Africa urged to up sustainability reporting as global meet kicks off

ICPAK Chairman Dr Elizabeth Kalunda with Economic Planning PS Dr Boniface Makokha and PAFA vice president Prem Govender. [ICPAK] Calls for coordinated global action and strengthened governance to help Africa fully... Read more »

Young Kisumu women snapping their way out of unemployment

Monica Sharon prepares soft box before starting shoot of the day. [Rodgers Otiso/Standard] On the streets of Kisumu, where the rhythms of matatus, hawkers, and hurried footsteps compose the city’s daily... Read more »

Three business lessons from Harambee Stars CHAN exploits

Harambee Stars head coach Benni MacCarthy during training session at Police Sacco on August 16, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Stafford] Before the first whistle of the opening match of the ongoing African... Read more »

Union cautions Ayacko as nurses’ strike spreads

Seth Panyako, Kenya National Union of Nurses secretary-general. [File, Standard] The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) has cautioned Migori Governor Ochilo Ayacko against alleged intimidation of health workers participating in the ongoing strike affecting 15 counties KNUN Secretary-General Seth Panyako... Read more »

Co-op Bank posts Sh14.1b profit amid branch, digital expansion

Co-op Bank MD Gideon Muriuki. [Courtesy] Co-operative Bank of Kenya (Co-op Bank) has reported an 8.4 per cent growth in profit after tax for the first half of this year, driven... Read more »

How Trump’s migrant crackdown has strained Kenyan households, economy

Millions of Kenyan families face a new financial crisis as Trump Migrants’ crackdown hits vital diaspora remittances A growing financial crisis looms over millions of Kenyan households and the embattled economy,... Read more »

IM Bank eyes organic growth as half-year profit hits Sh11.7b

From left: I&M Bank Group CFO David Ngata, Regional CEO Kihara Maina, I&M Bank Kenya CEO Gul Khan and Gauri Gupta during the release of the FY2024 results in Nairobi,... Read more »

It’s time to awaken the sleeping East African giant on trade » Capital News

By Tobias Alando One November afternoon in 1999, three presidents—Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, Ali Hassan Mwinyi of Tanzania, and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda—met in Arusha to sign the Treaty establishing the... Read more »

Kenya: Kisumu Residents Want Second Term Governors to Retire

Kisumu — Residents of Kisumu County have endorsed a recent survey that polled only 22 percent of Kenyans who are ready to reelect their Governors serving second term in office to any... Read more »

Shanghai Museum to join Egypt’s excavation project » Capital News

BEIJING, China, Aug 18 — The phenomenal exhibition On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt completed its 13-month run at the Shanghai Museum on People’s Square on Sunday with... Read more »