Kenyan Wallstreet

18 Oct 2022 - Maize prices have dropped drastically below KES 5,000 for a 90Kg (kilogramme) bag for the first time in months as farmers in Kenya’s food basket,…

18 Oct 2022 - Ghana’s cedi slumped to become the world’s worst-performing currency this year as investors continued to squeeze foreign capital into the west…

18 Oct 2022 - NALA, a Tanzanian-born fintech startup with a growing dominance in East Africa, made a pioneering move in Africa’s fintech space by enabling its…

18 Oct 2022 - CA has instructed mobile network operators to deny service to millions of phone subscribers who have not registered their SIM cards

18 Oct 2022 - Nigeria’s inflation rate hit a fresh 17-year high in September, stoked by a slide in the value of the naira that raised the cost of imported goods…

17 Oct 2022 - Diaspora remittances rose by KES 1.02 billion ($8.5 million) to KES 38.5 billion($318 million) in September, from KES 37.5 billion (309.8 million)…

17 Oct 2022 - KRA is set to be under pressure to improve its collections as the new government administration prioritises domestic revenue mobilisation to plug the…

17 Oct 2022 - Tea farmers selling their produce to KTDA-managed factories recorded improved earnings in the July to mid-October period as volumes sold increased.

17 Oct 2022 - The Kenya Investment Authority (KenInvest) and the Netherland Business Hub (NLBH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to reinforce their

17 Oct 2022 - President William Ruto has said the KES 50 billion Hustler Fund he promised during campaigns will be up and running by December this year.

15 Oct 2022 - From a global standpoint investment in the climate tech space is continuing to show strong growth and the mobility and transport sector remains the

15 Oct 2022 - There are different types of subsidies that aim to achieve varied objectives.

14 Oct 2022 - The Board of Absa Bank Kenya has appointed Yusuf Omari to take over as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director effective 1 November…

14 Oct 2022 - Angola is taking advantage of higher oil prices to accelerate its debt-reduction plans and smooth out repayments to China, its largest creditor.

14 Oct 2022 - Borrowers have begun feeling the pinch of tightening lending rates by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), with the cost of loans by commercial banks…

14 Oct 2022 - Tanzanian authorities have lowered park fees for East African citizens to attract more tourists from neighbouring countries.

14 Oct 2022 - The UK will provide 2.2 million pounds ($2.5 million) to support Uganda’s response to an outbreak of Ebola in the East African country.

14 Oct 2022 - MoKo Home + Living, a Kenya-based home furniture manufacturer and omnichannel retailer, has raised $6.5 million during a Series B debt-equity funding…

14 Oct 2022 - KCB Group has disbursed KES 336 billion worth of loans in the last two years for projects that are eco-friendly as the lender deepens its push for…

14 Oct 2022 - The Kenya Shilling has continued to tumble against the US dollar, racing towards the 121 mark on Thursday, which could result in much higher cost of…

14 Oct 2022 - President Ruto has returned three parastatals that had been taken to the National Treasury to their parent ministries in a reorganised government.

14 Oct 2022 - London headquartered multinational alcoholic beverage company Diageo plc has made an offer worth KES 22.73 Billion to acquire additional shares in its

14 Oct 2022 - Africa’s annual exports are expected to double to $540 billion by 2030 from a decade earlier, mainly on the back of shipments from Nigeria to the…

14 Oct 2022 - Better environmental, social, and governance (ESG) market frameworks helped Kenya move up six points to eighth place out of 26 in the latest Absa…

14 Oct 2022 - Agritech company, EzyAgric has partnered with Pezesha (a digital financial marketplace platform for SMEs) to offer a new product that brings Buy Now…

13 Oct 2022 - The National Assembly has released a schedule for vetting President William Ruto’s Cabinet nominees, Secretary to the Cabinet and the Attorney…

13 Oct 2022 - The Treasury has reintroduced regulations in Parliament that will earn whistleblowers who leak capital market fraud up to KES 5 million as the State…

13 Oct 2022 - Kenya’s fuel import bill hit an estimated KES .1.5 billion a day in the opening six months of the year on the back of high global oil prices.

13 Oct 2022 - Nigeria is considering restructuring its debt and extending the repayment period of its credit obligations, and appointed consultants to advise the…

13 Oct 2022 - Maize imports climbed over three times in the three months to June as traders rushed to take advantage of the government waiver of duty on imported…

13 Oct 2022 - Ghana’s annual inflation rate accelerated for the 16th straight month to 37.2% in September of 2022, from 33.9% in August. It was the highest reading…

13 Oct 2022 - Uganda is seeking potential partners in the coming year to develop East Africa’s first nuclear power plant. The project, expected to cost as much as…

13 Oct 2022 - Equity Bank has emerged as the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs at the Global SME Finance Awards 2022 organized by the International Finance…

13 Oct 2022 - The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has revealed that it is considering giving a licence to Tanzanian firm Taifa Gas Investment to…

13 Oct 2022 - NALA, a fintech startup that powers quick remittances from the UK and US to Africa, has launched a new feature that allows Kenyans in the diaspora to…

12 Oct 2022 - Kenya’s current account deficit widened by 9.7 per cent in the second quarter of this year compared to a similar period last year on higher fuel and

12 Oct 2022 - The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will challenge the High Court ruling that stopped its bid to increase monthly contributions from the current…

12 Oct 2022 - The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has granted a 'No Objection' to Ndovu app to roll out a robo-advisory solution to the mass market upon the…

12 Oct 2022 - Kenya’s economic growth slowed for a fourth straight quarter as its worst drought in at least 40 years, and pre-election jitters weighed on output.

12 Oct 2022 - Kenya’s economic growth slowed for a fourth straight quarter as its worst drought in at least 40 years, and pre-election jitters weighed on output.

12 Oct 2022 - Over the last few years, Equity Bank completed the acquisition of two lenders; Banque Commercial du Congo (BCDC) and ProCredit Bank.

12 Oct 2022 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday downgraded its 2023 world economic outlook, citing Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine, widespread

12 Oct 2022 - The government has hinted at scrapping or amending the privatization act in the latest attempt to help financially struggling State-Owned Enterprise…

12 Oct 2022 - Copia Global, Kenya’s B2C e-commerce platform has appointed Caren Robb as Global Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect, as it deepens its…

12 Oct 2022 - Italian multinational oil and gas company, Eni has exported its first cargo of vegetable oil produced in Kenya for biorefining in its Gela…

12 Oct 2022 - President William Ruto has announced the government's promise to privatise ten companies in the next year through the stock market to end the six-…

12 Oct 2022 - Pawa IT Solutions Ltd is a leading Cloud Computing Tech Company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. They focus on Google Cloud Technology and they take…