The Kenya Revenue Authority has opened a new tax amnesty window, giving taxpayers until the end of the year to clear old debts without paying a shilling in interest or penalties. The programme, ...

The Nairobi Securities Exchange has a new chairman. The bourse’s board confirmed on 2 July 2026 that Tom Mulwa will take over the top governance seat effective 13 July, succeeding Kiprono Kittony, ...

Koko Networks, the clean‑cooking startup founded in 2013, has shut down operations after laying off its entire workforce of 700 employees. The closure follows the Kenyan government’s refusal to issue ...

Diageo has appointed John Musunga as Managing Director, Africa, effective 1 July 2026. The move reinforces the company’s long term commitment to the continent as a strategic growth market. Musunga ...

Kenyans burned more fuel in the first three months of 2026 than they did a year earlier, and they reached for LPG cylinders even more often than that. The numbers, released at the Petroleum Institute ...

Kenya and Rwanda have signed three agreements allowing Rwanda to import bulk refined petroleum products through Kenya under a Government to Government arrangement, marking a major step in regional ...

Kenya’s micro-enterprise economy runs on the energy of millions of small traders, most of them women. These entrepreneurs sell produce at dawn, restock shelves by afternoon, and navigate cash flow ...

East Africa’s power infrastructure is changing fast, and Schneider Electric is at the centre of that shift. The company is accelerating the rollout of its SM AirSeT pure-air switchgear across the ...

Murang’a County’s purple tea landed in Paris on June 23, 2026, when Gatanga Industries, French tea house Palais des Thés and Equity Group Holdings unveiled the product at the Hôtel de Crillon. The ...

Despite the headline drop, households continue to feel the pinch of rising food costs. Staples such as Irish potatoes and cabbage recorded notable increases, while sukuma wiki (kale) rose by 2.4%. The ...

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.

Kenya’s private sector shrank for a third consecutive month in May as surging costs squeezed businesses and pushed customers to pull back on spending, a closely watched survey showed on Thursday. The ...