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News Kenya: Kenya Ecommerce Market Databook 2024-2028, Featuring Avechi, Jiji, Jumia, Kilimall, MyDawa, Bolt Food, Jumia Food, LetaFood, Yum Deliveries, Hava Net, Little Cab, Maramoja and ...

Published on: Thursday 06 June 2024
Kenya Ecommerce Market Databook 2024-2028, Featuring Avechi, Jiji, Jumia, Kilimall, MyDawa, Bolt Food, Jumia Food, LetaFood, Yum Deliveries, Hava Net, Little Cab, Maramoja and ...
News source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kenya-ecommerce-market-databook-2024-074100422.html

Dublin, June 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Kenya Ecommerce Market Opportunities Databook - 100+ KPIs on Ecommerce Verticals (Shopping, Travel, Food Service, Media & Entertainment, Technology), Market Share by Key Players, Sales Channel Analysis, Payment Instrument, Consumer Demographics - Q1 2024 Update" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.The E-commerce market in Kenya is expected to grow by 12.86% on annual basis to reach US$2.6 billion in 2024, growing steadily over

News Kenya: Central Bank Governor Says Kenya's Position on Cryptocurrencies Has Not Changed

Published on: Saturday 29 January 2022
Central Bank Governor Says Kenya's Position on Cryptocurrencies Has Not Changed
News source: https://news.bitcoin.com/central-bank-governor-says-kenyas-position-on-cryptocurrencies-has-not-changed/

Kenya’s position on cryptocurrencies is still unchanged the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Patrick Njoroge has said. Njoroge latest remarks come as Kenya continues to cement its position ...

News Kenya: Analysis of Kenya's Agri-business Market, 2024: Tea, Coffee, and Floriculture Drive Exports Despite Climate and Economic Challenges

Published on: Monday 13 January 2025
Analysis of Kenya's Agri-business Market, 2024: Tea, Coffee, and Floriculture Drive Exports Despite Climate and Economic Challenges
News source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysis-kenyas-agri-business-market-112700141.html

Smallholder Farmers Lead Kenya’s Agriculture Sector as Industry Faces Sustainability HurdlesDublin, Jan. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "The Agri-business Sector in Kenya 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report on the agribusiness sector in Kenya includes information on livestock, crop and horticulture production including dairy, tea and coffee farming, and processing. It includes information on agricultures contribution to the economy, trends and issues,

News Kenya: Kenya Built a Currency Control While It May Not Need One

Published on: Thursday 27 August 2026
Kenya Built a Currency Control While It May Not Need One
News source: https://www.itnewsafrica.com/2026/08/kenya-built-a-currency-control-while-it-may-not-need-one/

EBC Financial Group notes that Kenya’s new virtual asset regulations created a restriction on local access to foreign dollar-linked stablecoins before the shilling came under pressure, giving the ...

News Kenya: People displaced by rising waters in Kenya’s Rift Valley await new start

Published on: Wednesday 06 September 2023
People displaced by rising waters in Kenya’s Rift Valley await new start
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/9/7/people-displaced-by-rising-waters-in-kenyas-rift-valley-await-new-start

Loboi, Kenya – Ruth Kentyenya has just finished cutting vegetables as the lakeside evening breeze wafts over her village, Loboi, on the shores of Lake Bogoria. As she waits for her daughter to come ...

News Kenya: Kenya's economy grew by 4 percent in Q3 last year

Published on: Monday 06 January 2025
Kenya's economy grew by 4 percent in Q3 last year
News source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/business/article/2001509179/kenyas-economy-grew-by-4-percent-in-q3-last-year

Kenya's economy grew by 4 per cent in the third quarter of 2024, a decline from the 6 per cent growth recorded in the same period in 2023, according to the latest data from the Kenya National Bureau ...

News Kenya: Can Kenya’s AI ambitions coexist with Naivasha’s water needs?

Published on: Sunday 23 August 2026
Can Kenya’s AI ambitions coexist with Naivasha’s water needs?
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/24/can-kenyas-ai-ambitions-coexist-with-naivashas-water-needs

As Kenya courts data-centre investment, communities fear growing pressure on an already stressed water system.

News Kenya: Kenyan banks fear collapse over proposed law

Published on: Tuesday 03 December 2024
Kenyan banks fear collapse over proposed law
News source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kenyan-banks-risk-collapse-over-145751270.html

Up to 24 banks in Kenya could be forced out of business if plans to raise capital requirements become law, claims the country's bankers association. The Business Laws amendment bill would ...

News Kenya: Kenya seeks to unlock Sh151.2 billion World Bank funds

Published on: Wednesday 19 August 2026
Kenya seeks to unlock Sh151.2 billion World Bank funds
News source: https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/kenya-seeks-to-unlock-world-bank-funds-5564690

Kenya is hoping to unlock up to Sh151.2 billion from the World Bank Group in the current 2026/2027 fiscal year as the multilateral lender remains the country's primary source of external financing in ...

News Kenya: Kenya exports first oil to the international market

Published on: Sunday 25 August 2019
Kenya exports first oil to the international market
News source: https://garoweonline.com/en/news/kenya-exports-first-oil-to-the-international-market

MOMBASA, Kenya – Kenya has formally started exporting her first oil to the international market in what President Uhuru Kenyatta described as a major milestone in the country’s transformation when he ...

News Kenya: Kenya’s Payment Squeeze, The Suspected Fake-dollar haul in Eldoret, and a Financial Trust Test We Cannot Afford to Ig;

Published on: Thursday 20 August 2026
Kenya’s Payment Squeeze, The Suspected Fake-dollar haul in Eldoret, and a Financial Trust Test We Cannot Afford to Ig;
News source: https://sokodirectory.com/2026/08/kenyas-payment-squeeze-the-suspected-fake-dollar-haul-in-eldoret-and-a-financial-trust-test-we-cannot-afford-to-ig/

Sendwave and Wise have restricted services for many Kenyan users; Hurupay has frozen Kenya operations; and some PayPal users have faced suspensions. In the same news cycle, police opened two safes in Eldoret containing KSh2.615 million and US$259 million in dollar-denominated notes suspected to be fake. There is no evidence the cases are connected. But they collide at one dangerous point: trust.

News Kenya: Landslides in Kenya’s Rift Valley leave 21 dead, 30 others missing

Published on: Saturday 01 November 2025
Landslides in Kenya’s Rift Valley leave 21 dead, 30 others missing
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/2/landslides-in-kenyas-rift-valley-leave-21-dead-30-others-missing

Heavy rains have triggered landslides in Kenya’s western Rift Valley region, killing at least 21 people and destroying more than 1,000 homes, according to officials. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for the ...

News Kenya: Kenya revives ‘golden visa’ plan to lure capital

Published on: Thursday 16 July 2026
Kenya revives ‘golden visa’ plan to lure capital
News source: https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/kenya-revives-golden-visa-plan-to-lure-capital-5529290

Kenya has revived plans to introduce a "golden visa" programme that would grant immediate permanent residency to wealthy foreign investors, signaling a shift towards immigration incentives as the ...

News Kenya: DRC, South Sudan overtake Kenya as Uganda's top export markets

Published on: Thursday 20 August 2026
DRC, South Sudan overtake Kenya as Uganda's top export markets
News source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/drc-south-sudan-overtake-kenya-as-uganda-s-top-export-markets-5565154

Dr. Adam Mugume, the BoU Director of Research, noted that primary commodities face both environmental and market structural challenges ...

News Kenya: Kenya targets German market with new export readiness programme

Published on: Tuesday 11 August 2026
Kenya targets German market with new export readiness programme
News source: https://www.logupdateafrica.com/trade/kenya-targets-german-market-with-new-export-readiness-programme-1360232

The programme comes at a time when trade ties between Kenya and Germany are strengthening, with Kenya's exports to Germany reaching $164.8 million in 2025, up 16% from the previous year.

News Kenya: Kenya Financial Services Industry Report 2025, Profiles of 60+ Players Including Absa, KCB, NCBA, I&M, Equity Bank, Diamond Trust Bank, Suma, Faulu, Salaam, TAI Sacco Society

Published on: Sunday 19 October 2025
Kenya Financial Services Industry Report 2025, Profiles of 60+ Players Including Absa, KCB, NCBA, I&M, Equity Bank, Diamond Trust Bank, Suma, Faulu, Salaam, TAI Sacco Society
News source: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/kenya-financial-services-industry-report-113900314.html

The Kenya Financial Services Report explores the central bank, commercial and co-operative banks, microfinance, merchant banking, and development finance institutions. Highlighting industry size, bank financials, non-performing loans, mobile money, and fintech growth, the document profiles key players like Absa, KCB, and fintechs. The report identifies market trends such as digital banking growth, SME financing, green finance, and regulatory changes while outlining opportunities in digital solut

News Kenya: What Kenya stands to lose from its inclusion in financial crimes grey list

Published on: Monday 26 February 2024
What Kenya stands to lose from its inclusion in financial crimes grey list
News source: https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/opinion-analysis/columnists/what-kenya-stands-to-lose-in-financial-crimes-grey-list-4537478

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global standard-setting body for preventing money laundering and financing of terrorism, included Kenya in its grey list during its fifth plenary meeting in ...

News Kenya: Kenya B2C Ecommerce Databook Report 2025: A $3.83 Billion Market by 2029 - Size & Forecast by Value and Volume Across 80+ KPIs

Published on: Wednesday 28 January 2026
Kenya B2C Ecommerce Databook Report 2025: A $3.83 Billion Market by 2029 - Size & Forecast by Value and Volume Across 80+ KPIs
News source: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/kenya-b2c-ecommerce-databook-report-095400152.html

Kenya's ecommerce market offers substantial growth prospects, driven by robust annual growth and diverse segments like retail, travel, and food service. Key opportunities lie in leveraging digital platforms, catering to evolving consumer preferences across devices and payment methods, and engaging with varied demographics. Kenyan B2C Ecommerce Market Kenyan B2C Ecommerce Market Dublin, Jan. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Kenya B2C Ecommerce Market Size & Forecast by Value and Volume Across 80