The Trading Room

Last Thursday the International Energy Agency (IEA), announced a significant surge in its estimates on the global crude oil output for the year 2026 to 3.33 million barrels per day (bpd), which is an additional...

September 30th marks the expiration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), alarming African manufactures and stakeholders. As the deadline approaches, they are making the last resort to lobby the United States for an...

Technology AI is becoming a threat to the banking sector by reducing the number of jobs available due to automaton of processes. A study by Bloomberg shows that about 200,000 banking jobs will be replaced...

Commercial lenders have disbursed KES 153 billion to micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) so far in 2025, marginally surpassing the annual target of KES 150 billion set by the banking industry.  As of May...

East African Portland Cement Company (EAPC), was directed by Kenyan lawmakers on Tuesday to repurchase its shares from Swiss Multinational Holcim. This parliamentary instruction came after Holcim sought to exit and agreed to sell 29.2%...