Small businesses, bolstered by expanding access to credit, are emerging as critical pillars of economic resilience across Kenya’s 47 counties, providing a crucial buffer against unemployment and uneven regional development in an economy where formal sector opportunities remain limited for millions of citizens. Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics’ Gross County Product 2025 […]

Kenya’s external financial position deteriorated sharply in the third quarter of 2025, with the current account deficit expanding more than threefold to reach Sh135.3 billion—a three-year high that underscores mounting pressures on the country’s balance of payments and signals intensifying challenges for policymakers attempting to maintain macroeconomic stability amid robust economic growth. The widening deficit, […]

Kenya’s agriculture sector recorded its slowest growth rate in over two years during the third quarter of 2025, expanding by just 3.2 percent as declining production in key export crops overshadowed gains in dairy and horticulture sectors. The subdued performance, down from 4.0 percent growth in the corresponding period of 2024, reflects mounting challenges facing […]

Thousands of Kenyan workers face an uncertain employment future as the government announced plans to shut down over 300 companies within the next three months, marking one of the most significant corporate registry clean-up operations in recent years. The sweeping action, announced through a gazette notice dated January 2, 2026, represents the latest phase in […]

For nearly a quarter of a century, the story of Kenyan sugar was one of survival under a safety net. Since 2001, the industry has lived behind a protective wall known as the COMESA sugar safeguard—a legal shield that kept cheaper regional imports at bay while the country tried to fix its aging, debt-ridden mills. […]

Kenya’s tea sector, long plagued by regional price disparities and allegations of anti-competitive practices, is set for a comprehensive overhaul as the government unveils ambitious reforms designed to raise smallholder farmer earnings to Sh100 per kilogramme of green leaf by 2027. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced the wide-ranging intervention, which addresses complaints from farmers […]

At least $750 million (Sh96.7 billion) in World Bank funding to Kenya remains frozen as the country works to meet eleven policy and legislative conditions required for the release of the loan, with the National Treasury now pushing to secure early disbursement ahead of the March 2026 timeline indicated by the Washington-based development lender. The […]

Kenya’s water service providers are grappling with a massive debt crisis as billions of shillings in loans remain largely unpaid, prompting the National Treasury to explore ways to restructure the obligations. The arrears have left taxpayers exposed to financial losses, while repayment of both domestic and foreign loans has stalled, creating what has become one […]

Global investment banking firm Treadway is stepping up efforts to channel Chinese capital into African markets, targeting large-scale investments to support industrialization, energy and infrastructure development across a continent experiencing unprecedented demand for electricity and facing critical power shortages that constrain economic growth and job creation opportunities for rapidly expanding youth populations. The Hong Kong-based […]

The Kenyan government has finalized a landmark KSh 40.4 billion ($311 million) Public-Private Partnership agreement to strengthen the nation’s electricity transmission network, marking a strategic pivot after President William Ruto cancelled controversial deals with India’s Adani Group in November 2024 due to corruption concerns and intense public backlash. The deal, signed on Monday, December 15, […]