Nairobi, April 22 -- After close to 24 months without African economies being able to go to the global financial markets to raise debt due to high interest rates, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin and Kenya have m... Read More
Nairobi, April 21 -- The World Bank has raised concern that tensions in the Middle East could reverse the gradual opening up of global markets, which saw Cote d' Ivoire, Benin and Kenya issue Eurobond... Read More
Nairobi, April 19 -- One of the highlights of the just concluded International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, was the announcement that the two Bretton Woods len... Read More
Nairobi, April 6 -- Scholars and public finance policy specialists from the Global South want an overhaul of the Debt Sustainability Analysis framework used by the Bretton Woods institutions (the Worl... Read More
Nairobi, April 4 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is rolling out a new plan to get kiosk owners and small-scale suppliers to file electronic invoices after the taxman's attempt to rope a critical ... Read More
Nairobi, April 1 -- Audit and consultancy firm Deloitte is the first entity to secure a securities investment adviser license for operation in Ethiopia ahead of the formal launch of the country's Secu... Read More
Nairobi, March 26 -- One of the world's largest asset management firms BlackRock has made an investment on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) after a four-year break in a major win for the Kenyan b... Read More
Nairobi, March 16 -- Kenya's National Treasury is considering introducing a 16 percent value-added tax (VAT) on bread and milk in a fresh push to boost revenue collections. Treasury Cabinet Secretary... Read More
Nairobi, March 14 -- The Treasury is considering introducing a 16 percent value-added tax (VAT) on bread and milk in a fresh push to boost revenue collections from middle-class households. Treasury C... Read More
Nairobi, March 12 -- Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company (ELDOWAS) looks to be the first water utility firm in Kenya to go to the capital markets and raise debt as the sector looks to diversify fundi... Read More