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12 Sep 2025 - SEPT 12 – Seven technology companies are being probed by a US regulator over the way their artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots interact with…

12 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 12 – The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has released a revised draft of the Wildlife Conservation and Management (Access and…

12 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 12 – Uasin Gishu County has received 548 digital devices for 131 public health facilities in a government-backed initiative…

12 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 11– Critical watersheds in Nairobi and surrounding communities are set for restoration following a $1.65 million investment by…

12 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 12 – Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has moved to settle a long-running Sh7 billion pension dispute involving 629 former employees…

12 Sep 2025 - SEPT 12 – The UK economy failed to grow in July, according to the latest official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the economy…

12 Sep 2025 - SEPT 12 – More than 300 South Koreans who were detained in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the US state of Georgia have arrived…

12 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 12 — The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has approved a new tool to streamline the way financial institutions share credit…

12 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 12 – Kenya is seeking a stronger foothold in the global macadamia trade after showcasing the crop at Expo 2025 Osaka,…

12 Sep 2025 - SEPT 12 – US inflation rose in August at the fastest pace since the beginning of the year ahead of a key Federal Reserve meeting where it will decide…

11 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 11 – President William Ruto has handed over to the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) Sh2.65 billion recovered from…

11 Sep 2025 - SEPT 11 – US space agency Nasa has blocked Chinese citizens with valid US visas from its facilities – a move that effectively bars them from working…

11 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 11 – United Bank for Africa (UBA) has committed $150 million (Sh20.5 billion) to Kenya’s Roads Levy Securitisation Programme,…

11 Sep 2025 - SEPT 11 – US pharmaceutical giant Merck is scrapping a planned £1bn expansion of its UK operations, saying the government is not investing enough in…

11 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 11 – Tourism Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano has defended the proposed upward revision of entry fees in Kenya’s national…

11 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 11 – Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs) have been urged to adopt sustainability reporting to improve climate…

11 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 10 – Mantrac Kenya, the authorised dealer of Caterpillar equipment, has announced plans to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI…

11 Sep 2025 - ACCRA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) said Wednesday that the country’s economy expanded by 6.3 percent in the second…

11 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 11 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has made changes to its senior leadership with the appointment of Doreen Mbingi…

11 Sep 2025 - STRASBOURG, France, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the European Union (EU) is preparing a…

11 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 11 – At least 3.5 million Kenyans are employed in the tourism sector, with the majority being young people under 35 years…

11 Sep 2025 - SEPT 11 – South Korean companies will be “very hesitant” about investing in the US following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the…

11 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 11 – Nigeria’s Ralph Opara has been appointed the new Managing Director of Access Bank Kenya (ABK) following approval by the…

10 Sep 2025 - SEPT 10C- Elon Musk has lost his title as the world’s richest person to Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and an ally of US President Donald…

10 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 10 – African farmers are set to benefit from a three-year, $3.35 million (Sh443 million) project aimed at breeding cattle that…

10 Sep 2025 - SEPT 10 – Two former Meta safety researchers told a US Senate committee on Tuesday that the social media giant covered up potential harms to children…

10 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 10 – Startups in Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt raised Sh9 billion in August, accounting for the bulk of the Sh12 billion…

10 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 10 – Qona Sacco has unveiled a five-year strategy to more than triple its membership to 70,000 by 2028, with a focus on…

10 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 9 – Safaricom has introduced two new packages targeting ride-hailing drivers and boda boda operators with a mix of…

10 Sep 2025 - SEPT 10 – The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has announced it will cut 9,000 jobs weeks after warning that profits will fall as more “…

10 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 10 – Kenya’s manufacturing sector is under increasing pressure from a flood of cheap imported goods that continue to erode the…

10 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 10 – Kenya continues to grapple with widespread micronutrient deficiencies despite more than a decade of mandatory…

10 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 10 – Kenya is hosting the 2025 Africa MICE Summit in Nairobi, bringing together global leaders, policymakers, and…

10 Sep 2025 - SEPT 10 – A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from sacking Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, who is part of the board…

10 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 10 – Former World Bank and African Development Bank expert Sitati Olando has been appointed to head the Government…

10 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 10 – Jubilee Asset Management Limited (JAML), a subsidiary of Jubilee Holdings, has opened its third Financial Advisory…

10 Sep 2025 - SEPT 10 – US President Donald Trump has called on the European Union to hit China and India with tariffs of up to 100% as part of his efforts to…

10 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 30 – Airtel Africa has begun construction of a new 44MW Nxtra Data Centre at Tatu City, targeting enterprises, government…

10 Sep 2025 - SEPT 10 – The US economy added 911,000 fewer jobs than initial estimates had suggested in the year through March, according to preliminary data from…

10 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 30 – The number of deposit-taking savings and credit cooperatives (DT-Saccos) in Kenya rose to 177 in 2024, up from 174 a…

9 Sep 2025 - MOSCOW, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — Russia will build eight new data centers and expand its transportation, energy and communications networks under a large-…

9 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 5 – Kenya’s property market is outperforming major global economies including the USA, UK, Singapore, and Australia,…

9 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 8 – I&M Bank has opened two new branches in Kapsabet, Nandi County, and Nyali, Mombasa County, raising its network to 65…

9 Sep 2025 - ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Sept 9 – President William Ruto has announced Kenya’s readiness to sign a new power purchase agreement with Ethiopia following…

9 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 2025 – Kenya has unveiled its first artificial intelligence (AI)-driven health policy support tool, SERA.ai, designed to…

9 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 8 – The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has maintained its position as Kenya’s largest public employer. Latest data from the…

9 Sep 2025 - SEPT 9 – Kemi Badenoch has said she is “really worried” that the UK might be forced to embark on a 1976-style bailout from the International Monetary…

9 Sep 2025 - SPET 9 – The chair of Ferrari and Stellantis has agreed to do one year of community service and jointly pay millions of euros to settle a dispute…

9 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 5 – The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) wants secondary saccos subjected to the same stringent licensing requirements as primary…

9 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 9 – A new AI-powered credit scoring system has been rolled out to help low-income and early childhood education (ECD)…