Latest analysis stories from across Kenya.
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya(SCBK) has moved from Central Bank of Kenya(CBKs) Large Peer Group to the Medium Peer Group in 2025. SCBK market-size index fell to 4.5% from 5.4%, with its ranking moving from 8th to 9th. The shift reflects a…
KCB Bank Kenya widened its lead over Equity Bank Kenya to 5.5 percentage points in 2025 — the widest gap in CBK’s market-size series since at least 2012. KCB’s weighted market share rose to 17.3% from 16.6%, while Equity’s declined to…
The Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio measures how much investors are paying for each shilling of a company’s earnings. Formula: P/E = Share Price ÷ Earnings Per Share (EPS). For example, if a share trades at KSh 50 and earns KSh 5 per share,…
NSE (Nairobi Securities Exchange) closed in the red last week with the key NASI, N10, NSE 20 and NSE 25 Share Indices declining by 2.5%, 3.3%, 4.1% and 3.4% respectively. This is compared to a slide of 4.1%, 4%, 3.6% and 3.5% respectively…
President William Ruto has come out strongly to defend Competency Based Education (CBE) even as stakeholders say there is need for clarity interms of transition. CBC replaced the old 8-4-4 system with first cohort set to enter university…
Kenya Power delivered another successful year, with Net Profit rising by KSh 522 Million to KSh 24.9 Billion, a headline 2.1% growth. When trading ended at the Nairobi Securities Exchange this Friday 18th September 2026, Kenya Power share…
The NSE (Nairobi Securities Exchange) lost KSh 139.63 Billion in market capitalization this Wednesday, the largest single-day loss on record. But this sell off or market correction is not new to the NSE. Available data shows several…
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…
