Centum sells Sidian Bank for Sh4.3bn to Nigerian lender

Nigeria’s top lender, Access Bank, will acquire majority stake in Sidian Bank from Centum Investments for…

European Union revokes KQ plane servicing licence

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has revoked a licence it had granted Kenya Airways…

M-Pesa to transact in 200 countries after deal with Visa

Millions of M-Pesa customers can now pay for goods and services in more than 200 countries…

Pwani Oil closes plant, blames lack of dollars

Pwani Oil, the manufacturer of Freshfri, Salit and Fry Mate cooking oils, has temporarily shut down…

Revealed: Kenyan poacher tried in US made Sh865m

A 62-year-old Kenyan man who pleaded guilty to poaching charges in a US court and his…

KCB seizes English Point Marina over Sh5bn debt

KCB Group has seized Mombasa’s luxury property English Point Marina and placed Pearl Beach Hotels, the…

Kenya takes Sh138bn World Bank loan in months

Kenya took Sh137.93 billion from the World Bank and rich countries in four months to April…

Dollar shortage sparks parallel exchange rates

The shortage of dollars is triggering the emergence of parallel exchange rate that has seen lenders…

Central Bank raises interest rate to tame inflation

The Central Bank of Kenya on Monday raised its policy lending rate by a quarter percentage…

ARM Cement creditors suffer Sh11 billion loss

Lenders and unsecured creditors of the collapsed ARM Cement lost Sh11.5 billion during the distribution of…