Kenya

African Development Bank headquarters in Abidjan. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

'immense opportunity'

How East Africa’s investment drive trickles down the rest of continent The whole continent is bound to benefit from the East African region’s impressive run.
Kenya Opposition leader (R) Raila Odinga and his deputy Martha Karua (L) in Nairobi, Kenya. (Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)

divided opposition

Kenya: Is Karua planning to ditch Raila with new political outfit? Opposition deputy leader Martha Karua has formed a new political outfit within the opposition coalition Azimio la Umoja One Kenya party.
Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta, in 1978. (CC/Wikimedia Commons/Dutch National Archives)

memory lane

Kenya at 60: Key moments in history As Kenya celebrates 60 years, we give you 14 turning points in the life of the nation.
Fuel prices increase again in Kenya, as people are trying to make ends meet. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)

'reckless and insensitive'

Kenyans angry over minister’s utterances on fuel price hikes Kenyans have been told to tighten their belts again even as they continue reeling from the high cost of living from increased taxation.

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Kenya’s President William Ruto at State House, in Nairobi. (Tony Karumba/AFP)

off track

Premium badgeKenya: UK delays $121m for Nairobi Railway City The British government-backed UK Export Finance (UKEF) has delayed a £100m ($121.9m) payment for the development of Nairobi Railway City – the largest...
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and current President William Ruto (L) at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative on 27 November 2019. REUTERS/Monica Mwangi

Killer squad

Premium badgeKenya: A year into presidency, Ruto regime stained by Kenyatta ‘sins’ Kenya’s President Ruto vowed to streamline the police force, but allegations of gross human rights violations keep surfacing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the press conference after the opening session of Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, 23 August 2023. Photo: OLEG PETRASYUK / Pool via REUTERS

diplomatic shift

Premium badgeKenya, South Africa, Sudan: Ukraine courts African support at UN by offering help President Volodymyr Zelensky and his allies offer nations practical reasons to back Kyiv, from a grain hub in Mombasa to military help in Sudan.

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Kenya’s President William Ruto at State House, in Nairobi. (Tony Karumba/AFP)

off track

Premium badgeKenya: UK delays $121m for Nairobi Railway City The British government-backed UK Export Finance (UKEF) has delayed a £100m ($121.9m) payment for the development of Nairobi Railway City – the largest...
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and current President William Ruto (L) at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative on 27 November 2019. REUTERS/Monica Mwangi

Killer squad

Premium badgeKenya: A year into presidency, Ruto regime stained by Kenyatta ‘sins’ Kenya’s President Ruto vowed to streamline the police force, but allegations of gross human rights violations keep surfacing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the press conference after the opening session of Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, 23 August 2023. Photo: OLEG PETRASYUK / Pool via REUTERS

diplomatic shift

Premium badgeKenya, South Africa, Sudan: Ukraine courts African support at UN by offering help President Volodymyr Zelensky and his allies offer nations practical reasons to back Kyiv, from a grain hub in Mombasa to military help in Sudan.

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Kenyan President William Ruto and other leaders at the close of the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, 6 September 2023. © Luis Tato/AFP

Leading the way

Premium badgeKenya, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire: Africa’s pioneers in green transition Following the $23bn investment pledges made at the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, we take a look at the continent’s best performers in renewable ene...
Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh shakes hands with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir while Kenya’s President William Ruto laughs with Ethiopia’s President Sahle-Work Zewde at the media briefing after the close of the Africa Climate Summit (ACS) 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

on downside

Premium badgeNairobi Declaration proposes global carbon tax as climate talks intensify The tax aims to facilitate the transition to clean energy and foster the polluter pays principle.
Rahul Dhir, CEO of Tullow Oil at the Africa Oil Week in Cape Town © Rahul Dhir, CEO of Tullow Oil, speaks to Reuters at the Africa Oil Week 2022 conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre 2, Cape Town, South Africa, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Shelley Christians

big hole

Premium badgeTullow Oil production outlook cut shows debt overhang still hampers investment Tullow Oil is struggling to convince analysts that it can deliver debt reduction alongside a growing business.
Rising fuel and food prices are squeezing Kenyan consumers. (Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)

high prices

Kenya is heading in the wrong direction, citizens tell Ruto as he marks one year in office Kenya President William Ruto marked one year in office this week, as Kenyans polled say they are losing hope with his administration.
Kenyan digital loan platforms, such as the Tala app, will be regulated by the central bank if proposals before parliament become law. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

talent hunting

Premium badgeKenya’s banks incur hefty tech costs over digitisation, cyberattacks Lenders are keen to tighten cyberattack vulnerabilities that come with digitisation after Kenya suffered a major cyber-attack last month.
A worker prepares coffee beans before storage at the Bradegate coffee factory in Karatina near Nyeri town, Kenya June 3, 2021. Picture taken June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

sleeping giant

Premium badgeKenya seeks to revive coffee sector after years of neglect Kenya is trying to bump up coffee production, which once accounted for up to 40% of forex earnings in the country.