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New banks will be allowed to operate in Kenya as long as they meet the minimum core capital requirements, the…...
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Africa loses $88.6 billion annually to illicit financial flows (IFFs), a new report shows. The Illicit Financial Flows in Africa—which…...
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Listed lender Stanbic Bank has cut a deal with Kenya’s criminal investigations body to stop the police from looking into…...
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The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) among other East African stock markets suffered losses on new United States tariffs imposed in…...
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Kenya’s trade minister is holding talks with the United States administration in a bid to lobby for the extension of…...
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A United States senior officer has said that America is set to invest billions of dollars to war-ridden mineral-rich Democratic…...
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The World Court has set April 10th as the hearing date for Sudan’s genocide case against the United Arab Emirates…...
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MTN Group and Airtel Africa have entered into agreements to share network infrastructure in Uganda and Nigeria while looking for…...
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Kenya Airways (KQ) has reported a Ksh5.4 Billion ($39.9 million) profit for 2024-a record high in 11 years, overturning a…...
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Tunisia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATIDI), marking a significant step in…...
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Ecobank Kenya has raised its capital base to $65 million after injecting $27 million in fresh capital that will support…...
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Kenya is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new lending programme after both sides agreed to…...
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Tanzania has defended a controversial agreement to import electricity from Ethiopia in a bid to address the frequent power outages.…...
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Kenya has lost about $15.5 million in tobacco exports after British American Tobacco (BAT) shutdown its operations in Khartoum following…...
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Equator, a climate venture capital firm has closed a $55 million fund focused on supporting environment-tech startups in sub-Saharan Africa…...
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The largest food aid organization, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said that it has been forced to suspend food…...
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Kenyan chief executive officers (CEOs) say increased taxation, high energy costs and reduced consumer demand are a threat to economic…
United States President Donald Trump has cancelled five large contracts and grants in Kenya totalling $251.5 million (Sh32.5 billion). Mr…...
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Kenya has deferred $682.2 million in funding expected from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the ninth review to the…...
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Ethiopian state-owned telecommunications firm Ethio Telecom recorded a half-year revenue rise of 43.3 percent to 61.9 billion birr ($491.57 million).…...
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Analysis of the data shows that in the year ended December 2023, Nigeria received $368 million followed by Tanzania scoring…...
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The United Nations (UN) has warned that the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is likely to worsen…...
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Uganda’s central bank has held its main lending rate at 9.75 percent on Thursday, citing inflation looked contained despite uncertainties…...
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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has cut its benchmark lending rate for the fourth monetary policy meeting in a…...
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African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) is eyeing entry into the Northern and Southern African countries led by Egypt,…...
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The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is exploring a new currency model that is backed by African minerals to mitigate…...
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Official data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) published on Friday (31.01.25) show inflation rose from three per…...
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London-based Actis has sold Java House, East Africa’s coffee chain to two private equity firms, a new notice shows. According…...
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South Sudan’s central bank has threatened to terminate Stanbic Bank’s licence in a dispute concerning millions of dollars that were…...
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