After nearly a year of welcome subdued inflation, Kenya’s consumer prices are once again on an upward trajectory, raising significant concerns about the hard-won economic gains and the durability of recent interest rate cuts. The latest data reveals a worrying trend: Kenya’s inflation rate rose to 4.1% in July 2025, marking a three-month high and […]

In a significant boost for Kenya’s vibrant but often underserved business landscape, Family Bank has announced it has secured a Ksh 2.6 billion (approximately $20 million USD) trade finance facility from the British International Investment (BII). This crucial injection of capital is specifically earmarked to expand lending to Kenyan businesses, with a keen focus on […]

In a bold move signaling a significant shift in its domestic economic policy, the Tanzanian government has issued a directive effectively banning Kenyans and other foreign nationals from engaging in 15 specific business activities. These sectors, traditionally dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are now exclusively reserved for Tanzanian citizens. The directive aims to […]

Kenya’s daily electricity demand has surged to an unprecedented record high of 2,362.28 megawatts (MW) on July 23, signaling robust economic activity and a growing appetite for power across the nation. This significant increase from the 2,325MW recorded just weeks earlier on July 2 underscores the country’s accelerating industrial expansion, rapid urbanization, and rising domestic […]

Kenya’s vibrant coffee industry, a cornerstone of its agricultural economy and a source of livelihood for hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers, is currently engaged in a frantic race against time. A stringent new trade requirement from the European Union, the Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR), looms large, threatening to lock out a significant portion of Kenyan […]

A stark and unsettling admission from the Kenyan Treasury has sent ripples of concern through households across the nation: the government can no longer fully afford free education in public primary and secondary schools. Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Education on Thursday, laid bare the grim financial reality, […]

Kenya has officially unveiled the Kenya Digital Token (KDT), a groundbreaking initiative built on the high-performance Solana blockchain. This launch positions Kenya as a continental leader in blockchain-driven economic innovation, joining a growing list of nations exploring digital public infrastructure beyond traditional finance. While privately developed, the KDT is closely aligned with the government’s ambitious […]

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the nation’s premier statistical agency, has officially embarked on a monumental nationwide exercise: the 2025/26 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS). In a public notice, the bureau confirmed that its highly trained officials would commence visits to selected households across the country this July. This year-long endeavor, set […]

In a significant boost for entrepreneurship and gender equality in East Africa, Equity Bank Kenya and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have announced a landmark partnership to bring the renowned Goldman Sachs ‘10,000 Women’ online business course to women entrepreneurs across Kenya. This collaboration, unveiled on July 21, 2025, aims to equip thousands of women-owned […]

Kenya’s public debt has escalated to an unprecedented KSh 11.5 trillion (approximately USD 88.5 billion) as of May 2025, marking a staggering increase of KSh 951 billion in just eleven months from June 2024’s KSh 10.56 trillion. This alarming surge underscores a deepening fiscal crisis and a mounting pressure on the country’s borrowing appetite, raising […]