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27 Jan 2023
27th January 2023 Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya Banks’ Sh224bn record profits signal bonus, dividends boom Banks’ pre-tax profits for 11 months to November last year hit a record Sh223.7 billion on increased lending, setting the stage for...
13 Jan 2023
13th January Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya State bursts recurrent budget forecast by Sh81.7bn President William Ruto’s administration projects expenditure for the day-to-day running of the government is Sh81.7 billion more than what th...
16 Dec 2022
16th December 2022 Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya KRA in dilemma over Ruto directive on seizing property The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) faces a legal dilemma in the wake of President William Ruto’s directive to the taxman to go slow on iss...
16 Dec 2022
Small businesses and the digital economy: Addressing challenges to bridge the gap
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) released a policy brief on micro and small enterprises’ participation in Kenya’s digital economy. It explored challenges that MSEs face in th...
16 Dec 2022
2023 Economic Look Out
What will the New Year usher in, in emerging markets and in Kenya? From an economic perspective, the following is expected in emerging markets: GDP Growth Global economic experts appear to be...
9 Dec 2022
9th December 2022 Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya KRA starts crackdown on hidden employee perks The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has started a crackdown on firms under-declaring their payrolls in what will see thousands of employees pay taxes ...
2 Dec 2022
2nd December 2022 Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya Equity’s takeover of Spire the best way out, says CBK Equity Bank’s plan to buy struggling Spire Bank is the best deal available in the market, the Central Bank of Kenya told Parliament ...
25 Nov 2022
25th Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya Court stops law allowing workers to withdraw pension for home purchase A High Court has stopped the implementation of the Retirement Benefits (Mortgage Loans) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 which...
22 Nov 2022
The Hustler Fund (Financial Inclusion Fund)
The Financial Inclusion Fund popularly known as the ‘Hustler Fund’ is a flagship project of the Kenya Kwanza Government which will be launched on November 30 to offer cheap loans to ‘Hustlers’...
11 Nov 2022
Benefits of Kenya-South Africa bilateral trade agreements
Kenya and South Africa have enjoyed cordial relations since post-apartheid when resident diplomatic missions in Kenya and other countries were reopened. The cordial relations between the two countries...
11 Nov 2022
Can Kenya Airways salvage its position and revert to a profitable path?
Kenya Airways (KQ) woes came to head this week with its pilots going on strike and bringing to a halt the operations of one of the largest airlines on the continent. It was not just passengers getting...
4 Nov 2022
Ruto regime revamps housing project under Sanduku initiative to give Kenyans affordable houses
One of the fundamental social and economic rights is housing, which is established in our Constitution. During his inauguration as the fifth President of Kenya, Dr William Ruto, in his speech, outline...
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