Capital Business

23 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 23 – Two men have been arrested in Kisumu after being found with stolen electricity equipment valued at over Sh3 million…

23 Sep 2025 - SEPT 23 – Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has confirmed that production in its factories will remain suspended until next month at the earliest. The business…

23 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 23 – Standard Chartered Bank Kenya says it is engaging with former staff pensioners who were not part of a Supreme Court ruling…

23 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 23 – The National Environment Management Authority (Nema) has warned individuals and firms against the illegal trade in plastic…

23 Sep 2025 - SEPT 23 – The UK is forecast to see the highest rate of inflation of the world’s seven richest nations this year, according to an influential global…

23 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 23 – The Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) has issued a seven-day strike notice to the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), accusing…

23 Sep 2025 - SEPT 23 – US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the US is “ready to do what is needed” to help stabilise Argentina’s escalating financial…

23 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 23 – Ride-hailing firm Bolt has launched Bolt Send, a parcel delivery service that allows customers to request deliveries…

23 Sep 2025 - SEPT 22 – US tech giant Nvidia will invest up to $100bn (£73bn) in OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, the companies have announced. Nvidia said it will…

23 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 12 – The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has licensed four new players in a move aimed at expanding the country’s…

23 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22 – The government is banking on partnerships with the private sector to grow Kenya’s creative and digital economy as…

23 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 23 – Kenyan courier operators handled 3.06 million domestic parcels between April and June this year (Q4), an improvement from 2…

23 Sep 2025 - SEPT 23 – Porsche’s stock tumbled by more than 7% on Monday after warning last week that delays in its electric vehicle (EV) rollout will dent the…

22 Sep 2025 - SEPT 22 – TikTok’s algorithm – the technology that determines what users see in their feed – will be copied and retrained using US user data as part…

22 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22 – Diamond Trust Bank Kenya (DTK) has accepted an offer from a consortium of investors to acquire its 83.67 percent stake in…

22 Sep 2025 - SEPT 22 – Starting Monday, the daily economic burdens of millions of Indians could ease slightly. Staples like milk and bread, life and medical…

22 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22 – The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has ordered banks to comply with new guidelines on cyber security that mandate…

22 Sep 2025 - SEPT 22 – The EU’s cyber security agency says criminals are using ransomware to cause chaos in airports around the world. Several of Europe’s busiest…

22 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22 – A group of former Standard Chartered Bank Kenya employees are demanding equal treatment in the ongoing pension dispute…

22 Sep 2025 - SEPT 22 – Australian officials have promised telecommunications giant Optus will face “significant consequences” over a systems outage linked to…

22 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22 – Starlink, a satellite internet firm owned by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, added 359 new customers in Kenya in…

22 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22 – Craft Silicon has launched TouristTap, a mobile app that turns any NFC-enabled smartphone into a secure point-of-…

22 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 2 – Private hospitals under the Rural & Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) have halted Social Health…

22 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22 – Improved surveillance helped Kenya detect 4.6 billion cyber threats between April and June this year, new data from…

22 Sep 2025 - SEPT 22 – With conflict continuing in Ukraine and the Middle East, a little-explored global industry has never been more in demand – the war risk…

22 Sep 2025 - SEPT 22 – Panic, confusion and then a hasty White House climbdown – it was a weekend of whiplash for hundreds of thousands of Indians on H-1B visas.…

22 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22 – The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced that, effective 1 December 2025, teachers will shift from the Minet-…

22 Sep 2025 - SEPT 22 – Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan are expected to be part of a group of investors trying to buy TikTok in the US, President Donald Trump…

22 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22 – Environmental groups and residents in Meru County are up in arms over alleged government plans to excise 50 acres from…

21 Sep 2025 - SEPT 21 – Rohan Mehta – not his real name – spent over $8,000 (£5,900) on flights in his scramble to get back to the US ahead of a deadline that…

21 Sep 2025 - WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — The White House said on Saturday that the new 100,000-U.S.-dollar fee for H-1B visas will not apply to current…

21 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 21 – BrighterMonday Kenya, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has rolled out an initiative to boost job…

21 Sep 2025 - SEPT 21 – The White House has announced that US companies will now control TikTok’s algorithm and Americans will hold six of seven board seats for…

21 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 19 – The Ministry of Health has raised concern over the spread of tobacco and nicotine products across the country, warning of…

20 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 20 – Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has directed the Social Health Authority (SHA) Board to contract overseas medical…

20 Sep 2025 - SEPT 20 – The Indian government has said a new $100,000 (£74,000) fee for applicants seeking US skilled worker visas will have “humanitarian…

20 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 20 – Safaricom has completed the largest upgrade of its M-Pesa platform since 2015, boosting processing capacity from 4,500 to 6…

20 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 20 – Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano has underscored the government’s Affordable Housing Programme as a…

20 Sep 2025 - SEPT 20 – A US federal judge has struck down Donald Trump’s $15bn defamation lawsuit against the New York Times newspaper, citing issues with its…

20 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 20 – Local Payment Service Provider, Virtual Pay International, has become the first Kenyan player in the online payments sector…

20 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 20 – Kenya has long been known as a centre of athletic excellence, with some of the world’s best ever long and middle-distance…

20 Sep 2025 - SEPT 20 – US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will add a $100,000 (£74,000) fee for applicants to the H-1B visa programme…

20 Sep 2025 - SEPT 20 – US President Donald Trump has said that he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping approved a deal on the future of TikTok’s US operations…

20 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 20 – The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) has appointed Kipkemoi Kibias as acting managing director and chief…

19 Sep 2025 - Abu Dhabi, UAE – Sep 18: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced that the Central Banks of India and the UAE are moving forward with…

19 Sep 2025 - KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — Malaysia is shaping human-centered artificial intelligence (AI) cities through four landmark collaborations,…

19 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 19 – President William Ruto has directed county governments to immediately place all Universal Health Coverage (UHC)…

19 Sep 2025 - WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday proposed the appointment of…

19 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 19 – Kenya has been re-elected for a four-year term to the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union…

19 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 19 – High-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) in Kenya are showing a growing appetite for passion-driven investments, with art,…