(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) – Insurance regulators across East Africa have agreed to standardise the supervision of insurance companies, a move aimed at making it easier to compare underwriting practices and strengthen oversight of the region’s growing insurance market. The agreement was reached by commissioners and insurance supervisors from several East AfricanContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenyan investors will not take part in Africa’s largest ever initial public offering after the listing of Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery was restricted to the domestic market. Local investors had been expected to raise as much as KES 64.8 billion ($500 million / £392 million) of theContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya and Tanzania have restarted efforts to connect their standard gauge railway lines to Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Both countries are looking for new ways to pay for the rail projects because public funds are limited. Kenya began work last month on the section of railway fromContinue Reading
