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WB raises concen over banks’ large NPL ratios
Reading Time: 2 minutes World Bank has raised concern that the high stock of non-performing loans (NPLs) held by bank’s risks slowing down or […]
Banks trade in forex reaps good returns
Reading Time: 2 minutes Equity Bank rode the remittances wave and leveraged recovery of international trade to curve close to 25 per cent of […]
WB credits Kenya Sh16b in fight against climate change
Reading Time: 2 minutes National Treasury yesterday tapped Sh16 billion from the World Bank for strengthening Kenya’s resilience to climate change knocks. The 10-year […]
IMF chief survives China bias claims, board clears path
Reading Time: 2 minutes Noel Wandera and Agencies BUSINESS: Kristalina Georgieva will remain as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the lender’s […]
Economy of Kenya on the growth path, says Uhuru
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya’s economy performed better than many countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. He […]
Property auctions wiping out Kenya’s middle class
Reading Time: 3 minutes Data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that mortgages registered the highest increase of all non-performing loans between […]
New book to guide food safety checks
Reading Time: 2 minutes The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new food safety handbook to help countries measure their food-borne disease burden […]
Surprise visit brings tears of joy to Mombasa slum learners
Reading Time: 4 minutes When Maureen Atieno received her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results, her biggest worry was not being able to […]
Covid-19: World Bank approves additional Ksh14 billion for Kenya
Reading Time: < 1 minute The World Bank has approved an additional 130 million U.S dollars financing to Kenya for the purchase of vaccines. In […]
Credit surges by Sh229b in spite of virus
Reading Time: 2 minutes A World Bank report on development policy financing says the repeal of the interest rate cap in November 2019 helped […]