Nyagweso when sharing the Wealth Tax Study Report while seeking the adoption of…
Ride-hailing firm Uber has amended its terms and conditions after a regional consumer watchdog found that it was misleading customers…
Team led by Haimanot Teferra, the mission chief for Kenya, will be in the country from September 25 to October…
Participants during the launch of the regional master Training of Trainers by the SheTrades initiative by International Trade Centre in…
Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi says that the reduction in physical footprint in banks is the reason why they have…
A microphone in a translating booth during a plenary mini-session. [AFP] At the long conference table of a Nairobi hotel,…
Kenya’s mobile money market steadied in the fourth quarter ended June 2025, breaking a long trend of shifting shares. Data…
For a long time, moving money across borders has been expensive, slow, and tangled in red tape. Migrant workers sending…
KRA Commissioner General Humphrey Wattanga has invited public comments on the draft Income Tax (Significant Economic Presence Tax) Regulations, 2025.…
Shares of Uganda’s ex-power distributor, Umeme Limited, have plunged 71% on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), closing at KSh 6.94…
Credit card payment. [Courtesy] Paying for a safari trip, buying souvenirs at a Maasai market, or grabbing a snack from…
Watu Credit’s East Africa GM Andrii Volokha demonstrates an electric bike battery swap with owner James Matatiro and Arc Rides…
KRA Commissioner General Humphrey Wattanga has invited public comments on the draft Income Tax (Significant Economic Presence Tax) Regulations, 2025.…
Pending Bills Verification Committee chairman Edward Ouko. [File, Standard] The National Treasury has extended the term of the committee that…
PASER Hub, inaugurated at Tom Mboya University, aims to create a new model for data-driven research to shape policy. [File,…
Participants follow proceedings during the United Asian Network Leadership Summit in Nairobi. Stakeholders are rooting for greater integration of Kenya’s…
Professor Leonard Wantchekon of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs speaks at the inauguration of a new innovation…
Kenya Power’s security team has arrested two suspects linked to the theft of electricity infrastructure worth Sh3 million in the…
This illustration picture shows the US multinational technology and Internet-related services company Google logo behind a European flag on February…
The High Court has blocked the tax man from slapping a 25% duty on aluminium parts used in solar installations,…
World Bank Group and the AfDB, together with partners, seeks to combine increased infrastructure investments with comprehensive policy reforms across…
Sustainable investment firm, Mirova, has committed up to US$10 million five-year debt funding to ARC Ride, a Nairobi-based electric mobility…
Members of the parliamentary Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperative inspect a shipment of rice at the KNTC warehouses in…
Kenindia Assurance Company moved to court in 2018, seeking to block Nakumatt from initiating the liquidation process. [File, Standard] The…
Workers offload fertiliser from a cargo ship at Mombasa Port. [File, Standard] Sometime in July, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)…
From left: PZ Cussons EA Managing Director Sekar Ramamoorthy (centre), Africa MD Oghale Elueni and Head of Marketing Hafsa Arthur (left) showcase…
Members of the parliamentary Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperative inspect a shipment of rice at the KNTC warehouses in…
SBC Kenya Country Manager John K’Otieno during the launch of Sting Energy, a premium high-energy drink, in Nairobi, on September…
Long-distance drivers and conductors appeal to President William Ruto. Long-distance drivers and conductors have appealed to President William Ruto, urging…
Tea pluckers at Finlays in Kericho County. [File, Standard] In the coming days, tea farmers across Kenya will receive the…
Nairobi to host Africa Climate Investment Summit ahead of COP30 in Brazil African entrepreneurs developing climate solutions will, for the…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has created a Banking Sector Cybersecurity Operations Centre (BS-SOC) to strengthen defenses across the…
Kenya has emerged among winners in a Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission investigation that forced…
Kenyans are borrowing more than Sh13 billion per month from digital lenders, much of which goes to food. Uncover the…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed State Finance Minister Dr. Eyob Tekalign as governor of the National Bank of…
Kenyans are borrowing more than Sh13 billion per month from digital lenders, much of which goes to food. Unlock the…
Kenyans are borrowing more than Sh13 billion per month from digital lenders, much of which goes to food. Uncover the…
Nyansiongo Tea Factory Director Monica Orwochi picks tea in her Ribwago farm, Borabu, Nyamira County, on May 6, 2024. [File,…
Standard Gauge Railway staff at the Syokimau terminus. [File, Standard] Afristar, the operator of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), has…
I was recently asked to run a session on the basic principles of economics for a group of university students.…
Abdimalik Mohamed Issack, founder and director of Livemall Online Shop./HANDOUTDespite the rapid growth of e-commerce in Kenya, the journey to…
Startups and investors from East and West Africa meet during the Chui Ventures summit in Nairobi. African startups continue to…
Tonight Saturn reaches “opposition,” a phenomenon where Earth lies directly between the Sun (photo courtesy/KSA) Skywatchers across Kenya are set…
The John Mbadi-led National Treasury’s strategy to navigate the country’s severe debt crisis is facing a critical examination from international…
Felix Rop HOD Financial Services IT Safaricom Plc during a media immersion the evolution of M-PESA.[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] Safaricom has announced…
George Ndege, Architectural Association of Kenya president during Stakeholders from Kenya’s banking and Insurance sectors with the built environment forum…
Kenya loses Sh243.2 billion, equivalent to 1.5 per cent of the country’s economy, through illicit financial flows (IFFs), a new…
Treasury CS John Mbadi before the Senate Devolution Committee on county governments’ commercial bank accounts at Bunge Towers, Nairobi. July…
Vipingo Special Economic Zone is a 2,000-acre industrial hub designed to lower costs, streamline operations, and maximize profitability. [Courtesy] KCB…
Kenya loses Sh243.2 billion, equivalent to 1.5 per cent of the country’s economy, through illicit financial flows (IFFs), a new…
Treasury CS John Mbadi before the Senate Devolution Committee on county governments’ commercial bank accounts at Bunge Towers, Nairobi. July…
.Watu Credit head of commercial at Chris Rumenda/HANDOUT Kenya’s Buy Now, Pay Later sector is set for rapid expansion as industry…
Ethiopia will remove its long-standing cap on bank lending, a landmark reform expected to release 1.3 trillion birr (US$ 21.9…
Strategic Nest Corporation CEO Samuel Njari during the launch of the awards in Nairobi on September 18,2025.[Benard Orwongo, Standard] Strategic…
Dr Esther Muchemi, Chair of the Gulf‑Africa Investment Nexus, during the Gulf‑Africa Investment Summit in Nairobi. Kenya risks losing billions…
Farmers sort out coffee berries. [File, Standard] The Nairobi Coffee Auction (NCE) fetched Sh1 billion from the sale of 14,726 bags, up from last week’s Sh847 million. Reports…
Fincra, a payment solutions provider that enables secure, efficient, and seamless financial transactions within Africa and beyond, and Reap, a…
Digital transactions in Kenya continue to grow as a local fintech gains approval to directly acquire Visa card payments for…
Youth and Sports Principal Secretary Elijah Mwangi speaking to the media after conducting of a public participation forum. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard] Gakoigo Stadium in Maragua will be upgraded to a…
Jomvu MP Badi Twalib and other leaders during the hand over new loan-free motorbikes and a fully-equipped car wash machine…
Many Kenyans are resorting to shylocks to meet quick financial needs, often ending up forfeiting assets. [Courtesy] Harsh economic times,…
President William Ruto and Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki inspect the ongoing construction of the 4,566-unit Shauri Moyo B Affordable…
Unremitted contributions to pension schemes increased from Sh61.8 billion in 2023 to Sh69.4 billion in 2024. [Courtesy] Unremitted contributions to…
The burden of container deposit guarantees affected the cost of business for struggling clearing and forwarding firms that offer logistics…