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Shivani Siroya, founder and CEO, Tala./FILEFinancial infrastructure firm, Tala, has launched a tokenized lending platform to cater to borrowers without…
The Nairobi Express Way from UpperHill Nairobi on April 28, 2025.[Kanyiri Wahito, Standard] Chinese investors are ramping up investments in Africa’s energy, transport…
A Kenya Airways plane at Heathrow Airport, London. [Mate Tongola, Standard] Kenya Airways has announced a major leadership transition, with…
Nairobi has long been celebrated as the “Silicon Savannah” where technology and entrepreneurship converge. And for the last eight weeks…
Trust is the currency of every public institution. For Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), rebuilding and sustaining that trust means opening…
Michael Kivoto on his Kithini village farm in Mutomo, Kitui County where he grows crops using climate-smart agriculture techniques to…
A ship offloads cargo at the Port of Mombasa. [File, Standard] Business leaders and government officials have renewed calls for…
President William Ruto attended a church service at AIPCA Karure Church in the Gatundu North Diocese, Kiambu County. [PCS]…
Tourists watch the wildebeest migration at Maasai Mara in Narok County. [File, Standard] This year began with a call to…
Acquisition of East African Portland Cement Company by Amsons Group illustrates the shift in Kenya’s industrial sector. [File, Standard] Kenya’s…
Lake Gas facility that is under construction in Kilifi. [File, Standard] Liquefied Petroleum Gas firm, Lake Gas has scored a…
The Nairobi Expressway around Westlands. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] President William Ruto’s plans to spend Sh5 trillion on infrastructure building by…
Tourist vehicle drivers try to get clients close to lions with a kill at Amboseli National Park. [Jayne Rose Gacheri,…
High Voltage power line in Suswa. [Courtesy] Kenya has signed a Sh40.4 billion ($311 million) power transmission deal that will…
Absa Headquaters. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] Absa Group is planning a strategic shift to reduce its heavy reliance on a few key…
Brenda Mbathi, first Chief Executive Officer, Two Rivers International Finance & Innovation Centre (TRIFIC). [Courtesy] The Two Rivers International Finance…
The Voice Tanzania, one of the businesses that were vandalised during recent demos in Dar es Salaam/ HANDOUTFor one month…
Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui during a tour of the Mai Mahiu Special Economic Zone, where 19 investors are already on…
Finalists and winners during the pageant’s finals in Nairobi [Elvis Ogina, Standard] The Nairobi and Kiambu County Finals of Little…
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu. (Elvis Ogina, Standard) The country’s public spending watchdog has put Parliament on the spot, accusing it of…
KAM Chairperson Jane Karuku. [David Gichuru, Standard] An unfavourable domestic policy environment might be suffocating Kenya’s export growth, leaving more…
President William Ruto, chairs a Cabinet Meeting at State House, Nairobi on 29/4/2025.[PCS] A stringent draft national policy on alcohol, now awaiting Cabinet…
One of the tea farms in Mathioya, Murang’a.[Boniface Gikandi,Standard] Uncover the stories others won’t tell. Subscribe now for exclusive access Unlock…
In Kenya and around the world, tax compliance remains a major challenge. Uncover the stories others won’t tell. Subscribe now…
Photo collage of the Buckingham Palace (London), Stature of Liberty (New York) and the Eiffel Tower (Paris). [Courtesy] London has…
Investments Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui.[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] The government has defended a substantial increase in a mandatory…
Investment, Trade and Industry Principal Secretary (PS) Juma Mukhwana during the African Special Economic Zones Annual Meeting.[FILE,Standard] Kenya is turning…
Njeri Gatheca from Naiposha dairy farm in Naivasha feeds dairy cattle with hay amid an increase in prices of livestock…
Investments Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui.[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] The government has defended a substantial increase in a mandatory…
Local and international tourists enjoy at the Muzima springs and and Shetani Lava memorial sites at Tsavo west National…
Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) Chief Executive Geoffrey Monari. [File, Standard] Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) Chief Executive Geoffrey…
CBK’s Monetary Policy Committee says the base lending rate reduction was underpinned by a favourable inflation outlook. [File, Standard] Borrowers…
Amsons Group MD Edha Nahdi and Bamburi Cement CEO Mohit Kapoor (right) when they announced the integration kickoff. [File, Standard]…
KCB Bank CEO Paul Russo during a past investor briefing. [File, Standard] The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and KCB…
Participants and organisers of the upcoming Cardano Africa Tech Summit (CAT26) during an interactive session in Nairobi on December 10,…
Standard Digital’s Threads official page as seen in this photo captured on July 6, 2023.[File, Standard] Mobile technology and increasing…
Principal Secretary for Investment and Industry, Dr. Juma Mukhwana, and Swedish Ambassador to Kenya, Håkan Åkesson, during the official opening…
Pension Fund. [Courtesy/GettyImages] For a sector whose assets under management will soon be hitting Sh3 trillion, one intriguing question emerges…
Tourists in the Amsterdam square. [File, Standard] Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Berlin in Germany, London in the United Kingdom, Hong…
Treasury CS John Mbadi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] The National Treasury has defended its plans to sell a 15 per cent…
Trucks snarl up in Malaba border, Busia County. [File, Standard] The Northern Transport Corridor has for years been viewed as…
Korea Marine Transport Container (KMTC) Shipping Line’s vessel christened MV KMTC Hochmihn docking at Berth 22 at the Port of…
A beautifully designed and furnished lounge. [Courtesy, GettyImages] When a potential homebuyer walks into a showhouse today, the decision to…
CBK Governor Dr Kamau Thugge during the launch of the Chora Plan financial literacy campaign. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] Kenya will…
Abubakar Hassan, PS for Investment Promotion, speaks at the Africa Investment Conference 2025. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] The need to unlock…
Environment CS Deborah Barasa and PS Festus Ng’eno after a meeting with the Saudi delegation led by Dr Khaled Asfaham…
KTDA Chairman Chege Kirundi during an interview at Majani Plaza along Koinange Street on March 19, 2025. [Standard, Kanyiri Wahito]…
A coffee farmer sorts out coffee berries at Dedan Kimathi University of Science and Technology in Nyeri, on October 3,…
Workers use tea picking machine on a tea farm in Nandi Hills. [File, Standard] Kenyan tea weighing 48.8 million kgs…
Investment Promotion PS Abubakar Hassan says a policy and Bill have been developed to strengthen, not diminish, the role of…
In today’s age of chatboxes, ChatGPT and agentic artificial intelligence (AI), there is a major looming fear among business leaders and the…
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi. [Screen grab] National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has revealed that Kenya can no…
Cabinet Secretary for Trade Lee Kinyanjui speaking at the event on Dec 9, 2025. [Graham Kajilwa, Standard] The government announced…
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa addresses participants during 2025 sustainable business report launch. [File, Standard] Safaricom said on Tuesday evening its…
Hustler hawking chicken baskets in Kakamega town on May 19,2024. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] Unlock the Full Story — Join Thousands…
In customer experience leadership, it is easy to get swept up in the urgency of daily operations—handling complaints, fixing broken…
Protestors during the anti-Finance Bill protests at Kondele Roundabout in Kisumu. [File, Standard] Kenya is targeting fairer taxation; however, it…
A grocery business in Nairobi West on Sunday, April 05 2020. The ongoing countrywide COVID-19 curfew has rendered scores jobless…
CBK Governor Dr. Kamau Thugge before the National Assembly’s Committee on Finance and National Planning in regards to the implementation of Central…
Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui and Isuzu East Africa MD Rita Kavashe during Isuzu EA Plant Tour Visit and Parts and…
CBK Governor Dr. Kamau Thugge before the National Assembly’s Committee on Finance and National Planning in regards to the implementation of Central…
Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo during the launch of the rebranded Public Benefit Organisations Regulatory Authority and website in Nairobi,…
Kebs Managing Director Esther Ngari addresses participants during the sixth Annual Management Representatives and Auditors Conference in Mombasa. [Bernard Orwongo,…
Kiambere Dam spillway on the Seven Forks cascade, on May 2, 2024. The Seven Forks hydro power project has served…
ACEK President Jane Mutulili presents an award to Eng Runji Ngware, former ACEK chairman, during the annual dinner in Nairobi.…
Mrima Hills in Kwale County are believed to contain rare-earth minerals. [File, Standard] A US-backed consortium has proposed a value…
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi before the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning at Bunge Towers, Nairobi, on November…
Farmers pick tea. MPs claim that some tea factories were paying farmers lower bonuses. [File, Standard] The National Assembly now…
Tax compliance is the fundamental pillar of a country’s healthy business environment and national development. When individuals and businesses file…
Tourism and Wildlife CS Rebecca Miano (third right), Laikipia artist Lentir Maso and Susan Nookisho during Lkereti album launch in…
East African Portland Cement Company. [File, Standard] MPs have moved to block the controversial off-market share sale that would have…
Subomi Olajide, Executive Director at Cede, Bonface Isinta Ombui, CEO of Choice Microfinance Bank, Akin Afolabi, CEO and Co-Founder of…
One of the tea farms in Mathioya, Murang’a. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard] The tea market fetched Sh1.1 billion last week after…
Rukuriri tea factory in Embu county. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard] A task force instituted to establish the cause of the disparity…
Kenya Power staff at work. The national electricity connectivity and access have risen to about 75 per cent in the…
Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui and Isuzu East Africa MD Rita Kavashe during Isuzu EA Plant Tour Visit and Parts and…
Kwale International Sugar Company Ltd on February 7, 2019. [File, Standard] The High Court has ordered the government to pay…
NCBA’s Nelly Wainaina addreses guests during the NCBA x HEVA Fund MOU Signing, Creative Economy Summit & Elev8 LIVE Album…
Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant in Naivasha, Plans are at an advanced stage to connect the new geothermal power plant with…
Mrs Kasendi Mutinda collects eggs at her chicken farm in Ngengeka village, Kitui county. The farmer rears over 500 layers…
Central Bank Of Kenya(CBK) on Haile Selasie Avenue in Nairobi.[Wilbrforce Okwiri,Standard] The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) plans to slash the cost…
Electric motorbike riders have moved to court, in a standoff with the American-based taxi-hailing company Uber B.V., over bonuses. Uncover…
The queen of Christmas, her royal merriness Mariah Carey, has declared it is time! Arguably, the most expensive time…
The queen of Christmas, her royal merriness Mariah Carey, has declared it is time! Arguably, the most expensive time…
Stella Massawe, Senior Specialist, Policy and State Capability, E&SA, AGRA making her remarks during EAYASA 25 Expo. [File, Courtesy] Young…
John Mbadi Cabinet Secretary The National Treasury and Economic Planning speaking during 2025/2026 Deloitte Kenya National Budget Analysis. [Wilberforce Okwiri,…
Chinese Airmas team Kenya during the launch on December 3, 2025./HANDOUTChinese electronics manufacturer Airmars has officially launched its operations in…
A new report shows that 0.1 per cent of wealthy Kenyans each own an average of 200 hectares. [File, Standard]…
Treasury CS John Mbadi and Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub sign a long-term partnership to sale 15 per cent stake…
Treasury CS John Mbadi and Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub after signing a long-term partnership to sale 15 per cent…
President William Ruto and Devki Group Chairman Narendra Raval during the commissioning of the Sh11 billion Devki Iron Ore Pelletisation…
mTek Chief Executive Bente Krogmann says joining the Bolttech family marks an exciting next chapter for the insurance platform. [File,…
Treasury CS John Mbadi and Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub sign a long-term partnership to sale 15 per cent stake…
A new report shows that 0.1 per cent of wealthy Kenyans each own an average of 200 hectares. [File, Standard]…
Pan-African Energy and manufacturing business conglomerate, Amsons Group, has sealed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire a further 27…
Gulf African Bank (GAB) along Kenyatta avenue, Nairobi. [File, Standard] Gulf African Bank has unveiled a specialised financing solution for…
Abi Taylor, Innovation Lead at the Judith Neilson Foundation addressing participants at IDIA Summit. [File, Standard] A global multi-sectoral network…
Commercial banks are planning to intensify property seizures and recovery efforts, a newly released Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) survey…
Vivo Energy Kenya Managing Director Peter Murungi and Safaricom Chief Consumer Business Officer Fawzia Kimathi during the Shell fuel deal…