(NAIROBI, KENYA) – The operator of a Kenyan investment scheme cited in court for fraud is recruiting thousands of investors into a new platform, asking them to deposit $400 (KES 51,800 / GBP 307) to unlock funds estimated at close to KES 1 billion ($7.7 million / GBP 5.9 million)Continue Reading
(LAMU, KENYA) – More than 130 residents of Kenya’s coastal Lamu County have filed a lawsuit accusing the government of forcibly displacing them from ancestral land to make way for major infrastructure projects, including a proposed $16 billion (KES 2.07 trillion / GBP 12.3 billion) oil refinery backed by NigerianContinue Reading
(KAMPALA, UGANDA) – Moses Matovu, co-founder and lifelong leader of Afrigo Band, Uganda’s longest running musical group, was killed in an early morning attack in Kampala on 24th September 2026. He was 77. A forensic review of public police files, court registries, news archives and government records shows the saxophonistContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya Airways is replacing the core technology that has powered its bookings, ticketing, inventory management and airport check in for more than two decades. This forms part of the national carrier’s major overhaul of its commercial and digital operations. The airline has picked US based travel technologyContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – The government’s move to clear contractor bills and restart road projects has helped drive up new vehicle sales in the country, as eight month uptake hit a new high. Kenya Motor Industry Association (KMIA) industry data for August 2026, released yesterday, indicates new units sold in theContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – The Central Bank of Kenya has raised alarm over a sharp rise in regulatory breaches by local lenders after 35 commercial banks were found to have broken the Banking Act and Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) prudential guidelines in 2025. This is a 318% increase in nonContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya is among 11 African countries expected to phase out 2G and 3G mobile networks by 2030 as operators accelerate the shift to faster 4G and 5G broadband. The planned switch off is part of a new roadmap by the GSM Association (GSMA) aimed at narrowing Africa’sContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya’s banking industry is undergoing a striking change in the way customers use their accounts, with tens of millions of deposit accounts disappearing from lenders’ books in 2025. The scale of the change is captured in the latest Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Bank Supervision Annual ReportContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Equity Bank has the largest branch network and the most insured deposits among Kenyan banks, according to the Central Bank of Kenya’s Bank Supervision Annual Report 2025. Equity Bank Kenya closed the year with 13.87 million deposit accounts. That is the second largest account base in theContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya could reintroduce the motor vehicle tax in a different form from the contentious 2024 proposal, where the levy was based mainly on road use. Tax lobby groups are now proposing that cars be treated as an indicator of wealth. The proposal by Oxfam Kenya and theContinue Reading
