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11 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 – Integrated financial services provider Old Mutual has launched Thrive, a digital wellness platform designed to address…

11 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Kenya to strengthen public finance management and debt sustainability,…

10 Oct 2025 - OCT 10 – The Kenyan Catholic Church has introduced a new brand of altar wine for Holy Mass after the previous one became widely available in local…

10 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 – Kenya’s industries are taking the lead in shaping the country’s next generation of skilled professionals. Through close…

10 Oct 2025 - OCT 10 – Google may have to make changes in the UK so people have more choice over which search engine they use, following a landmark decision from…

10 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 10 – Business Bay Square (BBS) owner Abdiweli Hassan is set to invest Sh64 billion in a 60-acre mixed-use development at Tatu…

10 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 10 – M-Pesa Foundation will construct a Sh120 million innovation hub at Maseno University, aimed at fostering digital learning…

10 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 10 – Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer MojaEV has unveiled plans to set up a local EV assembly and manufacturing plant in…

10 Oct 2025 - OCT 10 – Tesla is being investigated by the US government after reports the firm’s self-driving cars had broken traffic laws, including driving on…

9 Oct 2025 - OCT 9 – Elon Musk has agreed to settle a $128m (£100m) lawsuit brought by four former top executives at Twitter, now X, over unpaid severance when he…

9 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 – Investigations into SIM swap fraud at Safaricom have surged by 327 percent to 47 cases this year, up from 11 last year, the…

9 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 – Nairobi will next week host over 200 housing finance leaders, investors, and policymakers for the 41st African Union for…

9 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 – The World Bank (WB) has recommended that Kenya raise excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages to help…

9 Oct 2025 - OCT 9 – Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers, says official ID photos of around 70,000 users have potentially been leaked after a cyber-…

9 Oct 2025 - BRUSSELS, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — The world has just experienced its third warmest September on record, with land and sea surface temperatures remaining…

9 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 – President William Ruto has urged COMESA member states to invest more in homegrown institutions to finance the continent’s…

9 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 –  Kenya Pipeline Company has awarded Vivo Energy Kenya, Shell licensee in the country, with top industry awards in…

9 Oct 2025 - OCT 9 – There is a higher risk of a serious fall in US stocks than is currently being reflected in the market, the head of JP Morgan has told the BBC…

9 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 – Safaricom has more than doubled its 5G network coverage to 1,700 sites in the financial year 2025, up from 803 in the…

9 Oct 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 – The Privatization Commission has issued a formal notice detailing the government’s planned sale of its 65 percent…

9 Oct 2025 - OCT 9 – China has tightened its rules on the export of rare earths – the elements that are crucial to the manufacture of many high-tech products. New…

8 Oct 2025 - OCT 8 – Can an Indian-made messaging app compete with the behemoth that is WhatsApp? Over the past couple of weeks, Arattai, developed by Indian tech…

8 Oct 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, October 8 – The construction of the High Grand Falls Dam along the River Tana is expected to cost Kenyan taxpayers between…

8 Oct 2025 - OCT 8 – Unscrupulous foreign firms are using AI-generated images and false back stories to pose as family-run UK businesses to lure in shoppers.…

8 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 8 – The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) will hold further talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to discuss a new funding…

8 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, October 8 – Safaricom, in partnership with Huawei, has unveiled VybCall, Kenya’s first Video Ring Back Tone (VRBT) service, building…

8 Oct 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 8 – In a fast-evolving digital economy, access to the right tools, networks, and knowledge can be the difference between…

8 Oct 2025 -   OCT 8 – Cristiano Ronaldo has become football’s first billionaire player, according to financial information and media firm Bloomberg. The…

8 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 8 -South Africa remains one of Africa’s most visited destinations—trailing only Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria. Last year it…

8 Oct 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collected a record Sh85.2 billion in customs revenue in September, buoyed by higher…

8 Oct 2025 - OCT 8 – It’s happening again. In early September, a cluster of unexplained child deaths in a small town in Madhya Pradesh sent local health workers…

8 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 8 – The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has announced a search for a new Chief Executive…

8 Oct 2025 -   OCT 8 – Macau, which overtook Las Vegas almost 20 years ago as the world’s biggest gambling hub, is now trying to become a major centre for…

8 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – A group of investors under Theo Capital Holdings Ltd has acquired Kenya’s stock brokerage firm and investment bank, Kestrel…

8 Oct 2025 - OCT 8 – The price of gold has hit a record high of more than $4,000 (£2,974) an ounce as investors look for safe places to put their money over…

8 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 8 – KCB Bank disbursed Sh53.2 billion in green loans in 2024, marking a significant expansion of its financing for projects that…

8 Oct 2025 -   Mwananchi Credit ‘Makes It Possible’ for Kenyans during customer service week NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6 — Leading money-lending institution…

7 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – Sanlam Kenya Plc has unveiled Sanlam Akiba Plus, a tech-driven pension solution designed to boost retirement savings through…

7 Oct 2025 - OCT 7 – Targeting high net worth crypto holders has helped North Korean hackers steal more than $2bn (£1.49bn) so far this year according to…

7 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has reduced its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to 9.25 percent from 9.5 percent,…

7 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 7 – A fortnight after the launch of the new BYD SHARK 6, a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) pickup truck, in Kenya by Loxea Kenya,…

7 Oct 2025 - ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia will see an economic growth of 9 percent in the 2025/2026 fiscal year, President Taye Atske Selassie has said…

7 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – Safaricom has revealed it spent Sh153 billion on local suppliers in the financial year ended March 2025, in what the telco…

7 Oct 2025 - OCT 7 – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Washington for his second visit this year – this time with the more modest goal of getting…

7 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – The National Treasury says it is implementing a liability management strategy aimed at reducing the government’s exposure to…

7 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – 162 organisations across Africa have been shortlisted for the 2025 CIO100 Awards, competing for recognition as the continent’…

7 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – Nairobi will host the 2025 African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) Conference from November 3 to 5 at the Trademark…

7 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – Chinese car making giant BYD says the UK has become its biggest market outside China, after its sales there surged by 880% in…

7 Oct 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – Naivas Supermarkets has appointed Andreas von Paleske as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding founding CEO…

7 Oct 2025 - OCT 7 – Police say they have dismantled an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in…