Co-op bank and EBRD foreign currency programme
Bank of Kenya and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have entered into a Sh13 billion ($100 million) financing programme to expand access to foreign currency funding for Kenyan businesses. Co-op Bank said that the first Sh6.5…
Ruto Reopens Uhuru War
Four years after their bitter political divorce, President William Ruto has once again turned his fire on his former boss, Uhuru Kenyatta , accusing him of sabotaging his government and even linking him to the unrest witnessed in Kenya. Ruto made the…
A Night of Death on Kenya’s Roads
One night, three families, and at least nine lives lost , Kenya’s roads turned deadly on Wednesday as separate crashes in Machakos and Kisii left families confronting sudden and devastating loss. At the Machakos County Referral Hospital Funeral Home,…
TikTok Joins Kenya’s Tax Hunt
Kenyan content creators are waking up to a new reality, the money they make from TikTok is increasingly coming under the country’s tax radar, with the platform now asking creators for their tax details. TikTok has begun notifying Kenyan creators who…
Scientists Find a Cat Nobody Knew Existed
Scientists have discovered something that sounds almost impossible: a wild cat that had already been living among humans before researchers realised it belonged to a species unknown to science. They have identified a new tiger-cat species in Bolivia,…
Apple TV Has Finally Entered Kenya
Paying for iCloud+ in Kenya may have just become a lot more interesting, Apple is expanding the subscription to include Apple TV and Apple Arcade at no additional cost. Apple has officially launched Apple TV in Kenya for the first time, with the service…
Verstappen Crushes Karting Challenge.
Four-time Formula One world champion Max Verstappen overtook 100 go-kart competitors in just 35 minutes during a special televised event at Silverstone, completing the extraordinary challenge well inside the organisers’ limits. Verstappen, driving…
AFCON 2027 Gets Backing.
Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe has reaffirmed his confidence that Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will successfully host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), despite challenges facing preparations for the continental…
Airtel wind up its subsidary network
Airtel Africa is winding up its Kenyan wholesale internet and fibre-optic subsidiary, Airtel Kenya Telesonic, two years after its launch. The Registrar of Companies said the firm will be struck off the register by December 2026 following a request by the…
Cruide oil export from Turkana
Kenya is on track to export its first crude oil from Turkana in the first quarter of 2027, with production expected to begin in December 2026. EPRA Director of Petroleum and Gas Edward Kinyua said the South Lokichar Basin project is progressing within…
