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  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Kenya’s Quick Mart confronts tough business conditions

    After initial breakneck expansion, growth has slowed somewhat at country’s second largest supermarket chain

    The exterior of a Quick Mart supermarket is shown, with the store’s name in bold red letters and a “Fresh & Easy” logo next to it. The sign above the entrance indicates the store is open 24/7. Large windows display promotional posters featuring fresh produce and other food items. A few people are seen walking outside, and a security guard stands at the entrance
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Moral Money
    Will Kenya get a bite of the green tech boom?

    Market-watchers weigh in on President William Ruto’s trip to Washington last week

    Ruto, Harris and Blinken with US and Kenyan flags behind them
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Mining
    Abu Dhabi conglomerate embarks on flurry of mining deals

    Business owned by IHC broke into market last year with acquisition of a major Zambian copper mine

    Syed Basar Shueb with IHC’s logo on the wall behind him
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    US foreign policy
    Biden to upgrade Kenyan ties to counter Russian and Chinese sway in Africa

    US president meets William Ruto during first state visit by an African leader to Washington in 15 years

    US President Joe Biden, right, welcomes Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House
  • Sunday, 12 May, 2024
    News in-depth
    Grief gives way to anger as Kenyan starvation cult leader faces trial

    Observers worry little has been done to curtail dangerous Christian sects as they continue to draw in followers

    Kenyans stand outside a mortuary in the town of Malindi
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    CVC Capital Partners Ltd
    CVC agrees sale of troubled Africa tea estates business

    PE group divesting less than three years after acquiring plantations from Unilever

    A worker picks tea leaves at a plantation in Muranga, Kenya
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Kenya president set for landmark US state visit as Russia builds Africa influence

    William Ruto hails relationship with Washington and pushes for extension of Africa trade pact

  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Kenya brings in emergency measures to combat ‘unprecedented’ floods

    More than 200 dead and 160,000 displaced as torrential rain wreaks havoc in east African country

    A firefighter gives instructions to commuters on a flood-hit road in Kitengela, Kenya
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    HTSI
    Magdalene Odundo’s vessels of hope

    The artist is bringing her Kenyan history to Houghton Hall. It’s complicated, she says 

    Dame Magdalene Odundo in her studio in Surrey
  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    HTSI
    The elegant languor of Lamu

    Finding a new calm in Kenya’s island paradise

    A lateen-rigged dhow boat in front of the Riyadha Mosque
  • Thursday, 11 April, 2024
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Moderna puts plans for African vaccine plant on hold

    Pledges to invest in pandemic preparedness with facility in Kenya fall short as sales of Covid jabs decline

    A scientist works in the lab at Moderna in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Special ReportFuture of Water
    Climate change puts pressure on Kenya’s water resources

    The country’s storage and supply network is underdeveloped, but simple solutions can bring big benefits

    A man inspects a large water pan, lined with plastic sheet, in the middle of a grassland
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    Kenyan shilling soars after $1.5bn bond issue eases default fears

    Currency has become top performer in Africa in 2024 after falling by one-fifth last year

    Person holds Kenya’s shilling
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    Emerging market investing
    Kenya seizes on bond market thaw to issue new US dollar debt

    Nairobi plans to refinance part of a $2bn repayment due in June that was expected to strain public finances

    The Sun sets over Nairobi, Kenya
  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    International Finance Corp
    World Bank unit faces pressure to compensate alleged abuse victims

    International Finance Corporation’s response could set a precedent for ‘remediation’ payments

    A mobile phone with the logo of International Finance Corporation on the phone screen in front of the IFC web page
  • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
    FT Magazine
    The young people sifting through the internet’s worst horrors

    Lured by the promise of jobs at the ‘cutting edge of AI’, they ended up in a battle for their rights

    Fascia Gebrekidan
  • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
    Special ReportThriving Cities
    Development charities shift focus to urban areas

    In the second part of our Thriving Cities series, we explore the benefits of wellbeing, education and employment programmes

  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    Climate change
    Kenya’s president calls for African debt relief to fight climate change

    Appeal to reduce financial demands on indebted nations comes as Nairobi hosts first Africa Climate Summit

    Kenyan president William Ruto speaks at the first Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi on Monday
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    Lex Greensill
    Lex Greensill and the coconut ‘army’

    There they are, all standing in a row

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    FT CollectionsClimate Exchange
    Kenya’s William Ruto: ‘We are not running away from our debt’

    President of east African state calls for a global green bank and says a pause on repayments would help finance development

  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    OutlookGisa Tunbridge
    The sight of leopards roaming cities is in our past — and future

    As human settlements spread, we will have to get used to sharing urban spaces with wild animals

    A leopard on the edge of the Indian city of Srinagar
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    Several injured in Kenya as protesters clash with security forces

    Opposition leader Odinga rallies supporters to protest against tax rises pushed through by President Ruto

  • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
    News in-depth
    ‘We must tighten our belts’: Kenya searches for cash to meet debt bills

    Nairobi insists ‘default is not an option’ as it rushes to avoid fate of African peers such as Zambia and Ghana

    Opposition-led protests on Friday urge Kenyans to boycott paying tax
  • Monday, 26 June, 2023
    OutlookJosh Spero
    Uganda shows LGBT+ people face growing danger globally

    The legislation is not an outlier but is echoed by anti-gay measures and rhetoric in the US and Turkey

    A man putting clothes into a suitcase
  • Friday, 23 June, 2023
    Climate change
    Kenyan leader says World Bank and IMF are ‘hostage’ to rich nations

    William Ruto calls for new multilateral lender to address climate crisis

    William Ruto
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