Kenya’s annual consumer price inflation slowed to 4.4% in January 2026, down slightly from 4.5% in December 2025, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). The decline marks the ...

East Africa’s banking sector is bracing for tougher times as regulatory uncertainty, rising compliance costs, and digital disruption dominate the outlook, according to PwC’s 2026 Eastern Africa ...

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 ...

Kenya’s equity markets opened the new year with solid gains, signaling renewed investor confidence. Prices rose 1.8%, driven largely by the top 10 most liquid counters, which advanced 2.3%. The NSE 25 ...

Starting January 2026, buying shares on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) will be as simple as paying your electricity bill or sending money to a friend from your M-PESA wallet. The new platform, ...

The Board of Directors of East African Breweries PLC (EABL) has confirmed that Diageo PLC will sell its majority stake in EABL and its shareholding in UDV (Kenya) Limited to Asahi Group Holdings. This ...

Crown Healthcare, a leading Kenyan medical products distributor, has secured a US$10 million (Sh1.31 billion) investment from Impact Fund Denmark to accelerate construction of a large-scale ...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and KCB Bank Kenya Limited have signed a $150 million financing package to accelerate green finance and climate-smart investments. The deal enhances KCB’s ...

Standard Bank Group, trading as Stanbic Bank in Kenya and Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Safaricom Telecommunications, Kenya’s leading telecommunications provider, to deliver USD ...

Safaricom PLC’s debut green note has made waves in the capital markets, attracting a staggering KES 41.6 billion in bids, nearly three times the initial KES 15 billion Tranche I target. That’s a 175.7 ...

Kenya’s private sector is closing the year on a high note, recording its sharpest rebound in more than five years in November. The latest Stanbic Bank Kenya Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) shows that ...

Kenya has announced plans to keep its budget deficit at 4.9% of GDP in the 2026/27 fiscal year, broadly in line with the current year’s forecast of 4.8%. The move reflects the government’s ongoing ...