What Changed: New Laws Signed in June 2025 On 17 June 2025, President William Ruto signed into law two landmark pieces of legislation aimed at strengthening Kenya’s financial regulation framework: Build the future you deserve. Get started with our top-tier Online courses: ACCA, HESI A2, ATI TEAS 7, HESI EXIT, NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, and Financial Literacy. […]
What the Latest Data Reveals Kenya’s insurance industry saw a sharp drop in fraud reports in Q4 2024, while its profits leapt nearly four-fold, driven largely by brisk investment returns in government bonds, according to the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA). Build the future you deserve. Get started with our top-tier Online courses: ACCA, HESI A2, […]
Redemption Details The National Treasury has successfully redeemed the 12-year tax-free infrastructure bond IFB1/2013/12, settling KSh 15.2 billion on 15 September 2025. The bond carried an 11% coupon and was originally structured as a multi-tranche amortised bond. It was first issued in September 2013, with two redemption points: This dual-tranche structure allowed the government to […]
Treasury’s New Bond Sale The Kenyan government is moving aggressively to secure financing for the 2025/26 fiscal year. The Central Bank of Kenya has announced the reopening of three long-term Treasury bonds — a 30-year Savings & Development Bond, a 25-year issue, and a 20-year bond — targeting Sh60 billion. If fully subscribed, this sale […]
Oversubscription of Treasury Bills Kenya’s appetite for Treasury bills is soaring. At the most recent auction held by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), investors placed bids worth KSh 38.8 billion against an advertised amount of KSh 24.0 billion, translating into a performance rate of 161.5%. The 364-day Treasury bill was the standout performer. While […]
House Republicans are orchestrating a strategic legislative move to retroactively combine GOP-led legislation that would ban the Federal Reserve from creating a central bank digital currency (CBDC) with a comprehensive bipartisan cryptocurrency market structure bill, following the separate passage of both measures in July’s landmark “Crypto Week.” The House is scheduled to vote Tuesday afternoon […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and developer Anders Elowsson have introduced EIP-7999, a transformative proposal designed to streamline Ethereum’s complex transaction fee structure through the establishment of a unified multidimensional fee market. Released in early August 2025, this proposal represents one of the most significant potential changes to Ethereum’s economic model since the landmark EIP-1559 upgrade. […]
Bitcoin (BTC) has demonstrated resilience by retracing to the $116,000 price zone, hitting $116,795 after briefly pulling back to $114,395 earlier this week, as traders worldwide closely monitor the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy decision that could reshape the cryptocurrency landscape for the remainder of 2025. The world’s leading cryptocurrency continues to consolidate above the psychologically […]
Sanlam Kenya Plc has called an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for October 9, 2025, to seek shareholder approval to change its name to Sanlam Allianz Holdings (Kenya) Plc, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing consolidation of Africa’s insurance landscape under the SanlamAllianz joint venture. The proposed rebrand follows Jubilee Holdings’ complete exit from general […]
Kenyan technology-driven investment firm Kweli Capital has acquired a majority stake in brokerage Old Mutual Securities Ltd (OMS), marking a significant strategic expansion into regulated financial services and signaling a new chapter in East Africa’s evolving capital markets landscape. The acquisition will see Kweli Capital take over the Nairobi-based brokerage from the Old Mutual Group, […]
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President William Ruto has made a candid admission that Kenya's electricity supply is insufficient to meet current demand, forcing the...
