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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)…

9 Sep 2025 - SEPT 9 – Nepal has lifted a social media ban, which sparked protests and led to clashes with police that left at least 19 people dead and injured…

9 Sep 2025 - SEPT 9 – A years-long succession battle within Rupert Murdoch’s conservative media empire has drawn to a close, with his son Lachlan set to…

9 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 9 – Kenya’s public wage bill is projected to ease in the third quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year, with both the national…

9 Sep 2025 - SEPT 9 – Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) UK factories are now expected to remain closed until at least Wednesday after work was disrupted by a cyber attack…

9 Sep 2025 - SAMBURU, Kenya, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — Kenya is positioning itself as a prime destination for astronomy enthusiasts, ranging from scientists and…

9 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 9 – Standard Chartered Kenya Limited has begun the process of paying about Sh7 billion to former employees after losing a…

8 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 8 – The High Court has stopped the compulsory use of the Electronic Government Procurement System (e-GPS). In its ruling, the…

8 Sep 2025 - VIENNA – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, on Sunday decided to ramp up oil output…

8 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 9 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has averted potential tax losses of Sh19 million after intercepting illicit goods…

8 Sep 2025 - TOKYO, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — Japan’s economy grew an annualized 2.2 percent in the April-June quarter, an upward revision from the preliminary estimate…

8 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 8 – Nairobi and Mombasa have been ranked among Kenya’s most popular startup hotspots, according to the Global Startup Ecosystem…

8 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 8 – Global B2B payments platform Verto has unveiled the Atlas Suite, a next-generation suite of API-first embedded finance…

8 Sep 2025 - SEPT 8 – South Korea’s government says it has reached an agreement with the US to release its citizens detained in a massive immigration raid at a…

8 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 3 – The National Treasury, in partnership with the Kenya Development Corporation (KDC), has released Sh2.625 billion to…

8 Sep 2025 - WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the White House is ready to move to the second phase of sanctions…

8 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, September 8 – The Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2025 has ranked Kenya 58th globally, making it among the top 100 business-friendly…

8 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 8 – Kenya is inviting U.S. firms to package tea at origin, arguing that local processing enhances freshness and…