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Safaricom has announced the final five winners of Ksh 1 million each in its Shangwe @25 nationwide consumer promotion, bringing the total number of millionaires created through the campaign to 25. The last winners are Quinter Akinyi…
Kenya is lining up investment deals worth more than $2 billion (Ksh 257.9 billion) in the first quarter of 2026 as the government moves to sharply raise Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in the short term. The target follows a strong…
EPRA has quietly hit the reset button on how power projects will make money, and it comes right after Parliament reopened the door to new electricity deals. In gazette notices, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority revoked three…
KenGen (Kenya Electricity Generating Company) is set to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting on February 12th 2026, to seek approval from shareholders for the listed firm to amend sections of its corporate governance statutes. The listed…
Nairobi’s land market continued to register strong prices at the end of 2025, with some of the city’s most expensive neighbourhoods showing steady growth as demand from affluent buyers remains high. According to the latest HassConsult Land…
Kenya has received a lift in its international financial standing. On January 27, 2026, global credit agency Moody’s upgraded the country’s sovereign credit rating from B3 to Caa1, noting that the risk of Kenya defaulting on its debt in…
McLaren Racing and Schneider Electric have announced that Schneider Electric is the Official Energy Technology Partner of McLaren Racing, including the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team, the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team, McLaren F1 Academy,…
In the arid stretches of rural Kenya, where dust hangs heavy in the air and the sun shows little mercy, a child’s school day often begins not with a textbook, but with a jerry can. For millions of learners, the absence of reliable water in…
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Kenya’s local and foreign currency long-term issuer ratings to B3 from Caa1 and revised the outlook to stable from positive, citing a significant reduction in the country’s near-term default risk and improved…
The M-Pesa Foundation has completed a Ksh 69 million school upgrade at Mumbi Primary School in Nyandarua County, delivering new classrooms and modern learning facilities in a move that signals growing private sector investment in education…
The Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening Kenya’s food security, describing it as a critical pillar of national stability and self-reliance. Speaking on the ongoing revitalisation of the Galana–Kulalu Irrigation Scheme,…
At least 34 per cent of Kenyan women have experienced physical violence since the age of 15, underscoring the scale of gender-based violence (GBV) facing the country, a new national report on GBV and femicide has shown. The findings are…
Superior Homes Kenya has joined a growing list of developers putting serious money into Ruiru, Kiambu County, underscoring how Nairobi’s housing pressure is reshaping real estate investment beyond the capital. The developer has kicked off…
Esther Jepkemboi Koimett, a career hard-nosed civil servant, has been appointed by the Kenya Airways Board of Directors as a non-executive director of the airline, representing interests of KQ Lenders Company. This appointment takes effect…
Absa NewGold ETF, listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) with a market capitalization of KSh 2.37 Billion, is the new attraction at the bourse, thanks to global tensions fuelled largely by an aggressive US President Donald Trump.…
CFAO Mobility Kenya has handed over 32 Sinotruk-NX prime movers to Africa Global Logistics (AGL), strengthening a partnership that has lasted for over 10 years. The trucks are set to support AGL’s logistics operations across Kenya and the…
A discussion on Singapore during the Kimuri Show on Inooro TV has ignited a broader national conversation on whether Kenya, both as a country and as a people, is truly ready for the level of development often associated with the Asian…
The HSBC SVNS returns to Nyayo National Stadium on February 14 and 15, 2026, bringing with it world-class rugby, music, colour and a festival atmosphere that goes far beyond the pitch. For couples, the tournament offers the perfect blend…
Kenya’s push to grow its industrial sector and attract new investors is being slowed down by delayed payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds running into billions of shillings, Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui has said. Kinyanjui…
Kenya is preparing for a major shift in how it feeds itself, with the government planning to rely less on rainfall and more on stored water to grow food. The State Department for Irrigation has outlined plans to construct at least six mega…
Tower Deposit-Taking SACCO, headquartered in Ol Kalou, Nyandarua County, and ranked the 5th largest in Kenya with a balance sheet size worth KSh 34.6 billion is among the first to hold its Annual General Meeting(AGM) as the 2026 season,…
East African Portland Cement(EAPC), the owner of Blue Triangle Cement Brand, has unveiled a KSh 25.8 Billion expansion project as Kalahari Cement, the new investor in the listed cement manufacturing plant, puts in place the long awaited…
Central Bank of Kenya(CBK), the state fiscal agent is seeking to raise KSh 50 billion through the sale of a 15-year Treasury Bond and a 25-year Treasury Bond. According to the Central Bank of Kenya prospectus, the two debt instruments have…
KQ is the subject of fierce competition between Temasek Holdings, state investors from Singapore and Qatar Airways, an airline that is owned by the Qatar Government. The two state-owned agencies are seeking to secure a deal with Kenya’s…
