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2 Oct 2025 - KIGALI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — The World Bank has announced 141 million U.S. dollars in assistance to help Rwanda enhance its disaster preparedness and…

2 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – Naivas Supermarket has opened its 110th branch at West Bay Mall in Redhill, targeting the growing residential communities of…

2 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – For many Kenyans, the revival of stalled road projects has brought immediate relief and renewed hope. Farmers are now able to…

2 Oct 2025 - OCT 2 – Asian fast-fashion giant Shein has chosen France as the location to open its first permanent physical outlets. It will occupy concessions in…

2 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – A group of 629 former employees of Standard Chartered Bank Kenya, who recently won a two-decade pension battle at…

2 Oct 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has introduced a Banking Sector Index, a market capitalization-weighted and…

2 Oct 2025 - OCT 2 – When China first announced a new visa targeting foreign professionals in science and technology in August it largely went unnoticed. But the…

2 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – Parliament has approved the government’s plan to privatize the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) paving the way for the government…

2 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – A new survey has revealed that 83 percent of Kenyans support the government’s adoption of tobacco harm reduction (THR)…

2 Oct 2025 - ABIDJAN, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said on Wednesday the guaranteed minimum price for local cocoa beans will climb to 2,…

2 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has suffered a setback after the Milimani High Court temporarily suspended implementation of…

2 Oct 2025 - OCT 2 – Tesla boss Elon Musk has become the first person ever to achieve a net worth of more than $500bn (£370.9bn), as the value of the electric car…

2 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – Internet service provider Mawingu has secured Sh2.6 billion from Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund II (PRIF II) to scale…

2 Oct 2025 - OCT 2 – Mass layoffs of US federal workers will begin within two days, the White House says, as lawmakers trade blame over the first government…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – Deputy President Kithure Kindiki will on Thursday open the 15th edition of the Magical Kenya Travel Expo (MKTE) at Nairobi’s…

1 Oct 2025 - OCT 1 – The US Supreme Court has ruled Lisa Cook can stay on as a Federal Reserve governor for now, a setback for President Donald Trump in his fight…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has warned that Kenya’s ambition to expand dairy exports…

1 Oct 2025 - OCT 1 – Swiss wines and chocolates are set to become cheaper in India after a new trade agreement it signed with a bloc of four developed European…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – Power consumed by electric vehicles (EVs) in Kenya surged by 300 percent in the year ending June 2025, driven by the rising…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – Biashara Pawa, a new dialogue series under the IYBA-SEED program by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, has been…

1 Oct 2025 - OCT 1 – Snapchat is going to start charging for storing old photos and videos users keep on the platform. The popular messaging app has allowed users…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – President William Ruto has laid the foundation stone for the China-Kenya International Commerce Centre, a mixed-use…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, September 30 – Payments solutions provider Visa has launched a pilot program that will allow businesses to use stablecoins to pre-…

1 Oct 2025 - By Alex Muchira from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – If there’s one lesson I’ve learned over the years advising Kenyan…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – The US federal government has shut down after Republican and Democratic lawmakers failed to resolve a budget standoff. The…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – Kenyans consumed a record 414,861 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in 2024, a 15 percent jump from 360,594…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – Global financial infrastructure company Tala has expanded into Guatemala as it deepens its presence in Latin America, with…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – PZ Cussons, the multinational behind Imperial Leather and Carex, has placed its Kenyan business under review as part of a…

1 Oct 2025 - OCT 1 – The Trump administration has announced a deal allowing patients to buy prescription drugs at discounted prices via a new website operated by…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — The World Bank and the Inter-University Council for East Africa on Tuesday launched the Africa Skills for Jobs Policy…

1 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – Kenya’s economy grew by 5 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2025, up from 4.6 percent in the Q2 of 2024, according to…

1 Oct 2025 - WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — The U.S. federal government entered a shutdown at the start of Wednesday as partisan divisions prevented Congress from…

30 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – Kenya’s inflation edged up to 4.6 percent in September 2025, from 4.5 percent in August, driven mainly by higher food,…

30 Sep 2025 - SEPT 30 – Spotify founder Daniel Ek is planning to officially step down from the role of chief executive after two decades at the helm of the music…

30 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – Kenya’s electricity imports jumped 27.8 percent in the year to June 2025, driven largely by Ethiopia’s growing contribution…

30 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – Nestled in the lush highlands of Timau, where the air is crisp and the soil fertile, Uhuru Flowers Ltd is quietly…

30 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – Poultry farmers from neighbouring counties have expressed outrage over Machakos County’s decision to impose a fee on the…

30 Sep 2025 - SEPT 30 – Rows of women sit low to the ground in the central Nigerian town of Bida, holding sticks that rise and fall in a steady rhythm. The air is…

30 Sep 2025 - By Dr. Margaret Lubaale and Lisa Mushega Nairobi, Kenya, Sept 30 – Behind every maternal death in Kenya is a family forever changed. Children lose…

30 Sep 2025 - SEPT 30 – The US is hurtling towards a government shutdown on Tuesday night, and there appears to be little appetite on either side of the partisan…

30 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 29 – The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) licensed six new oil marketing companies (OMCs) in the year…

30 Sep 2025 - SEPT 30 – YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5m (£18.6m) to settle a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump, filed after the video platform suspended his account…

30 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has dismissed concerns over this year’s reduced bonus, insisting the drop is…

30 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – The Nairobi International Financial Centre (NIFC) has joined the World Alliance of International Financial Centres (…

30 Sep 2025 -   NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – Eastrise Group, a strategy and insights firm connecting business and capital across Europe and Africa, has launched…

30 Sep 2025 - SEPT 30 – At Shona EPZ, a garment factory in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the tension is inescapable. The industrious thrum of the heavy-duty sewing…

30 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – The government is seeking private investment in Kenya’s public forests under new rules aimed at boosting revenue and…

30 Sep 2025 - SEPT 30 – A Chinese national has been convicted of playing a key role in what is believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the…

30 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – Moi University Savings and Credit Society (MUSCO) has been placed under liquidation, with two officials appointed to…

30 Sep 2025 - TOKYO, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday its global sales in August climbed 2.2 percent from a year earlier to 844,963 vehicles,…