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Kenya’s equity markets are facing pressure, with the Nairobi All-Share Index down 0.4 per cent due to selloffs in major banks and ex-dividend adjustments. 

Ex-dividend pressures, foreign inflows and liquidity challenges in Kenyan markets

Food-system stakes across Africa have never been higher. With the Kampala CAADP Declaration now signed, the African Union has set an ambitious Strategy and Action Plan for 2026-2035: mobilise $100 billion.

AU unveils CAADP Action Plan 2035 

In just four months, the average United States effective tariff has vaulted from about 2 per cent to more than 22  per cent.

Tariff turbulence spurs Africa supply shifts

Rwanda is stepping up its efforts to digitalize legal services, with the Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) launching a new E-Case Management System.

KIAC’s new e-case platform powers Rwanda’s business ambitions

Ethiopia anticipates a preliminary agreement on the third review of its $3.4 billion IMF loan program and plans to commence formal debt talks with bondholders this summer. 

Ethiopia faces debt, reform & transparency tests

Africa’s debt-to-GDP ratio peaked at 68.6 per cent in 2023. With the International Monetary Fund cutting global growth to 2.8 per cent for 2025 and Afreximbank forecasting medium-term debt relief, servicing dynamics are shifting. 

Unpacking Africa’s debt status post-IMF downgrade

Sarah Scott, Founder of The Kilimanjaro Project - a multi functional landscape restoration projects that uses KLI’s tist-based carbon finance for smallholder farmers joins CNBC Africa for this discussion. 

Carbon farming and reforestation in Africa

Exigent Risk Advisory MD, Declan Galvin examines how revised International Monetary Fund inflows, compliance gaps, and funding shortfalls could impact Kenya’s debt costs and bond yields.

Does Kenya’s IMF gamble threaten debt stability

Volkswagen is expanding its operations in Rwanda, from local assembly to mobility services and e-tractor projects. CNBC Africa's Ericks Shyaka spoke to Serge Kamuhinda, CEO of VW Mobility Solutions Rwanda, to find out more.

Volkswagen scales up operations in Rwanda

The United States has shut down multiple embassies in Africa as cost cutting measure after aid cuts and as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)  renewal hangs by a thread - what does this mean for U.S -Africa businesses?  

U.S. diplomacy cutting measures in Africa & export impacts

Verto FX's Country Lead-Kenya, Kevin Nganga joins CNBC Africa to discuss strategic differentiation from papps, optimizing FX cost savings, competitive market entry, and automated hedging tools for clients. 

Verto FX on domestic competition & international expansion

According to industry estimates, Africa’s security technology market is worth hundreds of millions of USD, with South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya leading adoption.

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