The Trading Room

Tanzania recently decided to reserve small businesses for its citizens, so as to safeguard them from foreign market interference. This stand has made advocates in Kenya together with business leaders in East Africa protest against...

Kenya is now in step with World Bank`s essential financing condition, making a step closer to unlock KES 97 billion frozen by the world bank, after President William Ruto assented to a conflict-of-interest bill, that...

The privatization of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has been approved by the Cabinet, advancing the company's listing on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) - a move that is in line with the government’s initiative...

Local corporate investors have continued to hold a greater share of equities at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) than local individuals, after shifting their investments from treasury bills and bonds. Share of equities trading controlled...

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has withdrawn its proposal to control lending through the Central Bank Rate (CBR), conceding to commercial banks' preference for using the interbank rate as the basis for determining borrowing...