Latest business stories from across Kenya.
Safaricom has announced an exciting new promotion for new customers looking to connect to its high-speed Home Fibre service. The telecommunications giant is offering a 25% discount on its four most popular packages for the month of…
Vision Plus consumer electronics and appliances has become the first-ever locally manufactured LED TVs plant in Kenya’s Special Economic Zones. The assembly plant, with a capacity to produce at least 200,000 sets annually, has been built…
SportPesa has officially been crowned Kenya’s No.1 betting brand after earning the coveted Five-Star Award at the 2025 Excellent Brands Awards, held at Villa Rosa Kempinski, Nairobi.
The Hub Karen Mall has welcomed its newest retail anchor as Chinese menswear powerhouse Helian Fashion Brands (HLA Group) officially launches its first store in Kenya, marking the brand’s bold entry into the African market. Located on the…
Safaricom has today held its first ever gaming conference at the Michael Joseph Centre, located at its headquarters in Nairobi. The forum themed Level Up Africa: Unlocking Gaming Potential in Africa explored how gaming is shaping the…
The digital lending sector in Kenya has undergone a significant transformation, driven by the Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) efforts to regulate what was once a largely unrestricted market. The licensing of Digital Credit Providers (DCPs)…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has licensed an additional 27 Digital Credit Providers (DCPs), bringing the total number of licensed providers to 153. This follows the licensing of 41 DCPs in June 2025 and is part of the ongoing effort to…
Tanzanian fintech company NALA has officially entered the Kenyan market, a move made possible through a strategic partnership with Equity Bank and the instant payment utility Pesalink. This collaboration is a direct effort to tap into…
Sun King has unveiled a new logo and brand identity. This refresh marks a milestone in the company’s evolution, reflecting its expanded range of products that now includes not only solar home systems but also solar inverters and…
Visa has announced the launch of Visa Pay, an innovative mobile solution designed to expand access to digital payments and money transfers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Visa Pay is a secure and interoperable platform that…
Organizations are being challenged to rethink their talent strategies and build resilient workforces in the face of rapid disruption from artificial intelligence (AI) and changing employee expectations. This was the central theme at the HR…
AGRA has announced the winners of the 2025 Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards (WAYA Awards) during the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum) held in Dakar, Senegal. The WAYA awards celebrate the remarkable achievements of women leaders…
The Hub Karen has announced the grand opening of HLA, a leading international men’s fashion brand. Located on the mall’s upper ground floor, the new store brings its globally recognized, stylish, and accessible menswear collections to the…
Eskimi has launched DeepContext, an AI-powered solution designed to revolutionize contextual advertising for brands in Kenya and beyond. The new tool allows advertisers to build and activate highly specific brand strategies by…
Indus Towers, India’s leading provider of passive telecom infrastructure, has announced a major strategic move to expand its business into international markets. The company’s Board of Directors has approved a plan to enter select African…
LG Electronics and its local distributor, Opalnet Ltd, have hosted a seminar to empower Kenya’s commercial laundry sector. The sector has seen a 25% surge in demand over the last three years. The event, held in Nairobi, brought together 60…
The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has received two awards at the 3rd Annual Supply Chain & Logistics Summit and Awards, East Africa. The hospital’s outstanding contributions to healthcare supply chain and logistics were recognized…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat have announced the full program and speaker lineup for the Intra-African Trade Fair…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has stopped a major tax fraud scheme that would have denied the country Ksh123 million in revenue. In a statement released by KRA, the fraud involved 161 containers of rice that had been irregularly…
Isuzu East Africa (Isuzu EA) celebrated its 50th anniversary with a grand “Golden Jubilee” event. The celebration, held at the company’s Nairobi Assembly Plant, was headlined by a symbolic Time Capsule Ceremony, designed to preserve the…
The Central Bank of Kenya has licensed 27 more Digital Credit Providers, raising the total number of approved lenders in the country to 153. The announcement, made on Thursday, September 4, 2025, comes only three months after 41 firms were…
The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NSE) weekly auction recorded sales of 14,319 bags, weighing 885,991 kilograms, totalling US$ 7,273,699 (Ksh 938 million), a 45% increase compared to activity at the previous auction.
Indus Towers Limited has approved plans to expand into Africa, with its initial entry focused on Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia. The move was cleared at a board meeting held earlier this week as the company seeks new growth opportunities…
The 8th Kenya International Industrial Expo (KIIE) kicked off in Nairobi on Thursday with the key boost to Kenya–China trade cooperation following the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Kenyan National Chamber of…
