How Kenya’s Poor Roads Inspired British Entrepreneur to Launch Car Company

When Joel Jackson, a British national, set foot in rural Kenya in 2008 while working with a micro-forestry social enterprise, he did not expect to come up with the idea of starting the first Kenyan company to design and build vehicles from scratch. What …

Early-stage VC firm Antler expands operations from Kenya to Nigeria

Global early-stage VC firm Antler, which launched operations in Kenya in 2019, has expanded to Nigeria. Founded in 2017 by Magnus Grimeland in Singapore, Antler has rapidly expanded its footprint across continents, establishing a presence in major …

KeNHA to Begin Construction of 193KM Kenya-South Sudan Road

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the construction of the multinational South Sudan Road Corridor. In a notice published on Tuesday, March 12, KeNHA announced that the funds …

Kenya Met Boss Clarifies When Long Rains Will Begin

The Director General of the Kenya Meteorological Department, David Gikungu, has revealed that the long rains are yet to begin despite occasional downpours in several parts of the country. Speaking on Monday, March 10, during an interview on Citizen TV, …

Kenya and Guernsey forming a friendly 'two-way partnership'

Edwin Afande, Deputy Kenyan High Commissioner, is in the island for a three-day trip and will be joined today by the High Commissioner herself, Catherine Karemu Wahome, for formal meetings with States officials. This will be her second trip to the island …

Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strand drugs in warehouse

NAIROBI (Reuters) -The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Kenya's capital Nairobi has been rationing supplies of antiretrovirals to one-month refills since the U.S. government froze foreign aid. On the outskirts of the …

Only 20 percent of Kenya’s land is suitable for food production

By Anita Omwenga Tuesday March 11, 2025 The Heinrich Boell Foundation has unveiled a report highlighting the alarming state of agricultural soils in Kenya and its critical impacts on food and nutritional security. The Report dubbed the Soil Atlas – Kenya …

Kenya earned Ksh.250B from tea sales in 2024

A worker picks tea at a plantation in Githunguri near Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 6, 2012. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo By Kimutai KeringKenya made Ksh.250 billion last year from local and overseas tea sales, the Tea Board of Kenya …

Kenya’s church donations ignite protests amid economic struggle

Kenya Airways to repay $150mn to Treasury by mid-2025

Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) will be required to repay USD150 million to the Kenyan government through a shareholder loan agreement, the terms of which are to be negotiated and finalised by mid-2025, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi …