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The High Court has declined to stop Diageo from proceeding with the sale of its stake in East African Breweries PLC (EABL) to Asahi. This follows an application by Bia Tosha seeking to restrain Diageo from disposing of its Ksh303.6 billion…
More than 20 counties are set to send junior players to Laikipia this weekend for a two-day badminton tournament that organizers say is designed to strengthen Kenya’s talent pipeline as the country sharpens its international ambitions. The…
Eight years after it was placed under administration, ARM Cement Limited is preparing to formally close its business as liquidators work to resolve outstanding obligations and disputes. In their latest report to creditors, joint…
British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya has reported strong financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025, despite illegal cigarettes continuing to hurt its domestic sales. The company’s board has proposed a total dividend payout of…
Stanbic Bank Kenya’s China Desk is helping businesses navigate the complexities of operating between the two markets.
NCBA convened over 100 Nairobi-based Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) traders for financial literacy meeting as it seeks to strengthen business resilience, unlock growth and deepen access to financial solutions.
Technology firm Digitax has launched a system that enables micro, small and mediumsized enterprises (MSMEs) as well as large enterprises to obtain instant, tax-compliant invoices through the government’s electronic Tax Invoice Management…
A Nairobi man is celebrating a life-changing windfall after turning a modest Ksh40 bet into Ksh500,000 while playing Aviator on Chezagame. The winner, identified as Teddy Kiti, chose to conceal his identity during the cheque presentation…
An internal report prepared for the Ministry of Interior in January 2026 has concluded that political violence in Kenya is largely organised and enabled by political actors rather than being spontaneous. The document seen by Business Today…
In Lagos, a physician is reframing the stethoscope for the scroll. In Nairobi and Cape Town, home kitchens double as global test labs for fusion cuisine. And in Johannesburg, a modest-fashion startup is scaling at the speed of a swipe.…
The Aviator crash game on SportPesa Kenya has once again delivered a story worth the headlines.
Kenya’s ecommerce space is expanding at a pace that has caught the attention of industry observers. Available data shows that revenues in Kenya’s e-commerce market reached US$762m in 2024, with projections showing an annual growth rate of…
It’s time to cross the Atlantic for London Fashion Week, where heritage heavyweights and rising stars converge for fall 2026. The city’s storied houses—Burberry, Erdem, and Simone Rocha—return to the spotlight alongside a new generation of…
As Milan Fashion Week opened this week, anti-fur activists escalated pressure on Italy’s fashion establishment, staging daily protests and targeting one of the event’s most prominent holdouts: Fendi. Demonstrators gathered outside Fendi’s…
Pesalink, Kenya’s most advanced instant payment network, has partnered with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to ease cross-border payment and speed up regional financial integration. The Pesalink-PAOSS partnership…
Young adults in sub-Saharan Africa are outperforming their peers in wealthier nations on measures of mental well-being, even as a broader global decline deepens among younger generations, according to a new report from Sapien Labs. The…
This technology will facilitate the unique identification of each patient, even in the absence of documentation, leading to faster access to medical records and reducing the likelihood of duplicate registrations among undocumented patients.
The National Treasury has intensified efforts to regulate digital lenders and protect Kenyans from exploitation in the fast-growing credit market. Appearing before the Senate, Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic…
A leadership change is coming at APA Apollo Group, marking the end of one era and the start of another. The insurance and financial services firm has announced that Risper Ohaga will take over as Group Chief Executive Officer on July 1,…
A total of 579 people have been killed in mob justice incidents across the country since January 2025, according to a statement tabled in the Senate by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen. In response to a question by Kisumu…
Kenya is positioning itself at the center of Africa’s digital infrastructure push after hosting more than 250 delegates from over 30 countries at the inaugural Domain Summit Africa in Nairobi. The conference, convened by Kenya Network…
Nairobi County may be the country’s economic hub, but when it comes to creating jobs, it is falling behind many other counties This is according to a February 2026 report by the Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat. The report ranks counties…
Kenya has been ranked Africa’s second-most innovation-ready nation, according to the 2026 Innovators Business Environment Index (IBEI) by global research platform StartupBlink. The report highlights Nairobi as a rising hub for startups and…
Kenya’s digital payments success story is entering a new chapter, with industry leaders now shifting attention from mobile money growth to the strength of the systems powering transactions behind the scenes. At a Nairobi media roundtable…
