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16 Jan 2024 - All eyes are on Kenya, especially after a recent default by Ethiopia

15 Jan 2024 - The new system will help control expenditure and minimise fragmentation of government accounts.

15 Jan 2024 - The shilling has been falling against major international currencies since 2020

15 Jan 2024 - The branch locations include three in the Coast Region, one in Naivasha, one in Kiambu County, and three within Nairobi County.

15 Jan 2024 - SAP will now to pay $100M to settle charges of paying bribes to win business in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Malawi, Ghana, Indonesia & Azerbaijan.

15 Jan 2024 - It is among companies allocated land and certification at the Special Economic Zone.

15 Jan 2024 - Authority accused of overstepping mandate as management allegedly bypasses board.

12 Jan 2024 - Through its subsidiary, Vipingo Development Limited, Centum Re says it is presently educating 400 students

12 Jan 2024 - Nava Apparels asked to retain jobs as it acquires local EPZ.

12 Jan 2024 - From single optical shop in 2018, the Lapaire Group currently operates 58 stores across its markets.

12 Jan 2024 - Following the clearance the firm will now operate through the Cashlet mobile application.

12 Jan 2024 - Small-scale farmers account for over 70 per cent of agricultural production in Kenya.

12 Jan 2024 - The President will also issue licenses to six investors, immediately opening up job opportunities.

12 Jan 2024 - Investors to access cheaper power as President Ruto launches sub-station.

12 Jan 2024 - Kenya has 248 State Corporations, out of which 46 are commercial enterprises, and 201 are non-commercial entities.

12 Jan 2024 - KPA managing director Wlliam Ruto says authority keen on improving efficiency.

11 Jan 2024 - The conference is expected to bring together experts from science and technology parks and other areas of innovation, technology-based incubators, academia, the public sector, and business

11 Jan 2024 - The multilateral lender foresees the country growing at an average of 5.2 percent as inflationary pressures fade and financial conditions ease.

11 Jan 2024 - The Founder of Pangea Accelerator, Jonas Tesfu says blue carbon is a $40-billion (Sh6.4 trillion) market that nobody is capitalising on

11 Jan 2024 - It attributes the gloomy prospect to the uneven Covid-19 pandemic recovery

11 Jan 2024 - It will benefit at least 3,350 workers at Kakuzi’s Makuyu operations

11 Jan 2024 - Public schools are receiving at least three students per class.

10 Jan 2024 - KPA plans to provide end-to-end logistics services for transit market customers from Port of Mombasa.

10 Jan 2024 - Debt funding represented 56percent of the amount raised in the East African  region as 130 start-ups raised $100,000 (Sh16 million) or more in 2023.

10 Jan 2024 - Some 4.7 billion people are expected to travel this year.

10 Jan 2024 - •In many ways, January is a month in which good leaders really can make a difference •Experience shows that if you help good people through difficult times, you’re more likely to keep them

10 Jan 2024 - Kenya says the process is less costly, quick and real-time.

9 Jan 2024 - This is amid a high debt obligation.

9 Jan 2024 - KBCL joins players such as Naivas, Quickmart, Credit bank that came under Mauritian Investors in the past year.

9 Jan 2024 - The U.S Federal Reserve is expected to see interest rates peak around 5.4% before beginning to implement rate cuts in Q3 this year

9 Jan 2024 - Ranked in terms of countries’ major cities, a higher rank means the city is considered most expensive in terms of cost of goods and services

9 Jan 2024 - KPA is in the process of selecting firms for planned privitisation.

9 Jan 2024 - Auditor says companies undertook state tenders without receiving award letters.

9 Jan 2024 - This has seen the buying power of the once mighty Sh1,000 drop by almost half to Sh650, cutting items in a  complete food basket.

8 Jan 2024 - The largest number of individual Bolt Food orders placed by a customer at over 500 orders.

8 Jan 2024 - The government had about Sh800 billion in outstanding bills by September 2023

7 Jan 2024 - Latest report by the lender estimates Kenya’s external debt stocks as of 2022 at Sh6.5tn, a 9.3% increase from 2020’ s record of Sh5.9tn

7 Jan 2024 - There is another pending case in court on this matter whose hearing is slated for January 22. The official wonders why Kampala is blaming the executive when it understands that there is a clear distinction between the three arms of government. 

7 Jan 2024 - To reduce this risk, the founder must deliberately open the business.

5 Jan 2024 - This week T-Bill trading results released by the Central Bank of Kenya, all are now trading above 16% According to CBK, banks reported bond revaluation losses on two- and 20-year Treasury bonds of Sh102.7 billion by mid-last year. 

5 Jan 2024 - CBK allowed the Telco's to increase daily transaction limits on their mobile money platforms to Sh500,000.

5 Jan 2024 - lender says access to credit by small traders might prove challenging

5 Jan 2024 - OPEC basket price shows crude closed the first trading session of 2024 at 76.87 per barrel.

4 Jan 2024 - Lead times on purchased items were shortened for the third month running.

4 Jan 2024 - State agencies among them KRA and Kebs have also termed his demise a big loss.

4 Jan 2024 - Microsoft is a major investor in OpenAI, which powers Copilot's AI capabilities.

4 Jan 2024 - Kenya Airways continues to hold the majority portion of government-backed debt

4 Jan 2024 - The Finance Act 2023 introduced a 3% tax on the amount cryptocurrency holders earn

4 Jan 2024 - The country was removed from the greylist in 2014

3 Jan 2024 - Quarterly trade deficit improved from Sh433.8bn to Sh379.3bn, as balance of trade improved.