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Currently, the report says the region is home to approximately 80 per cent of the world's population...
Africa is one of the most affected regions by climate change and its current and historical greenhou...
Compared to the latest funding figures of 2023, when they directed $74.7 billion (Sh9.7 trillion) to...
Analysis shows that a litre of petrol goes for Sh171 in Uganda, and Sh153.34 in Rwanda while it is t...
The World Bank attributes the ongoing vulnerability to the lack of comprehensive social insurance pr...
The latest weekly bulletin by the CBK shows the reserves stood at $9,323 million (Sh1.2 trillion at...
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa said the performance remains strong amid the headwinds in the Ethiopian b...
Data from the report shows a significant surge in the number of transactions flagged as potentially...
In Kenya, the lender says the country has been successful in translating economic growth into povert...
The easing commodity prices, according to a majority of the respondents, has made it somewhat more m...
Notably, in Africa and Asia, Kenya is the largest producer of camel milk followed by Somalia and Pak...
Notably, solar and wind energy sectors are leading this growth.
This is from the 2.5 million recorded in the same period last year, representing a 41 per cent dip.
Of this amount, the fund targets to raise $240 million (Sh31 billion) from domestic institutional in...
The country ranks after South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nigeria. However, it has out...
Gender pay gaps are also often wide as a result of women working in less quality jobs compared to th...
Tthe IMF has lowered Kenya's GDP growth forecast for the country to 5.0 per cent.
The IMF notes that underemployment is also extremely high in the region, particularly in rural areas...
The prices of 50kwh and 200kwh of electricity increased by 0.3 per cent and 0.2 per cent, respective...
A notable portion of households, 55 per cent, have experienced stagnated income year-to-date.
The number of Kenyans who cannot afford a healthy diet has grown by about 22 per cent, from 35.1 mil...
Experts argue that the venture is often appealing because it typically comes with lower or no intere...
It adds that the new hub will serve as a centralised platform for training, resources and best pract...
CBK says the remittance inflows continue to support the current account and the foreign exchange mar...
The latest report by Kenya's most funded fintech, M-Kopa, for instance, indicates that the demand fo...
By 2015, Kenya had already developed a 15-year strategic plan for Kenya's nuclear power programme.
While most bus companies have so far reported lower-than-usual bookings, operators are hopeful that...
As global demand for carbon credits increases, experts have argued that marginalised communities are...
Dubbed the '#IBelong' campaign by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the ini...
International lobby group, the World Economic Forum (WEF), says countries like Kenya should augment...
Reports note that women bear a disproportionate share of the care work, which can lead to poverty an...
CA says the increased digitisation is proportionately increasing the incidence of cyber attacks in t...
Inflation expectations in the next month pointed towards a general decline in prices.
Consequently, ships destined for African countries such as Kenya have had to re-route through the Ca...
From the findings, all the cities scored below the average mark of 0.56: Nairobi (0.37), Kisumu (0.3...
In the period under review, freshwater populations suffered the heaviest declines, falling by 85 per...
Notably, the GeoPoll survey credited Gen Z for leading the charge on sustainability in the country.
According to KAM, the umbrella body representing manufacturers in the country, local manufacturers h...
This is a 75 Basis Points slash, a larger cut compared to August's review when the apex bank lowered...
A recent spot check by the Eastleigh Voice revealed that marginalised players such as bodaboda rider...
With growing market expectations of further cuts to the CBK's policy rate next week, there is potent...
When becoming jobless, seniors tend to leave the labour force altogether rather than job-seeking.
The decline in business activities coincided with the renewed drop in new business intakes.
Net exports of services similarly rose from Sh27.4 billion to Sh43.6 billion in the second quarter o...
The funding strategy is also committed to catalysing green and sustainable financing in East Africa,...
It attributes the decline to the various initiatives at the national and sub-national levels, such a...
The macroeconomic indicators generally showed mixed performance in the period under review.
The record is the lowest in the past decade as a similar mark was recorded in January 2013.
The country’s economy developed substantially slower in the first three months of this year than it...
The move brings to 85 the total number of licensed digital credit providers in the country.
