Nairobi, Sept. 23 -- Kenyans borrowed an average of Sh16,341 from digital lenders under the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) in December 2025 as they increasingly tap mini loans for survival needs like foo... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 16 -- China, India, Saudi Arabia and UAE supplied 55.1 percent of Kenya's imports in the first half of 2026, highlighting the vulnerability of the country's supply chain amid disruption... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 9 -- Kenya's refugee and asylum-seeker population hit a record 857,065, with Eritreans and Burundians recording some of the fastest growth over the past decade as the country increasing... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- Kenya's pesticide use has reached a record high, highlighting the country's growing dependence on chemical crop protection even as health and environmental risks rise. Data from t... Read More
Nairobi, Aug. 19 -- The share of Kenya's foreign loans in yuan has more than doubled to 11.7 percent after converting three standard gauge railway (SGR) dollar-denominated loans to the Chinese currenc... Read More
Nairobi, Aug. 5 -- Kenya is set to add two new undersea fibre optic cables before 2027 in Africa's race for more bandwidth and high-speed internet amid the AI push. The first is a 4,108-kilometre sub... Read More
Nairobi, July 29 -- More than half of the firms flagged for higher exposure to money laundering risks are in the real estate and legal services sectors, putting these two sectors at the forefront of K... Read More
Nairobi, July 22 -- The number of Kenyans unable to afford a healthy diet has increased by 9.6 million over the past eight years on costly meals and reduced disposable income. Food and Agriculture Or... Read More
Nairobi, July 15 -- Nairobi is set to become Africa's largest metropolitan area by 2050, overtaking megacities such as Cairo and Lagos, amid a surge in urbanisation, putting pressure on the capital's ... Read More
Nairobi, July 15 -- Nairobi is set to become Africa's largest metropolitan area by 2050, overtaking megacities such as Cairo and Lagos, amid a surge in urbanisation, putting pressure on the capital's ... Read More