Kenya’s Tea Output Drops 11% in 2025 as Prices and Key Exports Falter
Kenya’s tea production dropped 11.5% in the first seven months of 2025 to 322.29 million kilograms, down from 364.13 million kilograms a year earlier, according to the Tea Board of [...]
Trade Gap Pushes Kenya’s Current Account Deficit to KSh 83.7Bn
Kenya’s current account deficit widened sharply in the second quarter of 2025, highlighting persistent external imbalances despite lower oil prices and a build-up in foreign reserves. For real time market [...]Kenya's Tea Output Slumps 12% as Dry Weather Bites
Kenya’s tea production fell sharply in the first half of 2025, dropping 12.39% to 283.25 million kilograms from 323.30 million kilograms in the same period in 2024, according to the [...]KCB, Afreximbank Commit KSh 103bn to Kickstart Vipingo SEZ
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Group and the African Export-Import Bank have agreed to provide a combined $800 million (KSh 103.4 billion) in financing to operationalize the Vipingo Special Economic Zone [...]
Manufacturers, Stakeholders, Urge Swift Action as September 30th AGOA Expiry Looms
Kenya is facing mounting pressure to secure the renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) before it expires on September 30, 2025, as both African and American stakeholders [...]India Overtakes Kenya Among Top Sources Of Rwanda’s Imports
Kenyan shipments to Kigali fell sharply in the second quarter of 2025, according to the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), with the value of imported goods between April [...]Tribunal Orders KEBS to Retest Candy Shipment After Dispute With Importer
The Standards Tribunal has ordered the retest a shipment of imported sweets, setting aside a decision by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) to block the goods and have them [...]Afreximbank Launches New Company to Promote Large Scale Trade, Seeds it with US$ 1bn
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched the African Trade and Distribution Company (ATDC), with seed funding and a subsidiary named ATDC Minerals (ATMIN), to catalyse large scale trade in [...]
Court Halts IMF-Backed e-Procurement Rollout As Governors, MPs Heighten Opposition
The High Court has suspended the Treasury’s directive requiring all government entities to adopt electronic procurement, ordering that both digital and manual submissions be accepted and processed equally under existing [...]Afreximbank's Half-Year Profit Rises to US$ 413 Mn on Liquidity Gains
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has reported a slight increase in earnings for the half year ended June 2025, with internally generated net profit rising slightly to US$ 412.7 million, from [...]Kenya’s Coffee, Flower, and Vegetable Exports Plunge in June
Kenya's crucial agricultural export sector is facing a significant slump, with new data revealing a sharp decline in earnings from coffee, flowers, and vegetables in June. The horticulture sector, another [...]Kenya’s Foreign Ministry Inks Pact with Real Sources Africa to Deepen AfCFTA Trade
The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs has signed a memorandum of understanding with Real Sources Africa, the country’s official AfCFTA trading company, to digitize trade facilitation across African markets [...]
