Business
- 20 May 2026 - As unprecedented oil prices rock African economies, the East African country is one of the regions feeling the sharpest impact. Kenya’s decision to raise diesel prices by 24…
- 20 May 2026 - Entry into the electric vans market offers the firm a chance to diversify its business in the local market.
- 20 May 2026 - Siddhartha’s ancient skills—think, wait, fast—challenge modern assumptions about knowledge, success, and intelligence in the AI age.
- 20 May 2026 - The judges held that pension schemes, whether public or private, are savings vehicles managed independently by trustees solely for the benefit of employees.
- 20 May 2026 - Centum Real Estate has begun handing over units at its 400-apartment Cascadia development within Nairobi's Two Rivers, with phased delivery expected through December 2026.
- 20 May 2026 - Tea production and processing are major sources of employment and income for women across East Africa and South Asia.
- 20 May 2026 - The effort heuristic is the tendency to judge the value of something based on how much effort it appears to require. Your brain assumes that if something looks complex,…
- 20 May 2026 - The United Kingdom is considering a new “invite-only” investor visa that could give wealthy foreigners, including Africa’s growing millionaire class, a fast-track route to…
- 20 May 2026 - At Sh17.81 billion net profit, KCB’s net earnings trails those of Equity Group which announced a 23.8 percent rise in net profit to Sh18.3 billion over the same quarter.
- 20 May 2026 - Epra has increased the cost of using the pipeline to transport fuel from the Kenyan coast to the rest of the country.
- 20 May 2026 - KRA told the court that Liberty Life deducted actual income tax liabilities and deferred tax obligations from its life insurance fund, which holds premiums and assets…
- 20 May 2026 - Infrastructure is evolving. It is intelligent, adaptive and intuitive. Networks are now self-optimising, predictive, and responsive in real time. We are truly in the age of…
- 20 May 2026 - Digital payments in Kenya have expanded beyond peer-to-peer transfers into commerce, lending, insurance and enterprise workflows, an expansion that has exposed the…
- 20 May 2026 - Kenya’s sports sector is heading into one of its biggest spending years yet, with the State Department for Sports asking Parliament to approve a Ksh 32.24 billion budget for…
- 20 May 2026 - Accountants have been asked to become public finance stewards and ensure trust and transparency is restored in auditing public institutions.
- 20 May 2026 - Adan Mohamed’s appointment signals a new economic-focused chapter for KRA amid rising fiscal and business pressures.
- 20 May 2026 - Decarbonisation of buildings in the construction sector has slowed globally, leaving it as a major source of emissions and increasingly vulnerable to climate impacts and…
- 20 May 2026 - Making the right insurance decisions requires more than just purchasing a policy. It calls for a clear understanding of your cover, regular reviews to keep it aligned with…
- 20 May 2026 - Niger has intensified its overhaul of foreign mining agreements with the cancellation of a 58-year uranium concession linked to France at the strategic Arlit deposit,…
- 20 May 2026 - SBM Bank Kenya has reported a sharp rise in profitability for the first quarter of 2026, posting a profit before tax of Ksh246 million, up from Ksh12 million recorded during…
- 20 May 2026 - SBM Bank Kenya returned to profitability in 2025, posting a pre-tax profit of Ksh614 million, a sharp reversal from a Ksh1.6 billion loss the previous year. The result marks…
- 20 May 2026 - Cable Experts plans to buy a controlling stake in East African Cables, clear its Sh1.94 billion debt and revive the firm.
- 20 May 2026 - Qatar Airways is expanding its African network, with flight resumptions and frequency increases launching from 16 June 2026. Boosting connectivity across Africa, the airline…
- 20 May 2026 - The Nigerian billionaire, Abdulsamad Rabiu, is quickly approaching a historic financial milestone, as Nigeria's second-richest man and Africa's second-richest individual…
- 20 May 2026 - Rising education costs are pushing families to seek sustainable savings solutions to secure their children’s future.
- 20 May 2026 - Kenyans can now invest in major infrastructure projects through the Nairobi Securities Exchange after the listing of the Sh3.4 billion Spearhead Africa Infrastructure Fund.
- 20 May 2026 - China has unveiled its first stealth fighter built specifically for export, a development that could widen fifth-generation fighter jet options for African countries beyond…
- 20 May 2026 - Business interruption insurance, if properly structured, can help cover lost profit and take care of the additional costs required to resume operations quickly.
- 20 May 2026 - Lawyers say the government bypassed public scrutiny and environmental safeguards in a controversial fuel standards decision.
- 20 May 2026 - The growing wave of military coups across West Africa may no longer be something the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) can easily stop, according to one of…
- 20 May 2026 - Recent visits to the Dangote Refinery and Dangote Fertilizer Limited by representatives of the Public Investment Corporation and South Africa's Government Employees Pension…
- 20 May 2026 - Landing a first job these days is more difficult—and in some industries more competitive—than it has been in years for recent graduates. This was first published by Forbes.…
- 20 May 2026 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20-Nairobi is banking on a new private-public collaboration led by CPF Group to accelerate Kenya’s push into the continent’s top tier of Meetings,…
- 20 May 2026 - The United States, collaborating with the Nigerian government, is turning up the heat against Islamic State militants (ISIS) in the Northeastern region of the West African…
- 20 May 2026 - The judge fiercely dismantled KBC’s claims of revenue shortages.
- 20 May 2026 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20-Global digital asset infrastructure network Checker has raised $8 million (Sh1.04 billion) in fresh funding as it seeks to simplify how financial…
- 20 May 2026 - He replaces Humphrey Wattanga who exited in April 2026.
- 20 May 2026 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20-State Department for Sports is seeking parliamentary approval for a Sh32.24 billion budget for the 2026/27 financial year, marking a significant…
- 20 May 2026 - Media reports exposed major delays by Nestlé and Danone in recalling infant formula contaminated with cereulide.
- 20 May 2026 - The debate around the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill, 2024, is intensifying as more business organisations raise concerns over some of the proposals contained in the law…
- 20 May 2026 - South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom has threatened to reduce or cut electricity supply to parts of Johannesburg after accusing the country’s biggest city of…
- 20 May 2026 - Ghana’s export earnings climbed sharply to $11.1 billion in the first four months of 2025, as soaring global gold prices strengthened the country’s trade position and…
- 20 May 2026 - Africa is rapidly becoming one of the world’s most contested geopolitical battlegrounds, with Russia, China and extremist groups exploiting instability and shrinking Western…
- 20 May 2026 - Multi-billionaire banker and investor Tony Elumelu is preparing for what could become one of the most influential boardroom moves in Nigeria’s energy sector this year, as…
- 20 May 2026 - Global health authorities are urgently considering whether experimental vaccines and treatments can be deployed to fight a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the eastern…
- 20 May 2026 - South Africa is dispatching a government delegation to the Strait of Hormuz as rising tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran continue to shake global oil…
- 20 May 2026 - Africa’s richest man's industrial empire, Dangote Industries Limited has begun preliminary work on a massive deep-sea port project in Nigeria’s Olokola Free Trade Zone,…
- 20 May 2026 - South Africa’s economic recovery is facing fresh pressure after a surge in global oil prices linked to the escalating Middle East conflict forced analysts to cut growth…
- 20 May 2026 - The government has launched a nationwide security operation targeting criminal gangs and politically sponsored goons, Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has said.…
- 20 May 2026 - Hello and welcome to the Money News Roundup Newsletter, where we break down KRA’s identification of 97,000 Kenyans and businesses previously outside the tax net. We also…