Kenya and two Chinese state firms are launching construction of a $1.5 billion highway expansion on Friday, marking Beijing's ...

Rumours of a KSh 5,000 banknote in Kenya have sparked widespread concern, but has the Central Bank of Kenya confirmed any new ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's economy grew 4.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, a similar pace to the same period a year ago, driven by growth in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's private sector activity contracted in May for the first time in seven months, hurt by a slowing performance in the construction, wholesale and retail and services sectors, a ...

For years, Kenya’s most important export was coffee. Today, it is workers. Remittances from Kenyans abroad now account for a bigger share of the Kenyan economy than coffee or tea, the country’s ...

Bitcoin ATMs appear in Nairobi malls days after Kenya’s new VASP law took effect, creating a stress test for regulators who ...

Few figures have been as consistently present at the heart of Kenya’s economic story as Kamau Thugge. Having served under the last three presidents – in roles at the Treasury and the Central Bank – ...

Kenya has been spared from the list of high risk and non-cooperative countries in the global war against money laundering and financing of terrorism activities. This follows significant steps the ...

Kenya’s financial system has long been viewed as one of Africa’s most dynamic, but the next 30 years may reveal an even more consequential role.The continent’s growth story is shifting, and the ...

The Kenyan government's announcement of a new 10 percent tax in March 2013 threatened the future prospects of M-Pesa, Safaricom's mobile money transfer service, which had revolutionized the way money ...