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The Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) has licensed a number of new Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies to operate in Kenya. This moves stamps SASRAs role as a regulatory body to expand the sector while...

Meta Platforms, Inc., (NASDAQ:META), the owner of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Family of Apps (FoA), has picked Safaricom PLC (NSE:SCOM) as landing partner in the Daraja Fibre Optic Cable Project. Meta is set to bring...

The modest decline in oil prices follows last week’s sharp rally, Brent and WTI posted their biggest weekly gains since June.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was on a bullish momentum in the third quarter of 2025, underpinned by stable inflation, interest rate cuts, new listings, and robust half-year earnings from leading counters. Data from the...

Stanbic Bank Kenya and Stanbic Bank Uganda, both members of the Standard Bank Group, successfully closed a USD 45 million long-term funding package to support the expansion of two PepsiCo bottlers in East Africa —...