KRA Commissioner General Humphrey Wattanga. [File, Standard] The Kenya Revenue Authority missed its tax collection target by Sh20.1 billion in…
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Kenya Pipeline Company petroleum storage facilities in Nairobi on August 21, 2024. [File, Standard] The process of offloading 65 per…
Ketraco technicians repair one of the six electricity towers that was vandalized along the Olkaria-Lessos-Kisumu powerline, in Kayole estate, Naivasha. [File,…
This year’s annual built environment professionals convention kicked off in Kisumu on Wednesday. The four-day forum is aimed at addressing…
Githaiga Kihara displays a sample of Napier grass cuttings at his commercial seedlings fodder farm in Tetu, Nyeri. He has…
The market share of loans borrowed by Sacco members for land and housing purposes is shrinking, even as the sector…
Mr Abdirashid Duale, the Chief Executive Officer of DahabshiilThe chief executive of Dahabshiil, one of Africa’s largest money transfer groups, has…
President William Ruto.[Photo, PSC] President William Ruto has highlighted his administration’s commitment to reducing food imports and improving production. The…
Family Bank shareholders will meet virtually on October 27, 2025, for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to vote on a…
Eastrise CEO Gosia Brzeziska and Country Director Moses Sitati. [Courtesy/Eastrise] Eastrise Group, a strategy and insights firm, has launched an advisory board to…
Co-operative Bank branch on Co-operative House on Haile Selassie Avenue in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] Co-operative Bank of Kenya has extended…
Prime Cabinet Secretary in the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi During the occasion of…
Family Bank Limited has called for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to be held at the end of the month…
At dawn in Makueni, you can smell the paradox before you see it. Mangoes, split and overripe, carpet the red…
Two women in a clothing store. [Courtesy/GettyImages] In the age of personalisation and digital immediacy, delivering an exceptional customer experience…
Job applicant shaking hands. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic promise is clear. It has the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population; by…
In most organisations, employees form Saccos with the help of the employer as a savings platform. [Courtesy] Saccos are seeking…
Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka before the National Assembly Public Debt and Privatization Committee at Parliament on September 30, 2025.…
Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Guo Haiyan speaking during a past press briefing in April 2025. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] China has pledged…
The amount of electricity that Kenya imports from its neighbours has in the recent years surged and is now eating…
Food and fuel costs push Kenya’s inflation to 4.6pc in September. Kenya’s inflation edged to 4.6 per cent in September…
A tea farmer on her way to deliver tea leaves at Giakaibei Tea Buying Center, in Mathira,Nyeri County. [File, Standard] The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA)…
AFC Managing Director George Kubai, (centre) during the awarding of the Sustainability Standards and Certification Initiative (SSCI) Certification in Karlsruhe,…
Standard Group CEO Chacha Mwita and Eco Bank Managing Director Josephine Anan Ankomah during a courtesy call and a tour…
Standard Group CEO Chacha Mwita and Ecobank Managing Director Josephine Anan Ankomah during a courtesy call and a tour of…
Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata in China where he led a seven man delegation seeking engagement with Chinese investors on the…
Tourists watch the wildebeest migration in the Masai Mara National Reserve. [File, Standard] Even though the tourism industry has made…
Farmers sort out coffee berries. [File, Standard] With the clock ticking towards the December 31 deadline, Kenyan authorities are scrambling…
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…
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…
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…
Co-operatives CS Wycliffe Oparanya. [File, Standard] As part of a stringent crackdown on poorly managed savings and credit co-operatives (Saccos),…
Tullow Oil has completed the sale of its Kenya assets to Gulf Energy Ltd, shifting the pressure to realise Kenya’s…
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…
Kenya Airways flight at JKIA. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] There is enough raw material available to support the production of Sustainable…
An ongoing activity at an upcoming Berth at the Kenya Ports Authority in Mombasa County. [Kelvin Karani, Standard] The cargo…
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…
PASER Hub, inaugurated at Tom Mboya University, aims to create a new model for data-driven research to shape policy. [File,…
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…
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…
Workers offload fertiliser from a cargo ship at Mombasa Port. [File, Standard] Sometime in July, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)…
Kenindia Assurance Company moved to court in 2018, seeking to block Nakumatt from initiating the liquidation process. [File, Standard] The…
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…