Kenya

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Standard Chartered Kenya profit falls 26%

Standard Chartered Bank Kenya posted Q1 2026 profit after tax of KSh 3.58 billion, down 26.3% year on year, as…

I&M Group breaks Kenya banking record

I&M Group reported Q1 2026 profit after tax of KSh 5.04 billion ($39 million), up 19.4% year on year and…

Mombasa goes green as LNG ship docks

The LNG-powered CMA CGM Adventure made its maiden call at Mombasa on May 25, the first LNG-fuelled vessel ever to…

Asahi’s $2.3bn EABL deal clears regulators

Capital markets regulators in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda granted Japan's Asahi Group Holdings exemptions from mandatory takeover offer requirements on…

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected…