Kenya’s Public Debt Interest Payments On Pace to Cross KSh 1 Trillion in 2025
Kenya's fiscal structure has undergone a dramatic shift in recent decades, with public debt interest payments rising at an unprecedented pace. Kenya is currently paying an average of KSh 83.66 [...]
Why African Venture Capital and Private Equity Have Been Generating Poor Returns
Over the past decade, African venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) have significantly underperformed compared to other emerging markets such as China and India. Between 2014 and 2024, African [...]
Can Dividend Stocks Pay Your Bills?
Many people dream of financial freedom—earning enough passive income to cover their bills without relying on a traditional job. One popular strategy for achieving this is investing in dividend stocks. [...]
Incomes in Wholesale, Retail, Hospitality, Shrunk in Q1-ILAM Spending Index
Wholesale/Retail and hospitality workers reported the highest rate of income decline,40% and 45% respectively, among different sectors, according to Q1 ILAM Spending Index. “Q1 2025 saw a shift towards more [...]Over 80% of Kenyan Workers Are Ready to Quit their Jobs -Gallup Poll
Kenya is facing a potential workplace crisis as 82% of its labour force is either actively job hunting or passively watching for new opportunities, according to Gallup’s State of the [...]Regulatory Bottlenecks are Slowing Private Equity and Venture Capital in Africa
Africa is a continent of boundless potential tethered by systemic constraints. Its youthful demographic, surging digital economies, and vast untapped sectors like healthcare and agriculture beckon private equity (PE) and [...]How Ready Are Ethiopia's Retail Investors for the Stock Market?
After decades of operating a closed financial system, Ethiopia is entering a new economic era with the establishment of the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX). The idea of a functioning capital [...]
Kenya’s Cyber Threats Spike by 200% as System Attacks Dominate
Threats to Kenya’s cybersecurity landscape are becoming increasingly complex, with system attacks and brute force attempts driving a record-breaking 2.5 billion cyber threat detections between January and March this year, [...]How DRC Bank, Delayed Compliance, Have Stalled Access Bank's Acquisition of National Bank
In recent years, Access Bank Plc, the biggest lender in Nigeria in terms of assets, has aggressively expanded across the continent. However, a regulatory maze involving its activities in the [...]Institute of Public Finance Calls out State for Funding Weak Programmes
The Institute of Public Finance (IPF) is pushing for the urgent strengthening of linkages between budget planning and execution ahead of June tabling of 2025/26 KSh 4.3 trillion budget, noting that the weak [...]Sudan Conflict Enters Third Year With No End in Sight
On April 15th, the Sudan conflict entered its third year since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Army (SA) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in what has become one [...]
Uganda vs Umeme: The Final Bill of a 20-Year Power Concession
After its 20-year concession expired late last month, Uganda is now at a legal juncture with Umeme Limited, its biggest electricity distributor for two decades, over a contentious $234 million [...]
