East African banks are increasingly connecting to China's international yuan payment system, seeking to reduce reliance on US dollar transactions as commercial ties between the region and China ...

Japan is expanding its involvement in East Africa's Northern Corridor infrastructure, committing new financing for a strategic bridge in Uganda as Chinese construction companies undertake major ...

A resurgence of piracy off Somalia's coast is raising concerns among shipping operators, with at least eight hijackings reported since April 2026 and a deadly confrontation involving an oil tanker ...

Kenya reduced the amount of electricity deliberately withheld from the national grid by 39.6% in the year ended June 2026, as growing consumption during nighttime hours allowed more of the country's ...

SpaceX completed three orbital launches in less than 13 hours on October 1, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), deploying 130 satellite payloads and launching a ...

The Environment and Land Court has ordered the Mombasa County Government to pay KSh350 million in compensation to more than 200 Mwakirunge residents after finding that pollution from the area's ...

The Affordable Housing Fund board failed to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating audit concerns involving billions of shillings in housing investments, including KSh53.87 billion in ...

A growing gold mining industry in Turkana County is drawing attention to disputes over mining licences and access to mineral deposits, as hundreds of artisanal miners continue extracting gold from ...

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has directed engineers and contractors to complete critical road and drainage works within 14 days, prioritising areas vulnerable to flooding as the county prepares for ...

The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has petitioned the Public Private Partnerships Petition Committee over Kenya's proposed 10 per cent stake in the Dangote refinery at Lamu. It wants to know ...

Construction of the Kenyatta Avenue Upper Hill Viaduct continues in Nairobi. The State Department for Roads stated that the ...

Kenya Railways is telling shippers that packages between Nairobi and Mombasa now have a rail route. The operator says customers can drop a parcel at Nairobi Terminus or Mombasa Terminus and leave the ...