The International Finance Corporation and the Kenya Investment Authority have entered into a strategic collaboration that establishes a comprehensive framework for enhanced cooperation aimed at transforming Kenya’s investment promotion landscape. This partnership, announced on December 2, 2025, represents a significant milestone in Kenya’s efforts to systematically attract foreign direct investment while positioning the country as […]

Kenya’s Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) market continued its dramatic shift toward low-risk yet diversified assets in the third quarter of 2025, with Money Market and Special Funds strengthening their dominance as total industry assets rose to Sh679.6 billion, new data from the Capital Markets Authority shows. The figure represents a remarkable 14 percent jump from […]

Leading real estate developer, Superior Homes Kenya, has officially unveiled its latest flagship project, a master-planned gated community dubbed The Orchards at Northlands. Situated within the expansive Northlands City development in Kiambu County, the launch marks a strategic move to capitalize on the sustained, robust demand for premium, integrated residential spaces in the Nairobi Metropolitan […]

FSD Africa has launched a transformative new venture initiative aimed at closing Africa’s yawning insurance protection gap, announcing a $25–30 million Inclusive Insurtech Investment Fund (3iF) at the BimaLab Africa Insurtech Summit 2025 in Nairobi. The two-day summit, convened on November 26–27, brought together insurers, regulators, investors, innovators, and development actors under the theme “Insuring […]

East African Breweries Plc (EABL), Kenya’s leading regional beverage manufacturer, has successfully completed the listing of its KES 16.76 billion bond on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, marking a significant milestone in the company’s capital markets strategy and signaling renewed confidence in Kenya’s corporate debt market. The bell-ringing ceremony held on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, celebrated […]

Kenya has received a significant financial boost in its efforts to modernize one of East Africa’s most critical transport arteries after the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) approved a USD 3.15 million (Ksh407 million) grant to prepare a comprehensive road enhancement project between Mau Summit and Malaba. The decision, reached during the MCDF […]

NCBA Group has launched a comprehensive Offshore Investment Solutions platform, marking a significant milestone in democratizing access to global financial markets for Kenyan investors. The initiative, unveiled at the 5th Abojani Economic Empowerment Conference in Nairobi on November 23, 2025, represents one of the most structured approaches by a Kenyan financial institution to bring international […]

The Court of Appeal has delivered a decisive blow to Cytonn Investments by dismissing all appeals connected to the collapsed Cytonn High Yields Solutions (CHYS) and Cytonn Project Notes (CPN) investment schemes, definitively confirming that more than KSh 11 billion collected from over 3,000 investors was channeled into unregulated investment vehicles that are now under […]

In a development that could reshape East Africa’s telecommunications landscape, Vodacom Group is in discussions with the Kenyan government about potentially acquiring a portion of its thirty-five percent stake in Kenya’s telecommunications giant, Safaricom PLC. According to sources who spoke to Bloomberg, the Johannesburg-based company, which already owns approximately thirty-nine point nine three percent of […]

Kenya’s ambitious attempt to regulate its burgeoning cryptocurrency sector has encountered an immediate and highly visible challenge. Just days after implementing the country’s first comprehensive Virtual Assets Service Providers Act of 2025, Bitcoin ATMs branded “Bankless Bitcoin” appeared in several major shopping malls across Nairobi, as reported by Capital Fm creating an awkward confrontation between […]