Central Bank of Kenya
How pandemic impacted micro firms, households
Reading Time: 2 minutes Only 27 per cent of micro, small entreprises (MSEs), which closed during lockdown in 2020, had reopened by March this […]
Business leaders optimistic about Kenya’s economic recovery: survey
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya’s business leaders were optimistic that the country’s economy would bounce back in the next 12 months boosted by COVID-19 […]
Kenya’s trade deficit widens 28% in Q1 on faster imports
Reading Time: < 1 minute A faster rise in machinery and manufactured goods imports widened Kenya’s trade deficit by 28 percent in the first quarter […]
Sovereign green bond debut close
Reading Time: 2 minutes National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani says Kenya is on course with a planned debut of a sovereign green bond […]
Experts doubt plans to finance projects through internally generated funds
Reading Time: 2 minutes DEVELOPMENT: Doubts have been raised over plans by the National Treasury to finance a majority of government projects in the […]
Kenya, Nigeria outshine peers as crypto trading picks up pace in Africa
Reading Time: 2 minutes CURRENCY: Kenya continued to top Africa in peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trade volumes in the first quarter of the year even as […]
Saccos close in on long-awaited inter-lending facility
Reading Time: < 1 minute Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (Saccos) will soon start lending to each other, thanks to an ambitious plan by the […]
Households living on the edge as cash crunch bites
Reading Time: 2 minutes Steve Umidha @UmidhaSteve More than half of Kenyan households continue to face a myriad of economic and health-related problems, according […]
MPC set to hold base interest rate
Reading Time: 2 minutes Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is expected to hold stance on interest rates tomorrow due to muted inflation expectations and […]
Pandemic drives 25pc of Kenyans to mobile loans
Reading Time: 2 minutes At least 22 million Kenyans are struggling to pay bills or repay their loans due to the raging Coronavirus (Covid-19) […]