Treasury ends annual local borrowing program on a high, raises Ksh.49 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury has closed its local borrowing program for the year ending June 30 on a high, raising Ksh.49.3 billion against a target of Ksh.4...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , domestic borrowing , National Treasury

Treasury raises Ksh.21 billion from May bond sale

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury has raised Ksh.20.8 billion in new borrowing from its five-year bond sale whose auction was completed Tuesday. The sale manag...

What happens if the Tokyo Games don’t go ahead?

By CNN,

The Olympic flame arrived in Japan on Friday, marking the beginning of official celebrations for a global sporting event that could still be derailed ...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo Games

Kenyan economy braces for impact after first coronavirus case

By Kepha Muiruri,

The local economy is bracing for an unprecedented impact with the first case of the novel coronavirus that was reported on Friday. Economic risks h...

CBK , coronavirus

Despite tough talk, Gov’t yet to deliver on planned austerity measures

By Kepha Muiruri,

Despite talking tough on implementing far reaching budget cuts, the government has found it tough going to sustain the austerity walk as doubts on fis...

austerity , fiscal consolidation , National Treasury

Chebet triumphs at Nairobi X-Country

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Former world youth silver medallist Sandrafelis Chebet braved challenging weather conditions to emerge top in the senior race at the Nairobi region Cr...

Nairobi Cross Country , Sandrafelis Chebet

Fireworks light up Tokyo six months before Olympic Games

By Reuters,

Fireworks lit up the night sky above Tokyo Bay on Friday and a giant monument of the Olympic rings was unveiled in the shadow of Rainbow Bridge as the...

olympics , Tokyo 2020

USIU-Africa and the Academy of International Business Africa hold joint conference

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USIU-Africa and the Academy of International Business-Africa hosted a joint conference from January 7 –9. The conference themed ‘Facing the Dis...

USIU

USIU-Africa and Academy of International Business Africa hold conference on disruption in global business

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USIU-Africa and the Academy of International Business-Africa hosted a joint conference from January 7 –9, 2019. The conference themed ‘Facing t...

USIU-Africa

All eyes on CBK on review of Kenya economy base lending rate

By Kepha Muiruri,

All eyes will be on the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) as it offers guidance on the direction of interest rates in the market. The CBK has been relati...

CBK , CBR

Unbowed Kimanzi keeps AFCON hope despite uninspiring Togo draw

By Jacob Icia,

  Analysis, Jacob Icia Harambee Stars head coach Francis Kimanzi is undeterred in his quest for the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) ticket desp...

Draw , Francis Kimanzi , Harambee Stars , Togo

‘Greedy’ lenders to blame for feared hike on bank loan rates

By Kepha Muiruri,

The interest rate charged on your new loan is inevitably set to rise in the aftermath of the interest rate cap repeal in spite of assurances from the ...

CBK , Finance Act , interest rate caps , KBA , Treasury

BLAZE by Safaricom supports 24 young entrepreneurs from Meru County

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Twenty-four budding entrepreneurs from Meru County and its environs received business capital totaling KES 800,000 from BLAZE by Safaricom at the Be Y...

BLAZE by Safaricom

The force behind Uhuru’s calls for removal of interest rate caps

By Kepha Muiruri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s rate interest cap repeal call to Parliament has been enforced, financial allied sector stakeholders now reckon. While ...

interest rate caps , KRA , National Treasury , Uhuru kenyatta

Three-star Senegal leave Kenya on the brink

By Isaac Swila,

Swila Isaac in Cairo, Egypt At the immaculate 30 June Stadium here in Cairo, the stars aligned themselves for Senegalese Lions as they mauled Kenya 3...

3-0 , 30 June Stadium , AFCON2019 , Harambee Stars , kenya , Senegal

Four Catholics killed in another Burkina Faso church attack

By Reuters,

Unidentified assailants killed four Catholics and destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary in northern Burkina Faso, a bishop said on Tuesday, the third ...

Burkina Faso , catholic , Paul Ouedraogo

FULL LIST: Uhuru appoints former MPs, Governor to top parastatal jobs

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A handful of individuals who lost in the last General Election have been awarded plum parastatal jobs as board directors and board members. In also...

Parastatal appointments

Venezuela’s Maduro orders militia expansion as Guaido tours blackout-ravaged state

By Reuters,

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday ordered an expansion of civilian militia by nearly one million members as opposition leader Juan Guaid...

Juan Guaido , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

Investor education still a bug to M-Akiba uptake

By Kepha Muiruri,

Experts have largely identified insufficient investor knowledge as the prevailing and underlying challenge to topping the uptake of the mobile phone t...

m-akiba , National Treasury , nse

Hunger stalks Yemen’s remote villages after four years of war

By Reuters,

As Yeman’s war grinds into its fifth year with peace efforts stalling, ten-year-old Afaf’s father sees little hope he will be able to give his sta...

Hunger , President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , United Nations , Yemen