Latest analysis stories from across Kenya.
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya(SCBK) Plc has launched a new platform that will enable sophisticated Kenya investors access to professionally managed global investment strategies through a single platform. This platform has been approved by…
Safaricom sale of Government’s 15% stake to Vodacom now heads to the Court of Appeal, according to National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, who insists that all the required procedures were followed in executing the transaction. The…
Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) will soon benefit from a new way to trade at the stock exchange, including ability to make money even in a bear market when shares prices are falling. This is as soon as FourFront…
KenGen (Kenya Electricity Generating Company) Plc reported a net profit of KSh 10.35 billion for the financial year ended 30th June 2026, a 1.2% drop from KSh 10.3 billion in 2025. The listed power generator also saw its balance sheet…
Kenya Airways(KQ) Share prices barely blinked at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE), even as news filtered into the market concerning the sudden resignation of the airline’s Acting CEO George Kamal. Kamal, who has been the airline’s…
When President William Ruto took office four years ago, he placed irrigation and water storage at the centre of his food security agenda, promising to reduce Kenya’s heavy dependence on increasingly unreliable rainfall. Since then, the…
How does a continent finance its development without turning to the very borrowing that is choking it? It is the question African governments have dodged for decades. Dumelang Saleshando Leader of Opposition, Maun North Member of…
KUSCCO has made the final journey in its corporate life and now lies buried. The epitaph on the tombstone reads something like this:- Here lies KUSCCO Born on 1973-2026. Born to Unite SACCOs, died dividing their billions. KSh13 billion…
Four years into President William Ruto’s administration, farmers across Kenya’s major agricultural value chains are beginning to see changes in prices, payment systems and market access, although the benefits remain uneven. Data covering…
Affordable housing, one of President William Ruto’s key promises during the 2022 presidential campaign, has evolved into one of his administration’s flagship programmes, with the government positioning it as both a homeownership initiative…
The opposition is gearing closer to the unity but even as its principals signed an agreement to work together this week, one of the coalition’s most prominent figures was pursuing his own political agenda. The United Alternative Government…
Car & General (K) Limited was the day’s top price loser when trading ended at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) Monday 24th August, the counter shedding 9.95% to close at KSh 337.00. When the bourse closed trading last week, Car&…
Diamond Trust Bank(DTB), a regional player with 130 branches spread across in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda- delivered a strong first-half performance, with net profit increasing by 35.8% to KSh 7.3 billion. The lender recorded healthy growth…
The weekend gathering in Kitale to mark the 23rd anniversary of the death of former Vice-President Michael Kijana Wamalwa more than a Wamalwa memorial.
Dividend cheques have been streaming into the accounts of local and foreign shareholders of listed firms, with those owning a piece of blue chip companies at the now bullish Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE), smiling all the way to the…
Now the opposition faces the same old question of unity ahead of 2027: can it finally break the jinx and rally behind one candidate? The logic is compelling but this may be the most difficult political bargain yet.
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya(SCBK) saw its half-year net profit drop 16.8% to KSh 6.7 billion as falling interest rates squeezed core Interest Income, which fell 17.55 to KSh 14.2 billion. Financial Statements Highlights Net Profit: KSh…
Liberty Kenya Group Holdings Unaudited Financial Statements for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2026 shows that the listed underwriter posted a 11.2% drop in net earnings to KSh 231.00million. The company recorded a 42.5% drop in half-year…
Family Bank, the new kid on the banking block at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE), recorded strong earnings in the first six months of 2026, its net earnings up 62% to KSh 3.7 billion. The lender also posted improved returns with a…
Sanlam Allianz Holdings(Kenya)PLC, a listed underwriter and non-banking financial institution, delivered a mixed performance in the six months’ period ended 30th June 2026. While total comprehensive profit rose 302.6% to KSh124.6 million,…
Car&General(K) Limited, a listed automotive firm, has posted a 308.8% rise in half–year 2026 earnings, the strong profitability driven by performance of its Watu subsidiary, firm motorcycle volumes and lower finance costs. The firm has…
KCB (Kenya Commercial Bank) Group, a leading Kenyan regional lender with subsidiaries in Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Burundi saw its Half-Year Net Profit grow 14% to KSh 36.9 billion at the…
Special Funds is the new catchword in investment circles as the players in this segment fall over each other to attract the attention of investors with such new funds. Britam is the latest entrant with its recent launch of the Kenya…
ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds. An Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is an investment vehicle that pools investors’ money and uses it to acquire a portfolio of underlying assets. These assets may include equities, government securities, corporate…
