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Mogo taps Sh800m debt for expansion

Nairobi, Feb. 12 -- Financial services firm, Mogo, has secured Sh800 million loans from I&M Bank and Ecobank to expand financing for assets such as motorcycles, vehicles, and smartphones in Kenya, tar... Read More


Joshua Oigara, Rebecca Mbithi take up new banking roles in shake-ups

Nairobi, Feb. 12 -- Stanbic Bank regional chief executive for East Africa Joshua Oigara has been elevated to head the lender'sparent firm Stanbic Holdings Plc,returning him to the helm of a listed ban... Read More


High material costs, taxes upset private sector activity to a 4-month low

Nairobi, Feb. 4 -- Kenya's private sector activity grew at the slowest pace in four months in January, weighed down by higher prices of raw materials as well as elevated import taxes, new findings of ... Read More


Kenyan TikTok creators earn Sh45m in first year of monetisation

Nairobi, Feb. 3 -- Kenyan digital creators earned Sh45.1 million in brand collaborations during the first year of TikTok's commercial operations in the country, boosting the platform's local creator e... Read More


Operators say electric buses make more profit, cut costs

Nairobi, Feb. 3 -- Electric vehicles (EVs), once dismissed as a far-fetched dream for Africa's chaotic matatu industry, are now carving a niche and redefining the systems that have sustained Kenya's p... Read More


Use of movable assets as loan collateral jumps 43pc in 2025

Nairobi, Feb. 2 -- The use of movable assets such as cars as loan collateral rose 43.02 percent in 2025, with initial security notices filed by financiers at the Movable Property Security Rights (MPSR... Read More


CBK warns against cash bouquets ahead of Valentine's Day

Nairobi, Feb. 2 -- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has warned against the misuse of Kenya shilling banknotes, citing a growing trend in which currency is being used for decorative and celebratory purp... Read More


Gambling advert spend drops by 89pc on tighter rules

Nairobi, Feb. 1 -- The expenditure on advertising within the betting and gaming sector dropped by a sharp 89 percent in the quarter to September 2025, hit by stricter regulations from the Betting Cont... Read More


AFA now lifts macadamia harvesting ban after survey

Nairobi, Jan. 29 -- The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has reopened the harvesting and trading of locally produced macadamia from February 1, 2026, after a mid-season survey showed that a signif... Read More


Cyber-attacks surge more than five-times on AI abuse

Nairobi, Jan. 27 -- Cyber threat incidents targeting Kenyan organisations surged more than fivefold in the three months to December 2025, underscoring the growing scale and sophistication of attacks o... Read More