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15 Oct 2025 - OCT 15 – OpenAI plans to allow a wider range of content, including erotica, on its popular chatbot ChatGPT as part of its push to “treat adult users…

15 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 15 – SMEP Microfinance Bank’s Lipa na M-Pesa transactions will undergo a forensic audit covering digital payments, systems, and…

15 Oct 2025 - OCT 15 – The US government has seized over $14bn (£10.5bn) in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian business empire with allegedly…

15 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 15 – The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has dismissed allegations by some leaders from Kericho and Bomet Counties claiming…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has cushioned Kenyans from a potential fuel price hike through the…

14 Oct 2025 - OCT 14 – The UK is forecast to be the second-fastest growing of the world’s most advanced economies this year, according to new projections from the…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – Standard Bank Group, the parent company of Stanbic Holdings, is in talks to acquire NCBA Group, Bloomberg News has reported…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – 110 SME and commercial banking customers are on a 12-day business trip to China to expand trade opportunities and strengthen…

14 Oct 2025 - OCT 14 – Personal data may have been stolen in the ransomware attack that forced Asahi to halt beer production, the company has said. Japan’s biggest…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – The Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) has collected a total of Sh79.2 billion following the rollout of the Lipa Pole Pole…

14 Oct 2025 - OCT 14 – Google’s parent company Alphabet will invest $15bn (£11.29bn) to build an AI data hub in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state. The facility…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has blamed delays in settling claims under the Social Health Authority (SHA) on…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – Trade, innovation, and sustainable development took centre stage as Kenya and Australia celebrated 60 years of bilateral…

14 Oct 2025 - OCT 14 – People should plan for potential cyber-attacks by going back to pen and paper, according to the latest advice. The government has written to…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – Kenya’s capital market has received a major boost after the FTSE Russell Index Governance Board upgraded the country’s…

14 Oct 2025 - OCT 14 – Virudhunagar, a town in southeastern India, can boast temples that date back thousands of years. But not far from those ancient sites,…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – The government now requires individuals and institutions planning to display fireworks during this year’s Diwali and Hindu…

14 Oct 2025 - SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics saw its third-quarter preliminary operating profit soar in double digits…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6 – The Government has set March 2026 as the target month to conclude the privatization of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC)…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – Global beverage firm Diageo has agreed to pay $750,000 (Sh96.9 million) to settle a four-year competition investigation by…

14 Oct 2025 - OCT 14 – New fees on US ships arriving in Chinese ports came into effect on Tuesday, as trade tensions between Washington and Beijing increase. The…

14 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – Mwananchi Credit has launched a nationwide used car sale aimed at making vehicle ownership more affordable for Kenyans, with…

13 Oct 2025 - MOGADISHU, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it has reached a staff-level agreement with Somalia on policies to complete…

13 Oct 2025 - OCT 13 – Thousands of Vodafone customers across the UK have reported its services are down. Downdetector, which monitors web outages, showed more…

13 Oct 2025 - KONZA TECHNOPOLIS, Kenya, Oct 13 – President William Ruto has officially launched Phase 1 infrastructure and smart city facilities at Konza…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across East Africa are set to benefit from a new embedded insurance model…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) will pay more than Sh200 million to Triple OK Law Advocates LLP for representing it in…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – Food Bank Kenya has partnered with Carrefour Kenya to scale up its food recovery and redistribution efforts, aiming to reach…

13 Oct 2025 - KIEV, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Visiting EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced on Monday that the bloc is preparing to allocate additional funds to…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – East African Breweries PLC (EABL) has announced plans to redeem its Sh11 billion corporate bond ahead of schedule, in a move…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Oct 13 — A General Service Unit (GSU) officer on duty at State House, Nairobi, died on Monday after he was attacked with a spear outside…

13 Oct 2025 - MANILA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Inflation and corruption are the top concerns for Filipinos, according to a nationwide survey by an independent polling…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – Kenya Power has completed a Sh22 million interconnector linking Machakos and Kitui counties, in a move expected to enhance…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – Online marketplace Jiji Kenya has been named Best E-Commerce Platform at the 2025 Digitally Fit Awards, marking its third…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – A man in Kiplombe, Uasin Gishu County, has been arrested for illegally distributing pirated television content. The suspect…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 13 — Mentoria Economics Ltd has launched a new fireside chat series aimed at sharpening debate on international relations and…

13 Oct 2025 - OCT 13 – A major lawsuit against five leading carmakers accused of cheating on emissions tests is set to begin at the High Court on Monday. The trial…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – The management team at Mi Vida Homes has acquired full ownership of the residential developer from UK-based investor Actis…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 13 – Parliament has passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill, 2025, with President William Ruto expected to assent…

13 Oct 2025 - By Domisia Muriuki,  OCT 13 – Luxury in hospitality is no longer measured solely by five-star service, plush bedding, or panoramic views. Today’…

13 Oct 2025 - OCT 13 – The Dutch government said on Sunday that it had taken the “highly exceptional” decision to intervene at Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – As Kenya continues to position itself as one of Africa’s leading innovation hubs, experts say the adoption of digital…

13 Oct 2025 - OCT 13 – Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods is “a typical example of US double standards”, China’s…

13 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – Calls to expand Sharia-compliant trade in key sectors such as SMEs, tourism, and real estate dominated discussions as the…

12 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12 – Climate change, once viewed primarily as an environmental threat, is increasingly emerging as a public health concern, with…

12 Oct 2025 - OCT 12 – The Trump administration has begun laying off thousands of federal workers in an effort to pressure Democrats amid the ongoing government…

12 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 – Kenya’s latest Eurobond prospectus has sparked confusion after appearing to contradict official records regarding the…

11 Oct 2025 - OCT 11 – Only four bottles of Asahi Super Dry beer are left on the shelves of Ben Thai, a cosy restaurant in the Tokyo suburb of Sengawacho. Its…

11 Oct 2025 - NAIROBI, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) — Kenya on Friday announced the closure of avocado exports by sea for the 2025/2026 fiscal year, effective Oct. 20, citing…

11 Oct 2025 - By Winnie Karanu OCT 11 – By 2030, AI is projected to unlock 230 million digital jobs across Africa – a transformation comparable to South Korea’s…