- Interest rates on the government's overdraft facility, through which Treasury borrows directly from CBK increased by 87 per cent over the financial year to June 2024
- The animal feed industry has heavily relied on imports from South African countries leading to unpredictable availability and contributing to rising animal feed costs.
- Agricultural experts have now cautioned that proposed taxes and new regulations could threaten smallholder farmers viability and Kenya's food security.
- CS Agriculture Dr Andrew Mwihia said Kenya is experiencing significant deficits in animal-source foods, a situation projected to worsen by 2030 if no action is taken.
- SIC Investment Cooperative, formerly Safaricom Investment Cooperative (SIC), has revealed plans to list on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) after taking up a new brand identity.
- Regional disparity in insurance sector standards forces Kenyan firms to incur extra costs to train staff in new markets where they set up subsidiaries.
- Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi said Algeria is a key and strategic partner for Kenya in several areas, including agriculture, defence and education among other sectors of mutual benefit.
- The Kenya Economic Report states that agriculture is a labour-intensive sector and would therefore require targeted interventions to make it more productive.
- Under the theme 'Enabling rural economies; Creating lasting impact for digital ecosystem in Africa', the two-day event will be held in Nairobi between October 15 and 16.
- Eleven coffee cooperative societies received Sh125.2 million Cherry Fund loans from new Kenya Planters Cooperative Union in the latest allocation to boost production.
- The first call is embedded in our budget calendar for 2025/26, the penultimate fiscal year to our 2027 election because the 2027/28 budget two years later will be transitional
- Up to 250,000 Kenyans could move to the country after a pilot project is launched, raising public concerns among Germans who express skepticism and hostility toward incoming Kenyans
- Nuclear plants could cost hundreds of billions, while the distribution network is dilapidated. The growing population and expanding middle class have led to increased electricity demand.
- The three firms will invest in the project and recover the investment over a 10-year period starting February 2025, delivering 70,000 tablets and 5,000 laptops to public health workers.
- Fintech innovation, particularly mobile-based, has transformed access to financial services across the region with mobile wallets becoming a lifeline for the unbanked.
- Farmers need to embrace irrigation and growing resilient crops such as cassava, sweet potato, finger millet, and sorghum, as part of climate-smart agriculture.
- What seems lost to these well-established political and bureaucratic mercenaries is that pervasive socio-economic order has its limits both in society and the economy.
- The Kenya Tea Development Agency has advised its directors to remain firm and follow the procedures when declaring final payments for the year 2023/2024.
- East Africa's logistics industry faces regulatory hurdles and trade barriers including the requirement for container cash deposits at Mombasa and Dar es Salaam ports.
- Boat owners, like Akinyi who do not venture into the lake, hire fishermen who operate the boats. Each boat is manned by between three and five fishermen.
- Real estate has the highest labour productivity in the services sector according to a new report even as the closure of some retail stores dented the industry.
- A pioneering pediatric dentist and co-founder of Riverdale Clinic, Dr Diana Okello has forged a path that combines medical expertise with astute business acumen.
- Engineering firm Resqtec has lost the bid to stop a Sh283 million tender awarded to a rival firm to supply the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with an aircraft recovery system.
- Tullow Oil is yet to make much headway in its search for a strategic partner, which remains one of the key aspects needed to move Kenya's oil project forward.
