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NAIROBI, Kenya — The apartment looked perfect on paper. It sat on the third floor of a newly completed block in Kasarani, with reliable water,…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Every evening after finishing his shift, Corporal Michael Mwangi begins another working day. The police officer leaves his station, changes out of…
NAIROBI, Kenya — On a busy weekday morning in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD), a customer approaches a roadside tea vendor and orders breakfast. The…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan motorists will continue paying the same prices for petrol, diesel and kerosene over the next month after the Energy and Petroleum…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has licensed 25 additional Digital Credit Providers (DCPs), raising the total number of regulated digital lenders…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyans could face higher fuel prices in the coming months as renewed conflict in the Middle East drives up global crude oil…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda has retained its position among the world’s low-income economies despite years of steady economic growth, underscoring the challenge of translating headline…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Success stories dominate conversations about entrepreneurship. Failed ventures rarely receive the same attention. Across Uganda, thousands of small businesses open every year…
NAIROBI, Kenya — President William Ruto has directed county governments to waive business permit fees for beneficiaries of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) programme…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya could see as many as 2.4 million additional people pushed below the poverty line by the end of 2026 as rising…