Kenya’s economy is projecting a measured but growing confidence as the first quarter of 2026 unfolds. The Treasury has outlined an ambitious 5.3% growth target for the year, inflation has cooled to its lowest level in seven months, the Kenyan shilling is holding firm against the U.S. dollar, and the country’s foreign exchange reserves have […]

Kenya’s corporate landscape is facing another wave of regulatory reckoning, as the Registrar of Companies has served a formal three-month ultimatum to 117 businesses, warning that their names will be erased from the official register of companies unless they demonstrate they are still active and legally compliant. The move, part of an intensifying crackdown on […]

A banking ownership change has quietly reshuffled one of Kenya’s most ambitious road safety projects. KCB Bank has formally assumed the role previously held by National Bank of Kenya (NBK) in a Sh42 billion Public-Private Partnership that promises to digitise driver licensing, automate traffic enforcement, and install more than 1,000 surveillance cameras across the country […]

An International Monetary Fund team touched down in Nairobi on February 24, 2026, formally opening what could be one of the most consequential economic negotiations Kenya has undertaken in years. The staff mission, scheduled to run until March 4, is tasked with laying the groundwork for a successor lending arrangement after Kenya’s previous $3.6 billion […]

When President William Ruto met with EU Ambassador to Kenya Henriette Geiger at State House on February 24, 2026, the setting was familiar but the stakes were higher than ever. The two sides have been deepening a commercial relationship that, measured in raw trade volumes, already makes the European Union Kenya’s most important export market […]

After more than a decade of false starts, political delays and the successive exits of global energy majors, Kenya’s Turkana oil project is edging closer to reality. Gulf Energy E&P BV has secured a KSh 1.94 billion ($15 million) onshore drilling rig from the United Arab Emirates, marking the most significant operational step yet toward […]

Kenya has taken one of the most consequential steps in the history of its climate agenda, officially launching the Kenya National Carbon Registry (KNCR) — a sovereign digital platform that will serve as the authoritative system for registering, tracking, authorising, and reporting all carbon market activities within the country. The launch, held in Nairobi on […]

Kenya’s agriculture sector — the engine that directly powers 22.5% of the nation’s GDP, employs more than 40% of its labour force, and feeds over 53 million people — is being asked to operate on a budget allocation that amounts to just 2.7% of national government spending. That is the uncomfortable arithmetic that Agriculture Cabinet […]

Kenya has commissioned one of the largest animal feed manufacturing facilities on the African continent, as the Dutch nutrition giant De Heus Animal Nutrition officially opened its Ksh 3 billion (USD 23 million) plant in Athi River, Machakos County on February 18, 2026 — a milestone that officials say is central to the country’s strategy […]

When Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty landed in Nairobi this week, he did not arrive empty-handed. He carried a written message from President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, a proposed $100 million financing mechanism for dam construction, pledges to redirect a chunk of Egypt’s $14 billion African investment portfolio toward Kenya, and a carefully worded diplomatic offensive […]