US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that South Africa will be excluded from next year’s G20 summit hosted by the United States, escalating a bitter diplomatic feud and immediately halting all remaining payments and subsidies to the African nation. In a characteristically blunt social media post, Trump declared: “At my direction, South Africa will…
Kenya Standard Gauge Railway posted its strongest revenue growth in years after earning KSh15.9 billion in the first nine months of 2025, a 19.96% surge from the same period last year, latest figures from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics showed. Freight drives sharp rise The increase was driven largely by freight traffic, with cargo revenue…
Kenya’s telecom giant Safaricom has insisted it will stick to its generous 80% dividend payout policy even as it raises fresh debt through a landmark green bond to fund sustainability projects and growth in Ethiopia. The company opened subscription for a KSh15 billion tax-exempt green bond on Tuesday, the first slice of a KSh40 billion…
Kenya has vowed to challenge a regional court decision that suspended a crucial trade agreement with the European Union, warning the move puts USD 1.56 billion in yearly exports and hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk. Trade minister Lee Kinyanjui said on Wednesday the government has already filed an appeal against Monday’s ruling by…
A United States advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit against technology giant Apple, claiming the company continues to source minerals linked to child labour, forced labour and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda despite repeated denials. International Rights Advocates, a Washington-based nonprofit organisation, filed the 59-page complaint on Tuesday…
Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced on 26 November they had seized “total control” of the West African nation, deposing President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and suspending a disputed electoral process just days after a presidential vote in which both leading candidates claimed victory. The takeover, marked by gunfire in the capital Bissau, adds to the country’s…
A damning audit has exposed a gaping hole in Kenya public finances, with KSh 300 billion raised through government bonds over six years nowhere to be found. Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, a vocal critic of government spending, is leading the charge for answers, accusing the National Treasury and Central Bank of Kenya of a monumental…
Kenyan authorities paid bloggers up to KSh25,000 (USD192) a day to flood social media with pro-government messages and intimidate young protesters during the deadly Generation Z demonstrations against a controversial finance bill, a new Amnesty International report has revealed. The report, titled “This Fear, Everyone is Feeling It”, documents how the government weaponised digital platforms…
Kenya’s banking sector has delivered another strong performance in the first nine months of 2025, with the country’s top 10 lenders collectively posting combined net profits of KSh196.3 billion, up from KSh173.2 billion in the same period last year. Eight banks record double-digit growth Despite persistent worries over elevated public debt and occasional global headwinds,…
Kenya electoral body faces a defining moment on Thursday 27 November as voters head to the polls in 24 by-elections across the country, a crucial test that could either rebuild shattered public trust or deepen doubts ahead of the 2027 general election. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission then IEBC, only reconstituted in July, is…
