The Trading Room

The Central Bank of Kenya has announced the results of the buyback for the treasury bond issue No. FXD1/2023/003 dated 19/11/2025. The voluntary auction, which was just 6 months from the maturity of the bond...

Absa Bank Kenya Plc recorded a 14.7% growth in after-tax profit to KES 16.9 billion in the first nine months ended September 2025, up from KES 14.7 billion in a similar period the previous year,...

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...