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Nairobi’s skyline from Westlands. African countries need to invest in infrastructure and services that expand social opportunity, such as accessible public…
Kenya produces up to 80,000 metric tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) annually, sparking fresh calls for sustainable management of the…
A ship offloads cargo at the Mombasa Port, on March 3, 2025. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] In 2018, Kenya signed an…
President William Ruto and Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki inspect the ongoing construction of the 4,566-unit Shauri Moyo B Affordable…
President William Ruto commissions the Mombasa Commuter Rail Services, on September 17, 2025. He was accompanied by Deputy President Kithure…
Mohamed Ibrahim, MD Mantrac Kenya, Nicolas Merer, East Africa Regional Director Mantrac Group, Nigel Lewis, Chief Operations Officer Mantrac Group, …
Sanlam Kenya PLC CEO Patrick Tumbo says across Africa, Sanlam and Allianz are leveraging their mutual strengths to provide clients…
Sanlam Kenya PLC CEO Patrick Tumbo says across Africa, Sanlam and Allianz are leveraging their mutual strengths to provide clients…
Growth in global innovation funding has fallen to its lowest rate since 2010, UN projections showed Tuesday, as high inflation…
A former senior manager at Safaricom has lost his bid for compensation totalling more KSh 200 million after the telco…
US President Donald Trump during an address from the Oval Office. [AFP] The US Trade Representative (USTR) is soliciting comments…
A consortium of investors led by tech giant Oracle, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and private equity firm Silver Lake…
There is a certain saying among Nairobi residents that if you have never sold GNLD products, then you haven’t seen…
Acute food insecurity in East Africa has more than tripled over the past decade, leaving 42 million people in urgent need of…
Through business support and mentorship, including financial literacy training, affordable credit and grants, and government procurement opportunities reserved for the youth,…
The formal milk sector is growing, providing around 20 per cent of milk to consumers. [File, Standard] The Kenya Dairy…
Kenya Power and Lighting Company(KPLC) MD and Dr. (Eng.) Joseph Siror when he appeared before the Senate Cohesion at County…
Women defying odds taking up jobs meant for men.[Standard] At only 24, Beatrice Achieng, a mother of one from Ugunja…
Standard Chartered Kenya Board of Directors Chairperson Kellen Kariuki and Managing Director and CEO Kenya & Africa Kariuki Ngari during the launch…
Thirteen years after the launch of Kenya’s first fintech, M-Shwari, the country has made tremendous strides in expanding access…
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East African Portland MD Mohamed Osman Adan before the Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives regarding the sale of the…
President William Ruto. [File, Standard] Kenya plans to grow its leather industry from Sh10.3 billion ($80 million) to Sh109.6 billion…
Africa has unveiled its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre in Uganda, a project hailed as a turning point that…
Jumia East Africa CEO Vinod Goel (left) and Watu Credit Country Manager Erick Massawe during the launch of their partnership…
Abdimalik Mohamed Issack, director of LiveMall. [File, Standard] On a busy afternoon in Nairobi’s Eastleigh, Gikomba or other markets, shoppers…
Youth in Nairobi protest over unemployment in the country. [File, Standard] Stakeholders have underscored the need for mentorship programs as a sustainable…
Moody’s has sounded an alarm that the Kenyan government is currently battling sharply high borrowing costs. [iStockphoto] Moody’s has sounded…
Old Mutual building in Nairobi. Old Mutual Securities carries a deep legacy in Kenya’s capital markets. [File, Standard] Kenyan investment…
Former CBK Chairperson Mohamed NYaoga. [File, Standard] Absa Bank Kenya has appointed former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) chairperson, Mohamed…
Chinese workers at the entrance of the railway tunnel at Ngong Kajiado County, on September 25, 2018. [File, Standard] All…
Ndindi Nyoro chats with James Muraguri, CEO Institute of Public Finance (IPF), during the launch of the 2025 mid-year economic…
KCB CEO Paul Russo. [Courtesy] Last week, African leaders and policymakers converged in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the Africa Climate…
Pesapal. [Courtesy] Digital money transfer app companies are exempt from paying Value Added Tax (VAT), the High Court has ruled.…
Chinese workers at the entrance of the railway tunnel at Ngong Kajiado County, on September 25, 2018. [File, Standard] All…
Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk speaks in front of the newly unveiled all-electric battery-powered Tesla’s Cybertruck with shattered windows…
More institutions are making decisions and actions that take into account solving the climate challenge. [iStockphoto] Commercial banks in Kenya…
More institutions are making decisions and actions that take into account solving the climate challenge. [iStockphoto] Commercial banks in Kenya…
Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Broadcasting and Telecommunications Stephen Isaboke (second right) among attendees on an ICT meeting on the…
Pepsi Beverages Kenya has signed an exclusive deal with Skyward Airlines to supply its beverages on all the carrier’s routes,…
Umeme Limited has issued a profit warning after posting a net loss of USh 166.7Bn (KSh 6.1Bn) for the half…
Mining Principal Secretary Harry Kimtai says e-procurement eliminates the opaque practices that have undermined public trust in government contracts. [File,…
Sanlam Kenya Plc has called an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for 9 October 2025 to seek shareholder approval to change…
Foreign investors accelerated their exit from the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in the second week of September even as the…
Kenyan money. [Courtesy] A critical financial lifeline for millions of Kenyans is drying up, with new government data confirming a…
Kenyan money. [Courtesy] A critical financial lifeline for millions of Kenyans is drying up, with new government data confirming a…
CS Hassan Joho with SDEA DG Josphat Maikara and PS Aden Millah during Kenya’s launch of its bid for re-election…
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) has slightly cut fuel prices in its latest review cycle. The reduction affects…
Kephis Chairman Joseph M’Eruaki (left) defends constitutional mandate to protect agriculture and trade. [File, Standard] The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service…
East African Breweries Ltd (EABL), the region’s leading alcoholic beverage company, is grappling with an unprecedented rise in counterfeit and…
Global beverage Pepsi has entered into a partnership with local carrier Skyward Express. [File, Standard] Global beverage Pepsi has set…
From left: KCB Group CEO Paul Russo, EABL Group Managing Director and CEO Jane Karuku, Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa and…
Out there, the island of Zanzibar is widely known for its beautiful beaches, which make it one of the well-endowed…
The East African Community (EAC) is stepping up efforts to make cross-border mobile roaming cheaper and more reliable, but regulators…
1.8 million Kenyans faced acute food insecurity between July and September 2025, and a below-average October–December rain forecast could exacerbate…
MT Barumk from Nigeria offloads 11,474 metric tonnes of LPG at Lake Gas Limited Terminal, a 10,000 metric tons storage facility.[Courtesy] The…
Photos from the recent PUBG Mobile Mombasa Color Festival.[Courtesy] Kenya will this weekend host the inaugural PUBG Mobile Africa Cup…
QMP officials during the launch of the expansion plan.[Lillian Mutavi,Standard] Kenya’s Quality Meat Packers (QMP), a privately owned, fully…
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Pension Towers located along Harambee Avenue in Nairobi CBD on March 07, 2024. [File, Standard] A review by The Standard of…
KCB Bank Uganda has won a major case against the shareholders of Great Lakes Coffee Company, after the High Court…
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has begun the process of verifying details of 629 former employees set to benefit from a…
Workers at the Iviani fruit processing plant that exports mangoes to the US. [File, Standard] Latest report by a global…
Stanbic Bank branch on Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi. [File, Two businessmen have sued Stanbic Bank over Sh101 million loan whose interest…
Employees sorting and grading dried ginger at the Horizon Group Africa plant in Kaduna. [Courtesy] Kenyan farmers and entrepreneurs could…
Employees sorting and grading dried ginger at the Horizon Group Africa plant in Kaduna. [Courtesy] Kenyan farmers and entrepreneurs could…
From left: Shameer Patel, Mary Githinji, Rev. Erick Kalya, H.E. Isaiah Keter, Oliver Kirior and Stanley Gachoki cut a cake…
Jai Kumar Sharma. When Donald Trump slapped heavy tariffs on friendly nations like India and Brazil, and pushed the European…
Justina Wamae and Stephen Gachie. [Spice FM] The government has been urged to create a more predictable and supportive environment…
A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) ahead of its official inauguration ceremony in Guba, on September…
Aerial view of Hurlingham which is a mixed use of office blocks and apartments. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] Despite one-bedroom apartments renting…
Captain of Lamu Shipping line, Musa Bakari [left] with Engineering cadets, Lulu Chilumo [right] and Fatuma Ridhwani at Amu 1…
Kenol town in Murang’a, near the Kenol–Marua dual carriageway, is attracting investors to the once-sleepy market centre founded by the…
Unlocking padlock on a wooden door. [Courtesy] In most of the West and East African countries, landlords often demand for…
Central Bank Of Kenya on Haile Selassie avenue in Nairobi.[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] Kenyan units of global banking giants are offering the country’s most…
UN CFP Principal Programme Manager Jack Howard displays an artistic impression of the proposed new UN office complex in Nairobi,…
Logistics firms say drones are cost-effective and could assist with inventory management and order picking. [File, Standard] Logistics firms want…
Chief Consumer Business Officer at Safaricom, Fawziah Ali Kimanthi ( Centre) poses with Customers during the official launch of Ofa…
Outgoing Afreximbank President Benedict Oramah after he delivered his final plea for African financiers to close the continent’s $100 billion…
Joseph Kibwott, Managing Director of Paratus Kenya and Martin Cox, Chief Commercial Officer of Paratus Group, at the official launch…
Farmers pick tea. KTDA directors will analyse green leaf production and the cost of production. [File, Standard] Small-scale tea farmers would…
The Agriculture Food Authority says miraa is a food crop and is regulated with guidelines on handling. [File, Standard] The…
Pan-African telecommunications provider Paratus Group has expanded operations into four East African countries, providing internet services to businesses and communities…
Ride hailing platform Bolt has said that its highest-earning drivers in Kenya grossed more than KSh 1.2 million each in…
In early August, Abdiaziz Farah, a 36-year-old Somali-American businessman, was sentenced to 28 years following his involvement in a US$300…
President William Ruto and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan during the signing of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership…
Vincent Machuka Nyangau during a training session with one of his dogs in Utawala Airways.[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] He rose from earning Sh20 for the labour…
Ethiopia has inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, marking a watershed moment for Africa’s second…
Keepers at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary feed baby elephants with goat milk during feeding time.[Maryann Muganda,Standard] The Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibition (MICE) tourism…
Lean Energy Solutions Managing Director, Dinesh Tembhekar (left), and Finance Director, Leena Tembhekar (right), present the winner’s cheque and trophy…
Agriculture is the backbone of Kenya’s economy, employing over 70 per cent of the rural population and contributing significantly to…
Kenya is set to host the first Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Innovation Summit from September 16–18, 2025, at…
The 6kg gas cylinders will be distributed to households by liquified petroleum gas marketers under the State’s subsidised cooking gas programme.…
Kenya’s microfinance banks (MFBs), once hailed as critical vehicles for financial inclusion, are now the weakest link in the country’s…
Gichugu Affordable Housing Programme, in Kirinyaga County which civil works were completed in May but Kenya Power expected to connect it with electricity…
Some of the journalists who participated in the workshop. [Xinhua] Journalists across the country have been cautioned against over reliance…
Dr Emmanuel Ndiema, the project coordinator for the ‘Professional and Scientific Training for the Development of Cultural Tourism’ initiative, addresses…
Passengers walk during the inauguration day of the newly built Techo International Airport in Kandal province, on the outskirts of…
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CBK report shows 11 banks are operating with core capital below the new Sh3 billion threshold as of June 2025.…