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CBK rejects banks' rate cap claims, digs in on Ruto's loan reforms

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has dismissed commercial lenders' claims that its proposed loan pricing reforms amount to a return to “interest rate capping.”
By Brian Ngugi 3 days ago
CBK rejects banks' rate cap claims, digs in on Ruto's loan reforms
Why Kenya lost Sh7 billion in exports to EAC
By Graham Kajilwa 4 days ago
Safaricom CEO reflects on his first five years at the telco
Safaricom CEO reflects on his first five years at the telco
By Esther Dianah 4 days ago
Review of infrastructure, taxes and incentives to boost adoption of EVs
Review of infrastructure, taxes and incentives to boost adoption of EVs
By Graham Kajilwa 4 days ago
Equity Group, African Guarantee Fund to support SMEs with Sh64 billion facility
Equity Group Holdings and the African Guarantee Fund have strengthened their commitment to supporting MSMEs with a $500 million (Sh64.5 billion) facility.
By Esther Dianah 4 days ago
Equity Group, African Guarantee Fund to support SMEs with Sh64 billion facility
Wealthy Kenyans plan to reinvest their bonus earnings
According to the Standard Chartered Kenya 2025 Bonus Sentiment Report, most wealthy Kenyans plan to spend their bonus earnings on replenishing their investments.
By Graham Kajilwa 10 days ago
Wealthy Kenyans plan to reinvest their bonus earnings
How Finance Bill 2025 risks hiking Kenya's clean energy costs
According to Kenya’s National Electric Mobility Policy, it aims to have EVs contribute 30 per cent of all new vehicles that will be registered by 2030.
By Macharia Kamau 11 days ago
How Finance Bill 2025 risks hiking Kenya's clean energy costs
Kenya Power, State research firm eye battery manufacturing plant
Kenya Power is working with Kirdi on the possibility of coming up with a battery manufacturing plant, as it seeks seeks to position itself as a major player in adoption of electric vehicles. 
By Graham Kajilwa 11 days ago
Kenya Power, State research firm eye battery manufacturing plant
What makes Kenya a major entrepreneurs' paradise
One, we are a relatively open market. It’s easy to enter the Kenyan market at any level. You can start a side hustle at home, in the streets or even online.
By XN Iraki 11 days ago
What makes Kenya a major entrepreneurs' paradise
Facebook's Ethiopia Sh250b hate speech case puts Big Tech under test
The case alleges that Meta’s failure to deal with core safety issues particularly on Facebook, has fanned the conflict that raged for more than three years and claimed over 500,000 lives.
By Frankline Sunday 11 days ago
Facebook's Ethiopia Sh250b hate speech case puts Big Tech under test
Is Kenya losing its economic power to EAC neighbours?
Kenyans have raised concerns about how the business environment is suffocating industrialisation, and that the focus has now moved to Tanzania and Uganda.
By Graham Kajilwa 18 days ago
Is Kenya losing its economic power to EAC neighbours?
What hurts Kenya's industrial takeoff
Kenya’s shaky energy supply and its high cost once again became a topic of discussion when the Vietnamese tycoon Doanh Chau critiqued Kenyan leaders for talking big but falling short on delivery. 
By Macharia Kamau 18 days ago
What hurts Kenya's industrial takeoff
Local banks bet on Pan-African payment system to spur trade
Kenya's leading lenders KCB Group and Equity Group, are strategically aligning with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System to capitalise on intra-African trade.
By Brian Ngugi 18 days ago
Local banks bet on Pan-African payment system to spur trade
Tanzania firm presses on with Kilifi gas plant amid safety fears
Environmentalists note that key safety components, including breakwater protections and proper discharge jetties, remain missing or untested.
By Macharia Kamau 25 days ago
Tanzania firm presses on with Kilifi gas plant amid safety fears
State defends tax regime as firms mull Kenya exit
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Deputy Commissioner Policy and Tax Advisory Maurice Oray noted that agricultural produce, for instance, is exempt from the VAT Act.
By Graham Kajilwa 25 days ago
State defends tax regime as firms mull Kenya exit
The inconvenient truth about devolution, the environment
Rain came as predicted, the rivers were crystal clear, and cancer was rare. Climate change or global warming were intellectual discussions, not mainstream. Not anymore.
By XN Iraki 25 days ago
The inconvenient truth about devolution, the environment
State pushes for shared cooking gas facilities to cut costs, boost access
The Ministry of Energy is pushing for the conversion of privately owned cooking gas handling facilities into common user infrastructure as part of strategy to drive up LPG usage in the country.
By Macharia Kamau 1 month ago
State pushes for shared cooking gas facilities to cut costs, boost access
Universal healthcare: Kenya's health sector at a turning point
Over the past decade, Kenya’s health sector has undergone significant policy evolution, shaped by two major national development frameworks - the Big Four Agenda and the BETA.
By Nick Wachira 1 month ago
Universal healthcare: Kenya's health sector at a turning point
Lack of harmonised laws hurts Africa's ICT take-off
Across Africa, governments and private sector players have poured significant investments into digital infrastructure—from sprawling fibre optic networks to booming mobile payments platforms.
By Macharia Kamau 1 month ago
Lack of harmonised laws hurts Africa's ICT take-off
Banks' lending dips by 240b as Kenyans shun costly loans
KCB Group, the country’s largest lender by assets, saw net loans and advances to customers fall by Sh99 billion in the 2024 financial year, a 10 per cent drop compared to 2023.
By Frankline Sunday 1 month ago
Banks' lending dips by 240b as Kenyans shun costly loans
Jitters over Trump's 10pc tariff as data shows dip in EPZ jobs
The latest data shows 7,369 people lost their livelihoods in 2023.
By Brian Ngugi and Graham Kajilwa 1 month ago
Jitters over Trump's 10pc tariff as data shows dip in EPZ jobs
How women investors are shaping Kenya's financial landscape
Traditionally limited to informal savings groups, women are now thriving in financial markets, building wealth and driving economic growth.
By Mercy Mwelu 1 month ago
How women investors are shaping Kenya's financial landscape
AGRA partners with Green Climate Fund to launch post-harvest food losses programme
Christened RE-GAIN, the initiative is expected to support and drive adoption of food loss solutions across the continent.
By Nanjinia Wamuswa 1 month ago
AGRA partners with Green Climate Fund to launch post-harvest food losses programme
KTDA power production up 32pc on rains
A statement from KTDA said these six operational power plants generated 3.28 MKWhrs in February 2025, and 4.33 MKWhrs in March 2025.
By Graham Kajilwa 1 month ago
KTDA power production up 32pc on rains
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