National treasury CS John Mbadi and Belgium’s Ambassador to Kenya Peter Maddens Kenya and Belgium have signed an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTA), a move expected to deepen trade and investment ties between the two nations. In a statement released on Tuesday, September 30, the National Treasury announced the signing in a…

EPRA Chief Executive Engineer Edward Kinyua speaking at the Africa Energy Week in Cape Town, South Africa. Kenya has been ranked among Africa’s leading consumers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), underscoring the country’s rapid shift towards cleaner and healthier cooking solutions. A report by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), released for the financial…

Electricity 200kWh increased by 1.0%. Kenyan households dug deeper into their pockets to get oranges, mangoes, cabbages, tomatoes and potatoes on the meal table in the month of September, with oranges becoming the most expensive item on the menu.  There was, however, some relief for households following declines in the prices of Ugali and Sukuma…

President William Ruto. [Photo/@WilliamsRuto/X] Kenya is preparing to host the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Summit from October 7th to 9th, a high-level gathering that is expected to shape the future of regional trade and integration across Africa. The summit, which will bring together Heads of State, ministers, business leaders, and entrepreneurs…

L-R: Mastercard Senior Vice President and Country Manager for East Africa & Indian Ocean Islands Shehryar Ali and Hillcroft Holdings CEO Bente Krogmann at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). [Photo/Courtesy] Mastercard has announced a strategic collaboration with Insurtech company Hillcroft (mTek) to launch embedded insurance solutions across East Africa. The collaboration will…

NCBA Bancassurance Intermediary Limited Managing Director, Samuel Odhiambo NCBA Bank has urged Kenyan businesses to urgently step up their defences against a rising wave of risks, warning that cybercrime and climate shocks are becoming major threats to growth and stability. The call came during NCBA’s Commercial Banking and Insurance Breakfast Forum held in Nairobi on…

President William Ruto. [Photo/PCS] As Kenya prepares to host the 24th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Summit from October 7 to 9 in Nairobi, the government is eager to demonstrate how its Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) aligns with COMESA’s vision of a prosperous and integrated Africa. President William Ruto will assume…

Tailor sewing a white textile. PHOTO/Pexels Kenya’s textile and apparel industry is breathing a sigh of relief as the United States signals it may extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) even if only for a year. The trade pact, which lapsed on September 30, has for decades given sub-Saharan countries, including Kenya, duty-free…

Annstella Mumbi, General Manager, Tala Kenya. Kenyan fintech giant Tala is betting big on Latin America as it takes its innovative financial services to Guatemala, with plans to enter the Dominican Republic and Panama by the end of the year. The company is utilising its powerful proprietary software, known as Tala in a Box, to…

Co-op Bank placed among Africa’s most innovative financial institutions. Co-operative Bank of Kenya has been named Winner of the Product Innovation of the Year (Africa) at the Global SME Finance Awards 2025, hosted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the SME Finance Forum, and endorsed by the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI).…