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TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya outlet
BUSINESSSTOCKS

TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya Plc 2026 HY Net Profit Up 21.3% to KSh1.3Billion

TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya Half-Year net profit rose 21.3% to KSh 1.3 billion with Revenue up 19.1% to KSh 84. 4billion.This is even as...

Satrix MSCI World Feeder Exchange Traded Fund: The NSE will now have three such funds
BUSINESS

SATRIX MSCI World Feeder ETF Net Assets Rise 16.5% to KSh 196.7 billion

Satrix MSCI World Feeder ETF, Kenya’s first global equity Exchange Traded Fund at the NSE, also listed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange(JSE), closing...

Ziidi allows Investors to invest in fixed income market
BUSINESS

Ziidi Money Market Fund Balance Sheet Size Grows 90.2% to KSh 20.3Billion

Ziidi Money Market Fund(MMF), managed by Standard Investment Bank and ALA Capital, recorded a 90.2% rise in the size of its Balance Sheet...

Cane farming in Siaya - Equity Bank
ECONOMYENTERPRISE 101

Siaya Fisherman Builds a 480-Acre Sugarcane Empire

The shores of Lake Victoria are beautiful, but for fisherman Radido Otieno Peter, now a sugarcane farmer, they were also unforgiving. For six...

Nedbank Group acquires NCBA Group
BUSINESS

Nedbank Group Acquires Bank Linked to the Kenyatta Family

Another major acquisition has taken shape in the banking industry, after Central Bank approved a deal between Nedbank Group and NCBA Group. Central...

Albanus Muthoka, Assistant General Manager, Enwealth Financial Services, speaking during the Enwealth Umbrella Fund AGM held on August 28. 2026
NEWS

Enwealth Umbrella Fund Delivers 18.05% Net Return To Members

Members of the Enwealth Umbrella Fund earned a strong net return of 18.05% in 2025, as the Fund continued to grow and attract...

Two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes claimed 346 lives in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
NEWS

32 Kenyan Families to Get Ksh11.3B Boeing Compensation

Seven years after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed on its way to Nairobi, families of 32 Kenyans who died in the disaster are...

KRA's Times Tower Headquarters.
BUSINESS

KRA, National Treasury Link eTIMS to IFMIS in New Move Affecting Businesses

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the National Treasury have completed the integration of the Electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS) with the...

Faulu Microfinance Bank
NEWS

Faulu Microfinance Bank Upgrades Core Banking System

Faulu Microfinance Bank is set to enhance the banking experience for its customers through the rollout of an upgraded core banking platform, marking...

A section of KRA office. PHOTO/@KRACorporate/X
BUSINESS

KRA Explains When Gratuity Can Be Tax-Free Under Finance Act 2026

Employees nearing the end of a long-term contract may be able to keep more of their gratuity after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)...

Ngao Credit Acting Chief Commercial Officer Gilbert Tochi takes SME owner Maureen David through the Jijenge 90-Day Supplier Loan at Ngao Credit’s head offices.
NEWS

Ngao Credit Offers Up To Ksh4 Million In 90-day Financing To Help Businesses Meet Tender And Supply Deadlines

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing a shrinking pool of formal credit even as demand for working capital grows, with Ngao Credit...

SHA CEO Dr Mercy Mwangangi during a past function.
NEWS

SHA Raises Cancer Treatment Cover To KSh800,000

The Social Health Authority (SHA) has enhanced its cancer treatment package, increasing the benefit limit from an initial KSh400,000 to KSh800,000, an official...

Beans and Burgers
BUSINESSLIFESTYLE

Nairobi Accounts For Largest Share of Burger Orders at 83%

Glovo Kenya in its latest "ordering insights" released ahead of Nairobi Burger Week 2026, shows that in the first half of this year,...

BUSINESSLEADERSHIP

Ideological Shift as New Faces, Including a News Anchor, Join Nation Media Group Board

The changes follow the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development’s sale of its 54.08% stake in NMG to Taarifa Ltd

Jubillee Insurance H1 financial results
BUSINESS

Jubilee Holdings Declares Ksh145 Million Dividend as H1 Net Profit Grows 13%

Jubilee Holdings Limited has reported a 30% increase in profit before tax to Ksh 4.4 billion for the six months ended June 2026....