Kenya can turn farm technology into a youth jobs revolution
Kenya’s tea fields are becoming an unlikely testing ground for the future of agriculture, where drones, data, and precision farming could reshape how the country produces food and creates jobs.
Inside the risks threatening Dangote’s Lamu refinery plan
The proposed Dangote Lamu refinery is moving closer to construction, but a project designed to transform East Africa’s fuel market is confronting questions that could determine whether its ambitions match its scale.
US backs Kenya’s Sh8 trillion Mrima Hill minerals ambitions
Kenya’s ambition to turn its rare-earth wealth into an industrial advantage has gained fresh momentum after the United States offered to support local processing of minerals at Mrima Hill in Kwale.
The Hidden Risk Behind Global Financial Liquidity
Liquidity is the bloodstream of modern finance. It allows banks to settle payments, businesses to fund operations, and investors to trade assets without markets seizing up.
Kenya can turn farm technology into a youth jobs revolution
Kenya’s tea fields are becoming an unlikely testing ground for the future of agriculture, where drones, data, and precision farming could reshape how the country produces food and creates jobs.
Inside the risks threatening Dangote’s Lamu refinery plan
The proposed Dangote Lamu refinery is moving closer to construction, but a project designed to transform East Africa’s fuel market is confronting questions that could determine whether its ambitions match its scale.
US backs Kenya’s Sh8 trillion Mrima Hill minerals ambitions
Kenya’s ambition to turn its rare-earth wealth into an industrial advantage has gained fresh momentum after the United States offered to support local processing of minerals at Mrima Hill in Kwale.
The Hidden Risk Behind Global Financial Liquidity
Liquidity is the bloodstream of modern finance. It allows banks to settle payments, businesses to fund operations, and investors to trade assets without markets seizing up.
Markets
Focuses on the performance and dynamics of the Nairobi Securities Exchange and other financial markets. Delivers updates on stocks, bonds, commodities, and investor sentiment.
Treasury Secures Majority Stake in Kenya Airways After Workers Exit
Critics caution that increased government involvement can also introduce inefficiencies if not managed carefully.
Kenya Turns to Local Market with New Treasury Bond Offer
The success of the Treasury bonds April 2026 offer will depend on pricing, tenor structure, and investor confidence in the government’s fiscal management.
NSE Blue Chips Lose Sh200 Billion as Iran War Triggers Investor Flight
The NSE market loss Iran war dynamic underscores how deeply interconnected local markets have become with global geopolitical events.
Kenyan Banks Face Profit Pressure as Forex Earnings Decline
The evolving Kenya forex earnings landscape is revealing both the benefits of improved liquidity and the challenges it poses for bank profitability.
NSE 2025 Performance Signals Renewed Interest from Global Investors
Analysts caution that the sustainability of the NSE 2025 performance will depend on several factors.
Kenya Re Earnings Reveal Growing Dependence on Market Returns
This reliance introduces its own risks.
Industry
Comprehensive coverage of specific business sectors that power the Kenyan economy. Provides news, trends, and analysis from real estate and tourism to agriculture and aviation.
- 11Sep2026
Kenya can turn farm technology into a youth jobs revolution
Kenya’s tea fields are becoming an unlikely testing ground for the future of agriculture, where drones, data, and precision farming could reshape how the country produces food and creates jobs.
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- 10Sep2026
Inside the risks threatening Dangote’s Lamu refinery plan
The proposed Dangote Lamu refinery is moving closer to construction, but a project designed to transform East Africa’s fuel market is confronting questions that could determine whether its ambitions match its scale.
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- 10Sep2026
US backs Kenya’s Sh8 trillion Mrima Hill minerals ambitions
Kenya’s ambition to turn its rare-earth wealth into an industrial advantage has gained fresh momentum after the United States offered to support local processing of minerals at Mrima Hill in Kwale.
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- 08Jun2026
Kenya Targets Export Growth Through Benelux Partnership
The launch of the Kenya Benelux Chamber represents more than a diplomatic milestone. It is a strategic economic initiative aimed at increasing exports, attracting investment, creating jobs, and strengthening Kenya’s integration into global value chains.
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Finance
Reports on corporate performance, industry developments, and major sectors like energy and real estate. Offers analysis on company results, leadership, and strategic shifts driving Kenya’s corporate growth.
AI Boom Turns Into a Debt Race for Global Investors
Artificial intelligence has spent the past few years as one of the world's biggest technology and stock-market stories. Now it is becoming something else: a debt story.
Kenya Introduces First Blockchain-Based SACCO Model
The introduction of a blockchain-based cooperative under the blockchain SACCO framework aims to solve some of the persistent issues facing traditional SACCOs, including inefficiencies in record management and concerns around transparency.
Special Funds Gain Influence in Kenya’s Public Spending
The rise of special funds in Kenya reflects an effort by the government to address specific development priorities more effectively.
Kenya-China Duty-Free Deal Sparks Export Race Among Local Businesses
The expansion of Kenya-China duty-free trade is providing a significant boost to exporters by reducing or eliminating tariffs on selected goods entering the Chinese market.
Companies
Tracks performance, strategy, and major moves across Kenya’s corporate landscape. Reports on financial results, leadership changes, and strategic developments within local and multinational firms.
Uchumi Revives Shareholder Engagement After Years of Silence
The upcoming Uchumi shareholders meeting is therefore more than a routine corporate event—it represents a critical moment in the company’s effort to rebuild trust and chart a path toward recovery.
Rafiki Microfinance Faces Setback in Landmark Tax Case
Rafiki Microfinance Faces Setback in Landmark Tax Case.
Iran War Hits Africa but Opens Door for Economic Reset
Institutions are urging African governments to use the crisis as an opportunity to accelerate structural transformation, reduce dependency on external supply chains, and strengthen regional integration.
CIC Profit Slumps 82% Despite Revenue Growth
The drop came as underwriting performance deteriorated significantly, with the insurance service result shifting from a profit of KSh 344 million in 2024 to a loss of KSh 176 million in 2025.
Economy
Provides authoritative coverage of the forces shaping Kenya’s economic and financial environment. Tracks policy, markets, banking, inflation, and trade to deliver data-driven insights for decision-makers.
Inside the risks threatening Dangote’s Lamu refinery plan
The proposed Dangote Lamu refinery is moving closer to construction, but a project designed to transform East Africa’s fuel market is confronting questions that could determine whether its ambitions match its scale.
US backs Kenya’s Sh8 trillion Mrima Hill minerals ambitions
Kenya’s ambition to turn its rare-earth wealth into an industrial advantage has gained fresh momentum after the United States offered to support local processing of minerals at Mrima Hill in Kwale.
Why Higher Incomes Are Not Making People Feel Richer
The deeper problem is that conventional measures of prosperity tend to emphasize income and consumption while households care about something broader: income, assets, security, time, and freedom from unavoidable expenditure.
Kenya Foreign Trader Crackdown Sparks Xenophobia Fears as Unity Calls Grow
Kenya’s crackdown on foreign traders has become bigger than a business story.
Technology
Covers the digital shifts, innovations, and startups shaping Kenya’s business future. Reports on AI, fintech, telecoms, e-commerce, and the broader digital economy.
Kenya can turn farm technology into a youth jobs revolution
Kenya’s tea fields are becoming an unlikely testing ground for the future of agriculture, where drones, data, and precision farming could reshape how the country produces food and creates jobs.
AI Boom Turns Into a Debt Race for Global Investors
Artificial intelligence has spent the past few years as one of the world's biggest technology and stock-market stories. Now it is becoming something else: a debt story.
Kenya Moves Closer to E-Mobility Innovation with Spiro Expansion
The Spiro Nairobi e-bike hub strategy is gaining momentum after electric motorcycle company Spiro acquired a UK engineering and design firm to strengthen its research and development ambitions in Africa.
Kenya Introduces First Blockchain-Based SACCO Model
The introduction of a blockchain-based cooperative under the blockchain SACCO framework aims to solve some of the persistent issues facing traditional SACCOs, including inefficiencies in record management and concerns around transparency.
Analysis
In-depth storytelling and investigative journalism on Kenya’s business landscape. We deliver deep dives, detailed investigations, and expert insights that go beyond standard reporting.
Why Higher Incomes Are Not Making People Feel Richer
The deeper problem is that conventional measures of prosperity tend to emphasize income and consumption while households care about something broader: income, assets, security, time, and freedom from unavoidable expenditure.
Infrastructure Growth Without Industrial Policy Is Cosmetic
Kenya has built roads, rail and power at record speed, but without a clear industrial strategy, the country risks accelerating imports rather than manufacturing its own prosperity.
Kodak Invented the Future but Refused to Embrace It and Paid the Ultimate Price
Kodak didn’t collapse because it lacked innovation. It collapsed because it hesitated to lead the very future it created. Its story remains one of the most powerful warnings in modern business history.
Kenya’s Economy in 2026: Are We Heading in the Right or Wrong Direction?
Kenya’s economy is walking a tightrope between steady growth and rising debt pressures, with the coming years set to determine whether fiscal reforms translate into sustainable prosperity or deeper financial strain.
Opinion
A platform for expert commentary, editorial perspectives, and thought leadership on Kenya’s business and economic issues. Features columns, editorials, and special guest essays.
Sherpherding Amongst Carnivores: The Governance Illusions When Fiduciary Duty Masks Systemic Capture
This is a subject rarely deeply confronted in trustee trainings or acknowledged in the routine operations of pension schemes: that full compliance with fiduciary standards can coexist, comfortably, with outcomes
Two-Pot System: Pension Schemes Preparedness Amid Liquidity and Preservation Tensions
The proposed two-pot pension regime introduces a fundamental governance and operational shift for retirement benefits schemes. It is not merely a product redesign; it alters how trustees oversee liquidity, member
Azym Dossa (1950–2026): The Easy Coach Founder Who Changed Kenya’s Bus Travel Forever
Kenya’s transport industry is mourning the death of Azym Dossa, the founder of Easy Coach, whose bold vision and disciplined management style transformed long-distance bus travel in the country. Dossa
The Shilling Stabilization Story — Is It Sustainable?
The Kenyan shilling has steadied after months of turbulence, but true stability depends not on temporary calm, but on deeper economic fundamentals.
Lifestyle
Explores the intersection of business, culture, and personal well-being in modern Kenya. Covers trends in executive life, leisure, and consumer behavior.
Why Higher Incomes Are Not Making People Feel Richer
The deeper problem is that conventional measures of prosperity tend to emphasize income and consumption while households care about something broader: income, assets, security, time, and freedom from unavoidable expenditure.
Inside Nairobi’s Most Exclusive Business Social Circles
In Nairobi, power does not always sit behind a boardroom table — sometimes it plays out quietly over golf, private dinners, and invitation-only gatherings where influence moves faster than headlines.
Leadership Is a Lifestyle Before It Is a Title
In boardrooms, startups, and family businesses alike, true leadership is not defined by position or profit margins — it is defined by discipline, consistency, and the quiet habits practiced when no one is watching.
Networking Without Desperation: How Serious Operators Build Influence Silently
Real influence isn’t loud, fast, or transactional — it’s consistent, strategic, and quiet. Successful operators aren’t chasing connections; they are cultivating value.
Videos
A dynamic library of business news reports, executive interviews, and market analysis in video format. Provides visual storytelling and on-the-ground coverage of key events.
Elon Musk’s Blueprint for the Future: Autonomous Cars, Underground Highways and Mars
In this widely viewed TED conversation, Elon Musk outlines his ambitious plans to revolutionize transportation with underground tunnels, advance autonomous electric vehicles, and ultimately make humanity a multiplanetary species.
50 Entrepreneurs, One Powerful Lesson: Timeless Business Advice from the World’s Top Founders
This viral compilation brings together 50 of the world’s most influential entrepreneurs, delivering sharp, no-nonsense business wisdom drawn from real experience. From Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs to Elon Musk,
Steve Jobs’ Greatest Speech: A Masterclass in Business Vision and Bold Leadership
Few speeches in business history have resonated as deeply as Steve Jobs’ iconic address, a powerful reminder that innovation is born at the intersection of courage, clarity, and conviction. In
The Two Silent Killers Behind Every Startup Failure
In her compelling TEDxSanDiego talk, investor and business strategist Misti Cain strips away the myths surrounding startup collapse and delivers a bold truth: all startups fail for just two reasons.
