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Top influencers earn Sh296m as Kenya's creator economy tops Sh1bn

Nairobi, April 7 -- Kenya's top social media influencers earned a combined Sh296 million in 2025 from brand-sponsored posts, pushing total creator economy payouts past the Sh1 billion mark, a new repo... Read More


Treasury to buy Jubilee's Nairobi CBD office in Sh2.5bn plan.

Nairobi, April 6 -- The National Assembly has approved an allocation of Sh1 billion to the National Treasury for the planned purchase of a multi-storey office block owned by Jubilee Holdings in Nairob... Read More


Supreme Court rejects push to halt Lavington high-rise project

Nairobi, April 6 -- The Supreme Court has declined to stop construction of a contested 16-storey apartment complex in Nairobi's Lavington, allowing the project to proceed as a legal battle continues. ... Read More


The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: A fanservice, nostalgic spectacle that collapses under its own plot

Nairobi, April 6 -- Historically, there has always been a formula when it comes to sequels: go big. Whether you're looking at the jump from the first Matrix to Reloaded, the scale of Judgment Day, th... Read More


How three insurers collapsed with Sh3.4bn clients' claims

Nairobi, April 6 -- Three Kenyan insurers, which were recently placed under statutory management and barred from taking on new business, owed customers more than Sh3.43 billion in unpaid claims as of ... Read More


Blow to media houses as MPs reject Sh826m debt pay plan

Nairobi, April 6 -- The National Assembly has rejected the allocation of Sh866.4million by the Treasury to clear pending bills for eight media organisations, dealing a blow to the firms struggling wit... Read More


Halaiki: Bashir releases his laidback, reflective and relatable stand up special

Nairobi, April 6 -- When Bashir Halaiki announced he was premiering his special on April 1, I thought it was a prank. Surely, it had to be an April Fool's joke. In Kenya, it usually takes forever for ... Read More


Top banks record Sh50bn gains on rising bond prices

Nairobi, April 6 -- Kenya's top-listed banks recorded Sh50 billion in paper gains from government bond holdings in 2025, building on the valuation increases seen in 2024 as prices of the papers contin... Read More


Kenya woos wealthy cruise passengers with port-to-safari stopovers

Nairobi, April 6 -- Kenya is courting cruise ship passengers with safari stopovers, betting that seamless links from port to game parks can grow tourism numbers. The Tourism ministry has been looking... Read More


Inflation red flag as Fitch cuts Kenya growth forecast

Nairobi, April 6 -- Global rating agency Fitch has cut its 2026 growth forecast for Kenya from 5.2 percent to 5.0 percent amid a projected surge in inflation, fuelled by the aftershocks of the escalat... Read More