Manvir wins KCB Kilifi Rally as Chager holds onto KNRC lead

By Agencies,

Manvir Baryan navigated by Drew Sturrock in a Skoda Fabia R5 led from start to finish to win his second career KCB Kilifi Rally. The reigning Afric...

KCB Kilifi Rally , Manvir Baryan , wins

Renationalization unlikely to fly Kenya Airways back to profit

By Reuters,

By taking back full control of Kenya Airways, lawmakers are banking on Kenya’s ability to replicate the profitable example of Ethiopia’s state-own...

Ethiopian Airlines , Kenya Airways

Mauritius Leaks: Kenya should be wary of its interactions with island nation

By Citizen,

By Leonard Wanyama  One fascinating aspect of Kenya’s fight against corruption has been how international dimensions relate to current governmen...

ICIJ , International Consortium of Investigative Journalist , kenya , Mauritius Leaks

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

Payment service providers to create security-distinct post in new CBK guidelines

By Kepha Muiruri,

Payment Service Providers (PSPs) will be required to create a distinct information security post from October this year as the Central Bank of Kenya (...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Cyber security , payment service providers , Serianu

Software Group Africa appoints new CEO

By Citizen Reporter,

Software Group, a global software company that provides digital financial solutions with African operations run from Kenya, has appointed Connor Hanan...

CEO , Connor Hanan , Software Group Africa

China says Africa projects should be sustainable, denounces criticism

By Reuters,

Chinese development projects in Africa must be sustainable, the government’s top diplomat told senior African ministers on Tuesday, as he denounced ...

africa , china , Xi Jinping

CBK warns of impending disruption to mobile-money services

By Kepha Muiruri,

Governor to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Patrick Njoroge has warned of an impending disruption to mobile-money services, this as innovation in glob...

CBK , Euromoney Conference , financial inclusion , mobile money , patrick njoroge

China,United States face off in Djibouti as world powers fight for influence in Africa

By CNN,

A dirt track at Djibouti's Doraleh Port leads to a series of unassuming single-story buildings that, earlier this year, hosted the world's two superpo...

china , Djibouti , Red Sea , US

Mortgage accounts poised to increase with KMRC launch

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Mortgage Refinancing Company (KMRC) launched on Wednesday by President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to double the number of mortgage accounts ...

affordable housing , CBK , KMRC , National Treasury

Legacy of lunacy haunts old Kenya railway. Will China’s Ksh.364B line be different?

By CNN,

In 1903, British colonial administrator Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot made a bold statement: "It is not uncommon for a country to create a rai...

SGR

Kenya, Cameroon militaries fighting terrorism through development

By VOA,

A delegation from the Kenyan military is sharing experience on how the Cameroon military engineering corps has taken over road construction projects i...

fighting terrorism , kenya military

African economies will largely be transformed by ICT, says Uhuru

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called on African countries to prioritize the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) i...

Ajira Digital , ICT , President Paul Kagame , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Smart Africa Initiative

China coming to terms with risks of lending to Kenya

By Kepha Muiruri,

The denial of credit to the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) phase 2B or the lack of discussions to the said credit facility have in the ...

china , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , National Treasury , Public debt , SGR

GSU, Prisons shine at KVF second leg in Kitui

By Stanley Mativo,

The General Service Unit (GSU) began their Kenyan Volleyball Federation title defence bid in supreme style, securing straight set victories in their o...

GSU , Kenya Prisons , KVF

World Bank’s new president skips China Belt and Road summit for Africa trip

By Reuters,

Nearly 40 world leaders and scores of finance officials, including International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, are gathered in Be...

Belt and Road infrastructure summit , china , Malpass , World Bank

Broke Kenyan junior athletes stranded in Nairobi

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenya's junior athletes who competed in the just concluded Confederations of African Athletics championships held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast are stranded...

Confederations of African Athletics championships

Emgwen MP proposes cap to public debt at Ksh.6. trillion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Emgwen Member of Parliament Alexander Kosgey has made his submission of the proposed raise to the public debt threshold to an absolute Ksh.6 trillion ...

Alexander Kosgey , National Treasury , PFM Act , Public debt

Exclusive: Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa

By Reuters,

Billions of dollars’ worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to m...

Raila’s backyard reaps Ksh.10B projects one year after Uhuru handshake

By Stephen Letoo,

The handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM Leader Raila Odinga has seen the Nyanza region get an estimated Ksh.10billion for development p...

hyacinth , SGR , Uhuru Raila handshake