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 ...

Airtel Kenya now sells fiber internet directly to homes and businesses. The company launched Xstream Fiber with four monthly plans, starting at Ksh 1,999 for speeds of up to 15 Mbps and reaching Ksh 4 ...

Kenya will solidify its leadership in digital policy by hosting the 21st Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi from 14–18 December 2026. This milestone marks a return to the city that hosted the ...

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 ...

Safaricom Business gathered medium-sized enterprises from education, healthcare, and insurance to explore tools that keep operations running and growing. The telco hosted a Grow with Safaricom ...

Kenya has launched the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), committing the country to a structured approach to funding conservation and building a nature-positive economy. The launch, held in ...

Women now head 19% of the world’s major financial institutions, a record high. Yet the same report that celebrates this milestone warns, bluntly, that without decisive policy action, true gender ...

Kenya’s Court of Appeal has overturned a 2022 High Court decision that recognised access to abortion as a fundamental constitutional right, reigniting one of the country’s most contested legal and ...

I&M Bank has launched a public Medium-Term Note programme worth up to KShs 20 billion, opening one of its most significant funding rounds in recent years as it accelerates lending and expands across ...