10+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1078+ words) Curtains displayed at Blessed Home Curtains along Tom Mboya street in Nairobi on July 28,2026. When Mercy Akoth moved to Canada nearly three years ago, she quickly discovered that setting up a home away from Kenya came with unexpected costs, particularly…...

10+ hour, 18+ min ago   (493+ words) Language is not everything in Africa's AI story, but without it, everything else struggles to arrive. By GIRMAW ABEBE TADESSE Across Africa, the most consequential uses of AI do not look like a chatbot. They look like a forecast that…...

10+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1022+ words) Under the proposed framework, a systemic-importance score above 0.25 and/or a category score above 0.05 would indicate systemic importance. The collapse of a bank is never merely a corporate event. For a bank that is large, interconnected or critical to the…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago   (752+ words) Kenyan pension funds are moving more retirement savings into global markets, with offshore holdings rising 25 percent in the year to June,2026 to hit Sh104.99 billion as managers seek protection from domestic risks. The shift puts a growing share of workers’ retirement…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (371+ words) James Mworia took up the role of founding CEO of the newly created National Infrastructure Fund (NIF) on Monday, marking his exit from Centum Investment Company after nearly 17 years. Through the fund, he aims to mobilise at least Sh400 billion annually…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (639+ words) Staff at High Chem Industrial Park in Industrial Area, Nairobi. Fragmented product standards, testing and certification are impeding a push by Kenya's factories and farms to expand exports under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), officials said, threatening to…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1512+ words) Stranded travellers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on August 31, 2026 as flight operations were disrupted when Kenya Aviation Workers Union members went on strike over the failure by the Government to honour the terms of their memorandum The…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (717+ words) My take on Magadi soda. When we are through with politicking and election-cycle optics, we will still be facing big choices that will shape our mineral sector for years to come. How do we split royalties with developers? What should…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (496+ words) Burundians queue at the Embassy of Burundi Chancery in Nairobi on September 7, 2026 where they flocked to regularise travel documents. On September 2, 2026, President William Ruto directed state authorities to shut down small businesses and retail shops operated by foreign nationals, explicitly…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (515+ words) KRA headquarters at Times Tower, Nairobi. The Tax Appeals Tribunal has faulted the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for classifying a cake-making additive imported by a local company, Palsgaard Kenya Ltd, without laboratory testing. The Tribunal overturned KRA’s tariff decision, saying…...