Tag: Bank of Tanzania

Trade and Financial Service Round-Up: Issue No. 32 of 2025

Kenya Kenyans Retreat From Credit Market On High Loan Costs More than two-thirds of Kenyans have abandoned plans to take new loans this year, largely due to high borrowing costs, underscoring the slow response of commercial banks to Central Bank Rate (CBR) cuts. Sixty-eight per cent of Kenyan adults say they have shelved plans to […]...

15 Aug 2025

Trade and Financial Service Round-Up: Issue No. 31 of 2025

KENYA Draft Regulations for Non-Deposit-Taking Credit Providers The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has released draft regulations for Non-Deposit-Taking Credit Providers (NDTCPs), expanding oversight b...

1 Aug 2025

Trade and Financial Service Round-Up: Issue No. 29 of 2025

KENYA Banks Win on Terms to Dictate Loan Costs in CBK’s U-Turn The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has retreated from its plans to control lending rates using its benchmark rate, handing a victory to co...

11 Jul 2025

Trade and Financial Service Round-Up: Issue No. 26 of 2025

Kenya Nairobi Eyeing Extra KSh 5bn in Land Rates from Crackdown City Hall aims to collect an additional KSh 5 billion in land rates as part of its crackdown on development and houses built on existi...

25 Jul 2024

Trade and Financial Service Round-Up

Kenya 9 in 10 Kenyans Oppose Tax Hike on Petroleum Products – Survey A survey in which 2,400 Kenyans were interviewed found that only three out of 10 support raising tax revenues to reduce go...