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 ...

Kenyan legislators adopted the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill 2026 on Thursday, slashing the tax on petroleum products from 16% to 8%. This decisive move targets motor spirit, illuminating kerosene, ...

Kenya’s mobile network added 75,000 new SIM subscriptions in the three months to December 2025, pushing the total to 78.4 million and lifting the penetration rate to 149.5% of the population, ...

Net interest income grew 65.4% to KES 516.3 million, driven largely by a KES 320 million reduction in interest expenses to KES 791.1 million. Non-funded income nearly tripled, rising 194.5% to KES 331 ...

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 ...

A landmark ruling has dismantled two of Kenya’s most weaponised digital speech laws, with the Court of Appeal declaring Sections 22 and 23 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act (2018) ...

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.

Many viewers remember Dennis Humphrey for his breakout role as Kaka in Rashid Abdalla’s Sultana. That performance catapulted him into the spotlight, and fans still affectionately call him by the ...

The Kenyan government has announced plans to expand its tourism levy to cover short-term rental accommodations, bringing platforms such as Airbnb, Booking.com, Jumia Travel, and other digital booking ...