- In 2023, the last year for which official data is complete, Kenya received $850m (Sh110 billion) in US aid, backing more than 230 projects to varying degrees.
- The reduced spending on advisers followed budget cuts that came after deadly protests led to the cancellation of the contentious tax hikes in the Finance Bill, which left a Sh177 billion hole.
- The Senate is demanding that the National Assembly withdraw a public notice inviting Kenyans to submit memoranda on the nominees, terming it illegitimate without its participation.
- The court fight underlines the mounting unpaid claims running into billions of shillings from human-wildlife conflicts that have led to deaths and lifelong injuries.
- The total EIC grant budget of €1.4 billion from the new EIC work programme 2025 will support game-changing innovations from early-stage research to proof of concept, technology transfer, and the...
- The goal of getting an organisation ready to report on its sustainability risks, opportunities and impact can be complex and involve multiple stakeholders.
- Kenyan traders largely source jet fuel from the Middle East, especially Oman and the UAE. The bulk of the imports are then re-exported when international airlines fuel at the JKIA hub.
- As Kenya looks forward to its recently submitted 2031–235 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the government must recognise that even the best climate policies will fail without a...
- The fading of techies has come at a time when Kenyan startups have fallen on hard times despite receiving billions of shillings in funding from venture capitalists in recent years.
- As a country and as a continent pushing for more intra-Africa trade in light of the global trade geo-politics at play, our regulators and tax lords should sit next to executives in classes across...
- Deepfake incidents in Africa surged sevenfold from second quarter to fourth quarter of 2024, as AI tools made it easier to create fake identities and manipulate biometric data.
- The stock brokerage firm says it will leverage Scope Markets’ robust trading technology to provide its clients with a seamless experience and enable them to diversify portfolios with a variety of...
- The shift toward AEO has been accelerated by growing user preference for AI tools like ChatGPT, which now include clickable links, maps, and real-time search results, turning them into hybrid...
- The solution to piracy starts with you. Responsible streaming is not only ethical but also patriotic. When you subscribe, you are investing in the future of our creative economy.
- Amid regional integration efforts and the shift toward climate-smart agriculture and food systems resilience, Kenya’s approach to agricultural financing requires recalibration.
- Director June Ndinya and Cinematographer Enos Olik recently engaged BDlife in a discussion regarding the initial stages of production for MTV Shuga Mashariki. Their conversation covered key...
- The love for art among the rich overtook that of classic cars for the first time in 2023, when it was favoured by 70 percent of the wealthy against 57 percent who favoured cars.
- Figures suggest 67 percent of the 68,313 JSS teachers hired under the Kenya Kwanza regime went to individuals from the five communities alone with the Kalenjin taking the lion’s share at 15.7...
- The university management has in the past defended the impending staff redundancy arguing that it has been necessitated by a reduction in revenue as a result of decline in student enrolment and...
- 'Global trade is not something that can disappear overnight. It may change its format and flows or some of the corridors, some may weaken, and others strengthen.'
- 'Global trade is not something that can disappear overnight. It may change its format and flows or some of the corridors, some may weaken, and others strengthen.'
- Kenya’s textile and apparel sub-sector directly employs over 66,000 people and 150,000–200,000 workers indirectly.But the dual threat of Agoa’s looming expiration and rising US protectionism is...
- The link to KRA will allow the revenue agency to track and nab suppliers earning billions of shillings from counties and State tenders without paying their share of taxes.
- The link to KRA will allow the revenue agency to track and nab suppliers earning billions of shillings from counties and State tenders without paying their share of taxes.
