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Agriculture Business News

Tea bonus row heads to court as payouts range from...

Smallholder tea farmers are disputing second payments for 2025/26 that vary from Sh12.50 a kilo in Kaptumo to Sh50 in...

• October 11, 2026

Finance Markets News

IFC takes Sh1.94bn slice of Quickmart’s Sh15bn IPO as anchor...

The World Bank's private-sector arm has agreed to buy about 13 per cent of the shares on offer in Quickmart's...

• October 11, 2026

Lifestyle

Milk at Sh85 a litre: why shelves are thin and...

Drought has cut milk deliveries to processors by 5.8%, pushing prices to about Sh85 a litre in parts of Nairobi....

• October 11, 2026

News Tech & Startups Technology

Kenyan startups raise $297m in nine months as debt deals...

Kenya is Africa's fourth-biggest startup funding market so far in 2026, with $297 million raised, much of it in debt...

• October 11, 2026

Markets

NSE bond turnover passes Sh2.5 trillion for second year running

Bond trading on the NSE has topped Sh2.5 trillion for 2026, nearing last year's record Sh2.71 trillion, even as equity...

• October 10, 2026

Technology

Nairobi neobank Cloud9 lands Alliance backing to speed up supplier...

Cloud9, the stablecoin-based digital bank from MarketForce founders Tesh Mbaabu and Mesongo Sibuti, has taken total funding to $1 million.

• October 10, 2026

Markets

Coffee auction opens season with Sh801m sale as AA grade...

The Nairobi Coffee Exchange's first sale of the 2026/27 season cleared 17,084 bags worth about Sh801 million at an average...

• October 9, 2026

Finance Lifestyle

M-Pesa users can now invest in a Shari’ah money market...

Safaricom and Gulfcap Investment Bank have launched Ziidi Shari'ah, an interest-free money market fund on M-Pesa with a Sh100 minimum...

• October 9, 2026

Lifestyle

Coast hotels fully booked to December as tourist arrivals near...

International arrivals reached 2,792,875 by June 2026 and tourism earnings Sh564 billion. Coast hoteliers report strong bookings but want more...

• October 8, 2026

Finance News

CBK holds rate at 8.75% as private sector credit grows...

The Central Bank of Kenya kept its benchmark rate at 8.75% for a fourth meeting, as private credit growth hit...

• October 8, 2026

Business Technology

Safaricom and Pesapal bring dynamic QR and tap-to-pay M-Pesa to...

Safaricom and Pesapal have rolled out Dynamic Scan-to-Pay and Tap-to-Pay on Pesapal POS devices, plus an AI Pay feature that...

• October 7, 2026

Lifestyle Technology

M-Pesa’s Jumbe receipt lets you prove payment without showing your...

Safaricom's Jumbe split notification sends a second SMS that confirms a till payment without revealing your M-Pesa balance. Here is...

• October 7, 2026