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Ensure transparency in the next Eurobond

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya is in the market with a prospectus appealing to international investors for a piece of its latest Eurobond as […]

Regulatory overreach risks throwing FDI into reverse gear

Reading Time: 3 minutes Mucai Kunyiha  Covid-19 pandemic has presented enormous challenges for Kenya and hit the economy hard. According to KNBS, the unemployment […]

Virus funds benefitted top firms

Reading Time: 2 minutes Steve Umidha @SteveUmidha Kenya’s biggest corporations profited the most from the pandemic funds at the expense of small firms which […]

Steps tow*rds more resilient post-Covid economies

Reading Time: 3 minutes Rodger Voorhies Since Covid-19 hit, economies across Africa have experienced a dramatic slowdown. Even countries with limited initial incidence of […]

Private sector activities drop to 9-month low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Steve Umidha @UmidhaSteve Trade activities in Kenya’s private sector fell to a nine-month low in March with a slower pace […]

WhyAfrica needs more external aid

Reading Time: 2 minutes African countries require external a*sistance to enable sustained fiscal consolidation and economic growth, National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has […]

Why Treasury needs to re-evaluate public spending

Reading Time: 3 minutes Back in the day, World Bank officials used to tell a story about an eastern European country that was struggling […]

Harnessing impact sourcing for digital economy

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alex Gichuru The digital economy is the cup that keeps on giving. It is revolutionising how p****e conduct daily activities, […]

Why debt-for-climate swaps is key for recovery

Reading Time: 3 minutes Leslie Olonyi  Covid-19 has wildly reiterated the growing external debt problem in the developing world, especially Africa. Unsustainable debt, environment […]

A**lysts w*rn fate of bad loans ti*d to economic recovery

Reading Time: 2 minutes Agnistio Lenders are banking on expected economic recovery to unwind Sh1.4 tri*lion worth of bad loans amid w*rnings that some […]