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Kenya is growing, but weak private investment continues to limit the economy’s job-creation potential
Kenya’s economic growth outlook remains positive, but the country’s ability to attract private investment and create productive employment will determine…
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Kenya wants alternative infrastructure funding, but questions remain over who carries the financial risk
Kenya’s infrastructure financing plans are bringing pension capital, securitisation and future revenue streams into a wider debate about how the…
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A proposal to put someone in charge of Kenya’s growing regulatory burden
Kenya’s cost of doing business is back in focus after David Ndii proposed a dedicated function to oversee regulatory requirements…
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Kenyan banks are being asked to finance more SMEs, and digital banking could help them reach businesses overlooked by traditional lending
Kenyan banks are facing renewed calls to direct more financing towards small and medium-sized enterprises, raising an important question for…
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Kenya faces a difficult fiscal balancing act as its next budget climbs to Sh5.4 trillion
Kenya’s 2027/28 budget is projected to reach Sh5.4 trillion, with recurrent expenditure exceeding Sh4 trillion and a fiscal deficit of…
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Kenya’s Treasury confronts a growing funding squeeze as new spending commitments pile up
Kenya’s supplementary budget for the 2026/27 financial year will have to accommodate new government spending commitments as revenue collections fall…
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Thugge tells Treasury to rein in domestic borrowing as CBK seeks lower lending rates
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Kamau Thugge has called on the National Treasury to reduce government borrowing from the…
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Thugge defends higher bank capital requirements as CBK engages Treasury over new timeline
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is continuing to engage commercial banks over a KSh5 billion capital target for December…
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Thugge links Kenya’s shilling stability to billions in capital inflows and reserve accumulation
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Kamau Thugge has attributed the stability of the Kenyan shilling to improving balance-of-payments conditions,…
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Treasury Puts the Digital Economy Among Kenya’s Top Budget Priorities
Kenya’s digital economy budget agenda has received fresh backing after the National Treasury identified digital transformation as one of its…
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Germany Expands Kenya Partnership Around Digital Growth and Clean Energy
Germany’s Sh7.8 billion commitment to Kenya extends beyond development assistance. The three-year cooperation package brings together digital transformation, renewable energy,…
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BUSINESS
Banking Sector in Kenya Contributed KES 194.81B to Government in 2024
The Kenya Banking Sector contributed a total of KES194.81 billion to the National Treasury in the year ended 31 December…
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