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22 May 2026 - NAIROBI, Kenya May 22 – A growing number of young people in Nairobi are turning sports betting into part of their daily entertainment routine, with many saying it has…

22 May 2026 - Burkina Faso has taken a major step toward tightening control over its mineral wealth with the creation of a new sovereign mining investment fund designed to convert…

22 May 2026 - Nigeria is preparing its most sweeping telecommunications reform in over two decades as worsening network outages, rising data consumption, mounting infrastructure damage,…

22 May 2026 - Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has defended the newly introduced tea levy, saying the policy is designed to strengthen Kenya’s tea sector through better…

22 May 2026 - Despite rising political calls for greater economic sovereignty across West Africa, most of the region’s official gold reserves and foreign assets remain heavily…

22 May 2026 - Employees will receive shares held in trust for more than seven years once Nedbank completes its acquisition of a controlling stake.

22 May 2026 - Topline Arsonists attacked an Ebola treatment center in Rwampara, one of the towns at the center of an ongoing and deadly disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the…

22 May 2026 - Aliko Dangote’s massive refinery complex near Lagos has emerged as one of the main drivers behind Nigeria’s first sovereign credit rating upgrade in 14 years, with S&P…

22 May 2026 - National Bank of Kenya (NBK), which was acquired by Access Bank of Nigeria last year, recorded Ksh1.03 billion in profit after tax for the first quarter ending 31st March…

22 May 2026 - NAIROBI,Kenya,May 22-BAT Kenya has warned that proposed amendments to Kenya’s tobacco control laws could cost the government Sh12 billion in annual revenue and put more than…

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…