Latest business stories from across Kenya.
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has proposed changes to the licensing of alarm response systems that use mobile networks to transmit emergency signals. In a notice issued on September 15, 2026, the Authority said technological…
Nairobi County is seeking to recover Ksh 2.7 billion in unpaid land rates from national government ministries as City Hall steps up efforts to increase its own-source revenue. Governor Johnson Sakaja disclosed the amount while appearing…
Nairobi County has intensified preparations for the expected El Niño rains, with Governor Johnson Sakaja directing different government agencies to coordinate their efforts and address areas that could be affected by flooding. Sakaja…
Kenya is set to tighten control over the gold trade as the government moves to stop the export of unprocessed gold and push for more mineral refining within the country. President William Ruto announced the plan on Monday, September 14,…
Kenya’s foreign exchange reserves rose by about $370 million to $15.25 billion on September 10, reversing three consecutive weeks of declines, according to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). The reserves increased from $14.88 billion…
A packaging team sends a small box of carefully selected containers to an equipment supplier. The samples look consistent and travel smoothly through an early feeder trial. Months later, production receives another batch with slightly…
American companies have announced investment commitments worth more than Ksh 77.5 billion in Kenya, with projects expected to be rolled out over the next year. The commitments were announced at the AmCham Business Summit 2026 in Nairobi…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has reported a sharp increase in the country’s foreign exchange reserves, reversing a three-week decline and strengthening Kenya’s ability to pay for imports and support the shilling. Latest CBK data shows…
The reserves, up from 14.88 billion dollars on Sept. 3, now cover 6.3 months of imports, compared with 6.1 months a week earlier, the central bank said in its weekly bulletin released Friday.
Airtel Africa is winding up Airtel Kenya Telesonic, its wholesale fibre unit, after two years with no revenue at all.
NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 14 – The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority has retained fuel prices unchanged for the next 30 days. In it’s monthly review, in Nairobi, Super Petrol will…
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has retained the maximum retail prices of Super Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene for the September-October pricing cycle. The prices will remain unchanged from September 15 to October 14,…
Munjuri is accused of stealing the funds on diverse dates between January 2, 2025, and June 7, 2025.
Kenyan startup Twiga Foods is under administration after raising $185.4 million. An administrator now runs GT Flow Limited, formerly Twiga Foods One.
The US dollar remained below the Ksh130 mark against the Kenya shilling on Monday, extending a trend that has persisted for months despite rising global oil prices and renewed uncertainty in international markets. Central Bank of Kenya…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 14 – From cameras that detect violations to systems that understand how a city moves, China is demonstrating what happens when transport data is treated as urban…
Kenya has become one of the clearest places to understand CapitalPay International’s business direction, since the company lists its headquarters in Nairobi and has been publicly linked with projects involving freight forwarding, container…
Binance Director of Government Relations and Strategy for Africa Larry Cooke said the continent’s experience with mobile money and other digital technologies provides a foundation for businesses to adopt AI agents quickly where there are…
Across Africa, the most consequential uses of AI do not look like a chatbot. They look like a forecast that warns a nutrition team months before a crisis, a satellite map that shows a planner how land use is changing, a drought assessment…
Parliament wants the investment policy for Kenya’s KES 340 billion National Infrastructure Fund rewritten before the first projects get money.
Co-op Bank’s ELA gives women a 0.5% rate discount, a maternity repayment break and unsecured loans to KES 10 million
Safaricom Ethiopia passed 15 million subscribers, but its network build has flattened and breakeven is still targeted for March 2027.
The utility firm is constructing a 66/11kV Lodwar substation and a 90-kilometre 66kV transmission line between Lokichar and Lodwar to connect the town and surrounding areas to the national grid.
By Kevin Mutiso NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 14 – This week I moderate a panel at the National Credit Market Convention in Naivasha. The topic is AI in credit scoring. The…
