colonial era markets Stories
New historical research shows how African demand for arms, beads and cloth in the 1800s shaped European production and global trade, challenging Euroc...
EPRA has confirmed no change in fuel prices across Kenya from 15 December 2025 to 14 January 2026, keeping petrol, diesel and kerosene rates stable de...
Kenyan online traders are turning to collaboration, digital tools and cross-promotion to survive rising costs and weak demand, as e-commerce penetrati...
President William Ruto has signed a new law overhauling Kenya’s state corporations and anchoring a National Infrastructure Fund to channel privatisati...
A new IEA report shows global demand for applied technical workers is rising nearly twice as fast as graduate supply, straining energy firms and expos...
Wetang’ula called on legislators across the region to enact laws that remove barriers to the free movement of people and trade, stressing that unity a...
UNCTAD forecasts global growth will slow to 2.6 per cent in 2025, citing rising financial volatility and geopolitical risks, with developing economies...
World Bank data shows Generative AI skills now attract wage premiums of up to 36 per cent worldwide, as vacancies surge across ICT and white-collar ro...
The dispute began after vendors, especially those dealing in mobile phones and electronics, reported that ministry officials had introduced new charge...
Global arms sales by the top 100 producers rose 5.9% to a record Sh87.8 trillion in 2024, driven by wars in Ukraine and Gaza, higher defence budgets a...
In its latest November economic update, the World Bank notes that despite a rapidly growing working-age population, formal employment growth has stagn...
More than 60 stalls were gutted in Saturday night blaze, leaving traders devastated and millions in losses as repeated market fires threaten livelihoo...
The measures reflect the administration’s effort to boost investment, improve public resource management, and support county governments with addition...
Turkana Deputy County Secretary, Albert Gamoe, welcomed the consultations but warned that the draft Bill, in its current form, does not reflect the re...
Kenya has 55,281 acres dedicated to miraa, with Meru and Embu covering 88.4 per cent of the total. Other notable growing areas include Kirinyaga, Thar...
County Chief Officer for Public Health Tom Nyakaba said the move is aimed at ensuring only approved vehicles, traceable to the market, are used for me...
Regulators warned that a failure of a single provider could disrupt multiple institutions at once, affecting their ability to deliver essential servic...
Banks say the mismatch between average income and the cost of property is a key factor limiting mortgage growth.
Forest ecosystems such as the Congo Basin, the Guinean forests and Africa’s dryland forests are disappearing rapidly.
The review, chaired by nominated MP Irene Mayaka, involved consultations with officials from the State Department for EAC Affairs.
The NSE urged investors to conduct due diligence when buying or selling its shares—whether for themselves or on behalf of clients—to avoid breaching t...
Committee chair Johana Ng’eno noted that market users must guide decisions on layout and security installations. He said the government should listen...
Tighter household budgets and weaker buyer activity are slowing land price growth across Nairobi’s suburbs and satellite towns, with developers now dr...
Under the proposed law, all miraa traders would be required to obtain operating licences and sell only in designated areas approved by the county. The...
The blaze ripped through the bustling Hagadera refugee camp market in Garissa County, destroying stalls and goods worth millions as traders watched th...
The cross-border shopping hub of Jeppe offers hope for an inland entrepot to be recognised, supported and expanded to offer the global services that J...
Experts warn, however, that to sustain this momentum, Somalia must enhance regulation, invest in infrastructure, and build climate resilience to suppo...
Business owners woke up to the devastating news that the spaces they had occupied — some for more than a decade — had been reduced to rubble.
A fundraiser led by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki on Sunday raised Sh23.5 million to support more than 4,000 small-scale traders affected by the in...
The programme has been credited with creating and sustaining hundreds of thousands of jobs across more than 30 eligible African countries.
