Kenya imports all its petroleum products in refined form. International prices are denominated in US dollars, and those prices have climbed sharply over recent months. The average landed cost of super ...

Consolidated Bank of Kenya faces a capital crisis that a KSh1.125 billion National Treasury bailout will not fully resolve. The state-owned lender closed December 2025 with a negative core capital ...

Kenya Airways and Rubis Energy Kenya have signed a memorandum of understanding to build Africa’s first dedicated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) refinery, targeting annual output of 32,000 tonnes at a ...

Every day in 2025, KCB put KShs 1.5 billion into the hands of borrowers through a mobile phone. No branch visit; no paper form; no queue. That figure sits inside the bank’s 2025 Integrated Report and ...

COMESA and the World Bank have launched a USD 5 billion programme to expand access to clean and sustainable energy across Eastern and Southern Africa, with provisions to scale the initiative to USD 15 ...

Risper Genga Ohaga will step down as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of East African Breweries PLC (EABL) at the end of June 2026, concluding a six‑year tenure marked by strategic ...

With shareholder undertakings rising to 77.54%, the bank frames the deal as a “control-and-scale” bet on Kenya’s regulation and growth, valuing NCBA at 1.4x book.

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) released its May 2025 CEO Survey, highlighting growing unease among Kenyan businesses due to recent U.S. policy changes. The report notes that “a majority of ...

Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers (KVM) has restarted the local assembly of Volkswagen vehicles at its Thika plant, marking a renewed push to strengthen Kenya-Germany industrial cooperation and expand Kenya ...

Kenya’s annual inflation rose to 4.4% in March 2026, up from 4.3% in February, as food costs continued to squeeze household budgets, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics reported on Tuesday. The ...

Safaricom has achieved over 50 million mobile customers in Kenya and 10 million 90-day active customers in Ethiopia. As the company prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary in October 2025, these ...