Local Forecaster
Uber has started asking Kenyan riders to add Visa cards again, eight months after dropping Visa over payment processing costs.
DStv adds standalone Sports and Movies & Series packages in South Africa from 17 September. Kenyan prices and package names…
Bharti Airtel and Duolingo announced a 12 month free Super Duolingo offer for 376 million Indian subscribers on 3 September.
Anthropic pays student ambassadors USD 3,600 to run campus AI clubs. Kenyans can apply, and applications close on 12 September.
Uber shut down Nigeria and Uganda on 2 September 2026, leaving four African markets. Kenya is now one of them.
Glovo Kenya and eBee trained 16 women as electric bicycle couriers, aiming to lift female riders from 1% to 5%.
Cascador picked 10 Nigerian companies for its 2026 ScaleUp cohort, including Venco, the estate management platform already running in Kenya.
Terra Industries closed a $52 million seed round, the largest in Africa. What the Nigerian defence startup builds, explained.
Epson has spent KES 19.4 million expanding its Nairobi office by 50%, adding a showroom, training space and servicing capacity.
Kenya Airways revenue rose 9% to KES 81.25 billion, but fuel costs pushed the half-year loss to KES 16.1 billion.
Absa, Kenya Airways and Visa launched the Asante Global Card. Points on all spending, redeemable across the Kenya Airways network.
NCBA and HEVA Fund launched a KES 20 million unsecured loan facility for Kenyan creatives at 9% interest, six-month terms.
I&M Group made KES 10.2 billion after tax in the first half of 2026, with Kenya flat and regions growing.
Old Mutual Holdings posted KES 882 million net profit for the first half of 2026, beating its entire 2025 result.
Britam's pre-tax profit rose 52% to KES 3.82 billion in the first half of 2026, lifted by stronger underwriting results.














