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- 22 May 2026 - Zimbabwe’s mining industry is preparing for one of its biggest hiring waves in years, with the sector projected to create up to 100,000 new jobs over the next five years as…
- 22 May 2026 - Parliament has been told that the Hustler Fund is facing a Ksh 5 billion liquidity shortage that has disrupted lending and left thousands of small borrowers unable to access…
- 22 May 2026 - Hello and welcome to the Money News Roundup Newsletter, where we cover the deal that convinced matatu operators to call off their nationwide strike. We also look at the…
- 22 May 2026 - Safaricom, together with the M-PESA Foundation, has pledged Ksh 114 million to support conservation work and the 2026 edition of the Rhino Charge, in a move that underscores…
- 22 May 2026 - China is preparing to deepen its industrial footprint in Africa and the Middle East by developing what could become the region’s first fully integrated carbon-neutral…
- 22 May 2026 - NAIROBI,Kenya,May 22-Safaricom and the M-PESA Foundation have committed Sh114 million to the 2026 Rhino Charge Challenge in what the telco says reinforces the growing role…
- 22 May 2026 - A tiny African kingdom ruled by one of the world’s last absolute monarchs has quietly become part of President Donald Trump’s expanding global deportation strategy, a move…
- 22 May 2026 - The United States is tightening its borders against Ebola in one of the strongest public health travel crackdowns seen since the Covid-19 era, forcing travellers from parts…
- 22 May 2026 - The country at the centre of the global chocolate industry says cocoa production is finally recovering after years of supply shocks that sent chocolate prices soaring across…
- 22 May 2026 - Nigeria may soon hand majority control of two of its most strategic oil assets to Chinese investors as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited pushes a new plan to…
- 22 May 2026 - Egyptian billionaire Hisham Talaat Moustafa is making a major push into the Middle East’s fast-growing entertainment industry through a new partnership with Saudi Arabia’s…
- 22 May 2026 - Most of their demands had been addressed.
- 22 May 2026 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 22-President William Ruto has pledged urgent implementation of minimum fare regulations for digital taxis operating under ride-hailing applications as…
- 22 May 2026 - General Dagvin Anderson of the United States Air Force (USAF) has outlined a bleak viewpoint on the state of security across Africa.
- 22 May 2026 - Kenya plans to ramp up electricity imports from Ethiopia to reduce instances where some parts of the country have to endure outages as the national electricity grid…
- 22 May 2026 - Mbadi's directive effectively places the State-owned lender at the centre of public sector transactions.
- 22 May 2026 - The Council of the European Union (EU) has formally restored standard visa processing for Ethiopian nationals, thereby strengthening diplomatic relations between Brussels…
- 22 May 2026 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 22 – Agricultural experts, lenders and corporate executives are calling for increased investment in rural logistics and transport systems across Africa,…
- 22 May 2026 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 21 – Industrial companies are racing to build AI-powered digital ecosystems to improve efficiency, cut emissions and manage supply chain shocks, but most…
- 22 May 2026 - The expansion of the Lower Kuja irrigation scheme in Migori County is driving a major economic revival in the region, with renewed rice farming activities creating jobs,…
- 22 May 2026 - Thailand has curtailed its long-standing 60-day visa-free entry program for travelers from more than 90 countries and territories, citing concerns over abuse, illegal work,…
- 22 May 2026 - Thailand has reduced the length of visa-free stays for travelers from more than 90 countries, including South Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Canada, citing concerns over…
- 22 May 2026 - The government has dropped the provisions that most inflamed protests in 2024. It has found new ones.
- 22 May 2026 - National Bank of Kenya has reported a Sh1.03 billion profit after tax for the first quarter ending March 31, 2026, driven by net interest income and a reduction in credit…
- 22 May 2026 - KCB Group Plc shareholders have approved a total dividend payout of Sh22.5 billion for the 2025 financial year, rewarding investors with a 133 per cent jump in per-share…
- 21 May 2026 - Kenya Power, the state-owned electricity distributor, has announced a record growth in income from the e-mobility sector with sales surging by over 113% in three years…
- 21 May 2026 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20-At 6:30 every morning, Brian Mwangi joins the stream of commuters flowing out of Thindigua toward Nairobi’s central business district — a daily…
- 21 May 2026 - CBK (Central Bank of Kenya) accepted bids worth KSh 36.59, falling below the KSh 50 Billion target it was seeking for budget spending in May, just weeks before the 2026/27…
- 21 May 2026 - Mr Kulei has an estimated 32.99 percent stake in Liaison Capital through his investment vehicle, Sovereign Group, making him the firm’s second-largest shareholder.
- 21 May 2026 - Wandia Gichuru on building Vivo into East Africa’s biggest fashion brand and why Africa must reclaim the business of dressing itself.
- 21 May 2026 - The Principal Secretary for Transport argued that releasing the records could cripple the government’s ability to implement its integrated national transport policy.
- 21 May 2026 - For Africa, the issue is not whether students should study overseas. The question is whether the continent can afford to keep exporting its brightest young people without…
- 21 May 2026 - The Sh3 billion second tranche issuance builds on the strong foundation established by the inaugural Sh1.4 billion tranche issued in 2022.
- 21 May 2026 - The court observed that once the property is sold, the substance of the appeal will be irreversibly altered, potentially rendering the appeal nugatory.
- 21 May 2026 - The volatile environment has seen investors cut demand for equities in favour of assets like bonds and fixed deposits.
- 21 May 2026 - The High Court ruled Wednesday that key provisions of the Kenya’s Sexual Offences Act cannot be applied to minors engaged in consensual sexual relationships, a decision…
- 21 May 2026 - The High Court ruled Wednesday that key provisions of the Kenya’s Sexual Offences Act cannot be applied to minors engaged in consensual sexual relationships, a decision…
- 21 May 2026 - Kenya and African countries are being urged to boost funding for science, technology and research to reduce reliance on donor support and build stronger innovation-driven…
- 21 May 2026 - By its judgment dated March 9, 2017, the High Court held that pension schemes associated with public entities qualify as public bodies under the Public Procurement and Asset…
- 21 May 2026 - Kenya and African countries are being urged to boost funding for science, technology and research to reduce reliance on donor support and build stronger innovation-driven…
- 21 May 2026 - Kenya is often celebrated as the global blueprint for digital payments. And rightly so. Few markets can match the depth and everyday relevance of mobile money in the country…
- 21 May 2026 - The unresolved land issue delayed key infrastructure and undermined the project’s operations.
- 21 May 2026 - The biggest challenge is competition from traders selling counterfeit, substandard imports at absurdly low costs.
- 21 May 2026 - Nahashon Mungai, the Executive Director, Global Markets at Standard Investment Bank explains why diversification is becoming central to modern investing.
- 21 May 2026 - The World Bank Group has unveiled plans to mobilise nearly $23 billion in private capital for Africa over the next four years, in what could become one of the institution’s…
- 21 May 2026 - The G-to-G framework — negotiated with Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, and ENOC — was an emergency structural intervention.
- 21 May 2026 - North America’s jewellery market is increasingly becoming a story of two economies: wealthy consumers are still spending heavily on luxury diamonds and watches, while mass-…
- 21 May 2026 - Equity Group Holdings insurance business continued to strengthen its contribution to earnings in the first quarter of 2026, emerging as the third key growth engine after…
- 21 May 2026 - Republic of the Congo has raised $850 million from international investors, a major comeback for a heavily indebted oil producer trying to rebuild trust after years of debt…
- 21 May 2026 - Veteran sculptor Gakunju Kaigwa transforms fallen trees into striking works of art in his latest Nairobi exhibition, ‘Ancestral Grain’.