As New SHA CEO Takes Office, Health Facilities Face Deepening Cashflow Crisis
Between January and March this year, only 20% of facilities contracted under SHA’s Primary Health Care (PHC) model received full monthly reimbursements, according to a new survey of 332 health [...]
Sustainable Banking Gains Momentum in Africa, Led by Kenya and South Africa
A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and KPMG East Africa indicates that banks across eight African countries are making gradual but steady progress in embedding [...]NSE's Direct Investor Access Plan Sparks Broker Backlash
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is currently navigating a defining moment, poised between a future of democratized capital markets and the entrenched resistance of traditional stockbrokers. Can Mwiti's Vision Overcome [...]
AfDB Upgrades East Africa's Economic Growth Projections, Downgrades Africa's
The Africa Development Bank Group (AfDB) has revised its projections of Africa's GDP growth downwards over the next two years by 0.2 and 0.4 percentage points due to the impact [...]
World Bank Proposes Reforms to Enhance Kenya’s Revenue
The World Bank has outlined a strategy that could strengthen Kenya's revenue system by addressing inefficiencies, inequities, and distortions in the current tax framework. “These issues significantly limit the country's [...]Banks' Profits Rebound, Non-Performing Loans Hit 20-Year High
Kenya’s banking sector entered 2025 on a cautiously optimistic note, according to the Central Bank of Kenya’s Q1 2025 Credit Officer Survey. This performance ties with Q1 2024's peak, and [...]
MP Proposes New Internet Billing System, Know Your Customer Rules For ISPs
In a move aimed at redefining how Kenyans pay for their internet, Parliament is considering a legislative amendment that could upend the flat-rate billing model long favored by most Internet [...]What US Tariffs Mean for Kenya's Trade
While we can’t predict how Kenya’s tariff positioning will evolve relative to others, we can lean on some key strengths, Kevin Ng'ang'a, Kenya Country Lead at Verto, writes. In April, [...]
Kenya’s Milk Intake Defies Seasons, On Track to Cross 1Bn Litres in 2025
Kenya’s dairy industry has posted a historic Q1 2025, collecting 250.6 million litres of milk intake to formal processors—up 56% year-on-year. Breaking Seasonal Norms and Long-Term Trends From just 270 [...]Kenya’s Power Imports, Exports Hit Record Highs in Q1 2025
Kenya exported 10.76 GWh of electricity in March 2025, setting a new monthly record primarily driven by Tanzania’s return to importing Kenyan power, ending a six-year absence that had left [...]America Wants a Slice of Remittances
As recently as2016,a World Bank articlelistedBahrain, Saudi Arabia, the US,and theUAEas countries considering imposing taxes on remittances. Washington is now proposing a 5% on remittances in its new tax plan. [...]
Kenya Airways 2024: The Plan, The Profit, and the Road to Recapitalization
In an exclusive interview with The Kenyan Wall Street, Kenya Airways (KQ) acting CFO Mary Mwenga outlines the airline’s internal transformation—from cultural shifts to balance sheet overhauls—and what it will [...]
