Umeme's H1 Loss Spurs Profit Warning, Buy-Out Cash Swells Reserves
Umeme Limited has issued a profit warning after posting a net loss of USh 166.7Bn (KSh 6.1Bn) for the half year ended June 30, 2025, following the March expiry of [...]
CA to Revoke Licences of 45 TV Stations Over Regulatory Breaches
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) plans to revoke the licences of 45 TV stations for regulatory non-compliance. For real time market updates and analysis, join our WhatsApp Channel. Legal [...]Sanlam Kenya to Rebrand to Sanlam Allianz
Sanlam Kenya Plc has called an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for 9 October 2025 to seek shareholder approval to change its name to Sanlam Allianz Holdings (Kenya) Plc. In 2022, [...]NSE Foreign Outflows Hit KSh 1.7Bn in Mid-September as Rally Extends
Foreign investors accelerated their exit from the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in the second week of September even as the market delivered its strongest rally in more than a decade. [...]Fuel Prices Dip Marginally in EPRA's Latest Review
Fuel prices have seen a marginal decrease for the period of September 15 to October 14, 2025, according to a recent announcement by the Energy Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA). [...]
Kenya’s Mid-Year Harvests Have Slowed Hunger, Yet 2.1 Million Kenyans Could Face Crisis by January
1.8 million Kenyans faced acute food insecurity between July and September 2025, and a below-average October–December rain forecast could exacerbate the figure to 2.1 million by January next year, an [...]Equity Bank Bids for Ethiopia’s Banking Sector
Equity Bank Group has taken a major step toward expanding into Ethiopia after its chief executive Dr. James Mwangi held talks with Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) Commissioner Dr. Zeleke Temesgen [...]RUBiS Kenya H1 Sales Drops 7% to KSh 69bn, Redeems KSh 5.3bn Fuel Subsidy Papers
Kenya anchored the French energy powerhouse Rubis’ first-half 2025 performance, powering retail margin gains even as aviation volumes eased. Rubis, which holds 2nd biggest market share in Kenya at 15.96%, [...]Building Approvals in Nairobi Down by More Than 50% as Material Costs Remain Elevated
Nairobi’s construction sector slowed sharply by the end first half of 2025, with the value of building plans approved by the county government tumbling more than 50% from a year [...]Standard Chartered Kenya Kickstarts KSh 7Bn Pension Payout Process
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has begun the process of verifying details of 629 former employees set to benefit from a multibillion-shilling pension payout, after a Supreme Court ruling earlier this [...]Falling Incomes, Limited Jobs Leave Most Families Surviving on KSh 20,000 or Less
A new national survey has laid bare the economic strain facing millions of households, showing how falling incomes, limited job opportunities and rising costs, made worse by the Finance Bill, are [...]364-Day T-Bill Heavily Oversubscribed for Second Week
Investor appetite for the 364-day Treasury bill has surged, with the tenor recording successive oversubscriptions since the re-opening of the 30-year infrastructure bond in early September. For real time market [...]
