Kenya shilling

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Kenya Shilling Stable Against Dollar, Lifted By Diaspora Remittances

The Kenya shilling remains stable against the U.S. dollar, supported by a 19.2% rise in diaspora remittances to $423.2 million in November 2024,...

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Amazing Origin of ‘Pesa’ and How Shilling Overtook Foreign Currencies

With the establishment of individual Central Banks for the three East African countries, Kenya began printing and minting its own shilling currency notes...

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1974 Fuel Receipt Evokes Nostalgia Over Strong Shilling Years

Over the years, the Kenya shilling has lost its value significantly, thanks to inflation which has markedly reduced its purchasing power.

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Kenya Shilling Seen To Sink Further To 130 Against The Dollar

The Kenya shilling set to continue losing value to the dollar as the US Federal Reserve raises rates by 0.25% to reach 4.75%...

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CBK Governor accuses IMF of using Kenya as foreign exchange formula ‘guinea pig’

Dr Patrick Njoroge says the IMF used a new methodology that has only been in place since 2015 to reach that conclusion

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Political turbulence shakes Kenya’s shilling

Exotix Capital said in a note Thursday that the shilling was, along with the Pakistani rupee and Omani rial, the most vulnerable of the frontier-market...

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Kenyan shilling hits year-high amid surging inflows

Analysts forecast that the shilling would rise in the coming days to reach 102.30 level due to high inflows and low demand for...

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Kenya shilling edges up against dollar

The Central Bank of Kenya placed the shilling in the Monday trading at 103.06 to the dollar, a rise from  103.09

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Shilling, NSE gain after Supreme verdict

Analysts at CBA bank say the shilling had initially lost ground Monday morning, only to reverse its losses and gain 20 cents immediately...