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Catalytic Capital: How European Investment Bank Support Is Bridging Kenya’s Digital Divide

Kenya’s economy is increasingly digital, but access is still uneven, especially for low-income households in informal settlements and peri-urban areas.

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Little Pesa: The Online Lender Kenyans Should Use When They Need A Financial Boost

Little Pesa began as a modest promise and matured into a standard the rest of Kenya’s digital credit market should

Steve Biko Wafula
Honey Khatwani: A Beacon Of Compassion, Humility, And Hope For Countless Lives

Honey Khatwani is widely admired as a compassionate and kind-hearted person who has dedicated his life to uplifting others. With

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How Absa Prestige Banking Is Elevating Your Financial Journey

The past few decades have witnessed a rise of the middle class in Kenya, reshaping the country’s economic landscape. Over

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Entrepreneurship As A Spiritual Journey: My Personal Reflection As Steve Biko Wafula Sr

Entrepreneurship is often framed as an economic pursuit—measured in revenue charts, market share, or investment rounds. Yet, beneath the spreadsheets

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Investment

Headlines

Banks Brace For Risk-Based Lending As NCBA’s Muathi Kilonzo Outlines Sector Outlook

Kenya’s banking industry is undergoing a period of notable transformation, marked by the implementation of a risk-based credit pricing framework

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Investment

Contraction In Private Sector Business Conditions Eases Substantially

The Stanbic Bank Kenya PMI® pointed to a near recovery in business conditions across the private sector in August, after

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Investment Acorn’s New Partnerships Keep Qwetu and Qejani Student Hostels Thriving, Delivering Steady Rents To 7,300 Landlords

Landlords of the Qwetu and Qejani brands of hostels or purpose-built student accommodation (PBSAs) have more reason to smile after

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Investment Hounen Enters Africa With Office, Retail, And Solar Panel Production At Tatu City

Hounen, a multi-national real estate developer and solar energy manufacturer, has announced more than 63,000 sqm of developments in Tatu

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Investment NCBA Group Makes Ksh 11.1 Billion In Profits After Tax In 6 Months

NCBA Group PLC “Group” has posted a profit after tax of KES 11.1 billion in its H1 2025 financial results,

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Investment Britam Posts Ksh 2.5 Billion In Profits Despite Headwinds Along The Way

Britam Holdings Plc has posted a profit before tax of Kshs 2.5 billion for the six months ended June 30,

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Headlines Kenya Central Bank Overhauls Loan Pricing With KESONIA Benchmark

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has rolled out a new framework for pricing loans, anchoring lending rates on the

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Investment The Gospel According to M-PESA: The Medicine That Powers The Kenyan Economy

When Safaricom launched M-PESA in 2007, nobody thought it would be anything more than a glorified way of sending “pesa

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Government & Policy
NTSA Unveils New Digital Reforms On Vehicle Inspections And Number Plates Application

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has announced sweeping reforms aimed at modernising its services and easing the burden

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HELB Extends Loan Application Deadlines For University And TVET Students

The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has officially extended the deadline for student loan applications, offering more time for both

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TSC Gives Teachers Deadline To Apply For Advertised Jobs, How To Apply

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has given unemployed teachers across the country until Monday, September 9, 2025, to submit their

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The President With A Singapore Dream Used Ksh 3.6 Billion In 42 Days On “Local Travel”

State House, led by President William Ruto, who has big dreams of turning Kenya into Singapore, has come under sharp

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Deepak Rajoriya And Oki General Trading: Allegedly The Faces Behind Kenya’s Tax Evasion Scandal

Kenya’s fragile economy continues to suffer at the hands of ruthless tax cheats — and one name has now emerged

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Opinion
Work Is Changing, Your Tools Should Too

Hybrid work and creative projects no longer belong to the sidelines. The tools we rely on now define how effectively

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Is Raila Odinga The Enabler Of Bad Governance In Kenya?

Today’s headlines are screaming. Raila Odinga saves Johnson Sakaja from being impeached. And this has kept me thinking: Is Raila Odinga

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Kenya’s Platform Economy and the Changing Nature Of Urban Life

A quiet but significant shift is unfolding in Kenya’s urban centres. Once defined by in-person errands and brick-and-mortar retail, city

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Unlocking Land to Solve Kenya’s Student Housing Crisis In Kenya

Kenyan universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions have faced a student housing crisis for years, and

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The Art of Seamless Journeys in Modern Travel

Travel is meant to inspire, refresh, and connect us with the world. Yet anyone who has wrestled with delayed flights,

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Kenya’s Uneven Rains Threaten Food Security, Energy Stability And Fiscal Space

The seasonal outlook released at GHACOF71 by IGAD’s ICPAC shows a clear split: below-normal rainfall is the dominant signal across

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Is Kenya’s Digital Success Is Fuelling A Piracy Crisis?

Kenya has emerged as one of Africa’s foremost digital powerhouses over the past decade. Our impressive internet penetration, robust mobile

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Technology

Strengthening Cybersecurity ROI Boost Your Cybersecurity ROI With Sophos Extended Detection and Response

Sophos has announced that Sophos Endpoint is now natively integrated and automatically included in all Taegis™ Extended Detection and Response

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Government and Policy

NTSA Unveils New Digital Reforms On Vehicle Inspections And Number Plates Application

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has announced sweeping reforms aimed at modernising its services and easing the burden

Getrude Mathayo
Commodity Watch A Look At The Current Prices Of Various Bean Varieties In Kenya

The cost of a 90-kilogram bag of beans in Kenya continues to vary widely across different markets, with prices ranging

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Market News Safaricom Marks 25 Years with Eye on Ethiopia and Future Growth

Next month, Safaricom will mark its 25th anniversary, a milestone that highlights the operator’s transformation from a small subsidiary of

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Lifestyle LG Electronics and Opalnet Ltd Host Seminar To Empower Kenya’s Commercial Laundry Sector As Demand Climbs 25%

The demand for commercial laundry services in Kenya has grown tremendously over the last three years, with data from Opalnet

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Headlines Banks Brace For Risk-Based Lending As NCBA’s Muathi Kilonzo Outlines Sector Outlook

Kenya’s banking industry is undergoing a period of notable transformation, marked by the implementation of a risk-based credit pricing framework

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Entrepreneur's Corner Catalytic Capital: How European Investment Bank Support Is Bridging Kenya’s Digital Divide

Kenya’s economy is increasingly digital, but access is still uneven, especially for low-income households in informal settlements and peri-urban areas.

Juma
Entrepreneur's Corner Little Pesa: The Online Lender Kenyans Should Use When They Need A Financial Boost

Little Pesa began as a modest promise and matured into a standard the rest of Kenya’s digital credit market should

Steve Biko Wafula
East Africa
The Treaty on Plastics is a Direct Attack On African Development – African Nations Must Oppose It

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the Treaty on Plastics is currently being

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North American And Middle Eastern Investors Drive New Wave Of African Capital Flows

Notwithstanding recent market volatility, institutional investors have been positive on Africa. Speaking at The Network Forum’s (TNF) Africa Meeting, Hari Chaitanya,

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Africa’s Youth Agrifood Entrepreneurs Invited To Apply for The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize To Drive Food Systems Transformation

GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize launches its seventh annual competition in search of Africa’s most promising young co-founders and founders across Africa

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Phoenix Beverages Ltd Acquires 54.4% Stake In Seychelles Breweries Ltd From Diageo

Phoenix Beverages Ltd (PBL), subsidiary of IBL Ltd, is a leading beverage manufacturer in Mauritius and Reunion Island, signed an

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Ghana Drives Small-Scale Gold Mining Growth

Ghana is strengthening its collaboration with international partners to enhance its small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector and the broader gold

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