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ABSA TO FINANCE SOLAR POWERED COLD STORAGE FACILITIES
BUSINESS

Absa Bank Kenya Partners with UN Agencies to Finance Cold-Storage Facilities

Absa Bank Kenya, United Nations Capital Development Fund(UNCDF) and United Nations Development Program(UNDP) have announced a strategic portfolio guarantee arrangement to unlock financing...

LIFESTYLEOPINION

By 2 P.M., Grief Has Moved On. So Has Life

Funerals may gather us around death, but they also reveal an uncomfortable truth about living: the world does not stop when we do.

Kisumu County
NEWS

Kisumu County Explains Ksh5.9B Pending Bills

Kisumu County is banking on a Ksh 900 million allocation to ease its debt burden, with officials projecting that unpaid bills to contractors...

UASU Secretary General Constantine Wasonga
NEWS

UASU Issues 7-Day Strike Notice As Lecturers Threaten October Shutdown

University lecturers in public universities are set to go on strike from October 2 after the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) issued a...

A Naivas branch
BUSINESS

Naivas Owners Move to Court to Reinstate HR Firm

Naivas supermarket chain owners have filed a court application seeking to revive Achievo Limited, a human resource outsourcing company that was removed from...

Professor Shaukat Abdulrazak, the Principal Secretary, State Department for Science, Research and Innovation.
NEWSTECHNOLOGY

Researchers Set Commercialisation Priorities Ahead of Africa Technology and Leadership Conference

Academia, research institutions, TVETs, government agencies, standards bodies and industry call for a clearer national route from research to market

SGR Train
BUSINESS

SGR Passenger Numbers Rise 10.3% as Cargo Hits 4.1 Million Tonnes

Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) recorded an increase in both passenger and freight traffic in the first half of 2026, with more travellers...

FINE SPINNERS TARGET KENYA'S APPAREL EXPORT BUSINESS
BUSINESS

Fine Spinners Uganda Eyes Kenya’s Apparel Export Industry

Fine Spinners Uganda Limited (FSUL) is investing US$5 million in new textile machinery as it targets a bigger role in Kenya’s apparel export...

IG SACCO
BUSINESS

Invest & Grow in C-Suite Change With New CEO

IG (Invest& Grow) SACCO has appointed CPA Mary Awino as the new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Dr. CPA Peter A. Vuhyah, who retires...

CBK. Kenya's top monetary policy think tank
ANALYSISBUSINESS

CBK Approves Transfer of Access Bank Kenya Business to National Bank of Kenya

CBK(Central Bank of Kenya) has announced the transfer of all assets and liabilities of Access Bank Kenya(Plc) to National Bank of Kenya Limited(NBK)....

karakuta state of the art factory
AGRICULTUREBUSINESS

Karakuta Fresh Produce, Quickmart to List at the NSE as IPO Rains Persist

Karakuta Fresh Produce, one of the leading Kenyan exporters of Avocado and Fresh Organic Herbs, has announced plans to list by introduction at...

Lamu Mega Refinery to be set up by Dangote
BUSINESS

Lamu Refinery Project Awards KSh58Billion Engineering Contract to Indian Firm

Lamu Mega Refinery Project, to be undertaken by the Dangote Group, has awarded a US$ 450 million Engineering and Consultancy Contract to Engineers...

ECONOMYMARKETS

Africa’s Growing Climate Funding Gap Sparks Alarm

CDRFI Africa Forum, a platform that brings together governments, insurance regulators, development partners and insurance market actors aims to more than advance climate...

Lidambitsa Gold Refinery
NEWS

Lidambitsa Gold Refinery Set To Transform Kenya’s Mineral Value Chain

Kenya is set to strengthen its position in the regional minerals trade with the construction of the Lidambitsa Gold Refinery in Ikolomani, Kakamega...

CBK Governor Dr Kamau Thugge
BUSINESS

CBK Flags 7 Banks in Ksh3B Capital Breach

Seven commercial banks in Kenya failed to maintain the minimum core capital required by the banking regulator, raising questions about their financial preparedness...