The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) has announced a $3.3 million equity investment to support the expansion of a waste-to-energy facility operated by Sanivation in Naivasha, Kenya, marking a significant milestone in the development of circular economy solutions for sanitation and sustainable energy across East Africa. The investment, channeled through InfraCo—PIDG’s specialized project development arm—is […]

The UK-Kenya Tech Hub has launched a comprehensive initiative aimed at transforming Kenya’s early-stage investment landscape by training a new generation of angel investors and connecting them directly with promising startups seeking capital. The Startup 360 Connect program, announced this week, represents a strategic shift from investor education to active capital deployment in one of […]

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has officially rolled out a comprehensive online financial reporting system that fundamentally transforms how licensed market intermediaries submit mandatory compliance documentation, marking a significant milestone in Kenya’s ongoing digitalization of financial market infrastructure. In Circular No. 01/2026 issued on January 9, 2026, CMA Chief Executive Officer FCPA Wyckliffe Shamiah announced […]

Kenya commenced 2026 on a note of cautious optimism, successfully raising KSh 60.6 billion through its first bond auction of the year, even as the country continues to navigate prolonged negotiations with the International Monetary Fund that have left critical external financing commitments in limbo. The fully subscribed auction, conducted by the Central Bank of […]

The Nairobi Securities Exchange has opened 2026 with exceptional momentum, pushing total market capitalization to approximately KSh 3 trillion for the first time in the bourse’s history. This milestone reflects a remarkable transformation in Kenya’s capital markets, following a blockbuster 2025 performance that saw the exchange deliver some of the strongest returns in more than […]

A longstanding commercial dispute has emerged as a potential obstacle to one of East Africa’s largest corporate transactions, as Kenyan beer distributor Bia Tosha has filed an urgent petition with Kenya’s High Court seeking to block British multinational Diageo’s $2.3 billion sale of its majority stake in East African Breweries Limited (EABL) to Japan’s Asahi […]

Kenya’s private sector economy concluded 2025 on a decidedly positive note, maintaining solid growth momentum through December despite a marginal deceleration from the previous month’s exceptional performance. The Stanbic Bank Kenya Purchasing Managers’ Index registered 53.7 in December, down from 55.0 in November but comfortably above the critical 50.0 threshold that separates expansion from contraction […]

President William Ruto has announced that shares of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) will begin trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in January 2026, marking a significant milestone in the government’s privatisation programme and what is expected to be the largest initial public offering in Kenya since Safaricom’s historic listing in 2008. Speaking in […]

President William Ruto on Sunday utilized a high-profile thanksgiving service in Kerio Valley to showcase his administration’s security achievements while positioning the region’s newfound peace as a launchpad for economic development and political realignment. The carefully orchestrated event at Chesombur grounds in Sigor, West Pokot County, brought together political and religious leaders from six counties, […]

The Kenyan government has issued an urgent call for applications under the World Bank-funded Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation (KJET) Project, offering micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) clusters unprecedented access to co-investment funding of up to Ksh20 million per cluster for value-addition machinery. The State Department for Youth Affairs and the Creative Economy announced […]