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Kenya business news: markets, SMEs, banking, trade and the economy. Practical context for workers, founders and investors.
Defuse Kenya’s Youth Unemployment Time Bomb
An editorial warns that youth joblessness remains a structural threat to stability and growth if policy stays fragmented.
Kenya’s Opening in China’s New Trade Window
Commentary argues Kenya can gain from shifts in China’s trade posture—if exporters and policymakers move with discipline.
How Lamu Beat Seven Sites to Host Dangote’s Refinery Bid
Lamu emerged ahead of seven shortlisted locations in the contest to host a major Dangote refinery project, reshaping Kenya’s industrial map debate.
Tuju Urges MPs to Curb Treasury Power Over EADB Transfers
Former CS Raphael Tuju told MPs a proposed law weakens oversight by letting Treasury alone set amounts sent to the East African Development Bank.
Why a Handshake Deal Is Not a Shareholders’ Agreement
Without a written shareholders’ agreement, Kenyan companies fall back on bare Articles of Association—and friendships die in the registrar’s file.
County Pension Fund assets hit Sh68.28bn as membership tops 106,000
CPF Group said County Pension Fund net assets rose to Sh68.28bn in 2025 from Sh51.67bn, with membership at 106,872 and 194 sponsor institutions, as other schemes also grew.
Report: Kenya's digital 'missing middle' blocks growth despite fibre push
Africa Finance Corporation's infrastructure report says Kenya under-converts broadband into digitally delivered exports (about 1.58% of GDP vs Ghana's 6.3%) and must build platforms, skills and institutions on top of cables.
Treasury cuts crypto firm capital floors up to 40%; stablecoins still Sh300m
CS John Mbadi's new virtual-asset rules drop minimum paid-up capital for crypto operators by up to 40%, with stablecoin issuers still at Sh300m (from Sh500m proposed) under the VASP Act 2025.
EAC governors push 2031 single currency path; gold reserves back on the table
At the 29th EAC Monetary Affairs Committee in Kampala, governors reaffirmed a 2031 single-currency goal though no state meets all four convergence tests, and urged domestic gold purchases to diversify reserves.