The Trading Room

Nigerian-based lender Zenith Bank intends to acquire Kenya’s Paramount Bank for an undisclosed amount. Zenith, Nigeria’s second-largest bank by total assets, is seeking regulatory approval to expand its footprint into East Africa through the acquisition....

Kenya is set to ban the importation of electronics older than 12 years as part of a major initiative to curb electronic waste dumping. Proposed by the National Environment Management Authority (Nema), this regulation targets...

French development finance institution Proparco has acquired an equity stake in Meridiam's 100MW Kipeto wind farm in Kenya, a transaction which is a co-investment alongside the Meridiam Infrastructure African Fund II, in which the Paris-based...

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced that the prices of fuel will not change for the November/December 2025 pumping cycle, marking the third month in a row that fuel prices have remained...

Williamson Tea Kenya has reported a significantly reduced net loss of KES 10 million for the half year ended September 30th 2025, marking a notable improvement from the previous year’s much deeper loss of KES...