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Special Report: CBEX and the Echoes of Crypto Scams

The dust is far from settled following the collapse of CBEX, an experience that has left many victims across Africa describing it as painful and a harsh lesson learned. What [...]

The Kenyan Wall Street

4 months ago

Kenya’s Public Debt Interest Payments On Pace to Cross KSh 1 Trillion in 2025

Kenya's fiscal structure has undergone a dramatic shift in recent decades, with public debt interest payments rising at an unprecedented pace. Kenya is currently paying an average of KSh 83.66 [...]

Harry Njuguna

6 months ago

How DRC Bank, Delayed Compliance, Have Stalled Access Bank's Acquisition of National Bank

In recent years, Access Bank Plc, the biggest lender in Nigeria in terms of assets, has aggressively expanded across the continent. However, a regulatory maze involving its activities in the [...]

Harry Njuguna

7 months ago

China Records Deflation for Second Month in March 2025—But Why?

As inflation stabilizes across most major economies, China is taking a different path—into deflation. While other economies work to tame inflation, China faces a new challenge—too much supply, not enough [...]

Harry Njuguna

7 months ago

How One Kenyan Woman is Brewing Hope Amid the World’s Coffee Shortage

The global coffee industry is facing challenges with prices of the commodity soaring to levels not seen since 1970s, driven by persistent supply concerns in key growing regions such as Brazil [...]

The Kenyan Wall Street

7 months ago

Explainer: Inside Kenya’s Public Debt Crisis where Every Citizen Owes Ksh 205,000

In Today’s episode, Maina Chege analyzes a special report on the state of Kenya’s public debt. Our research has revealed that every Kenyan would need to contribute over 205,000 shillings [...]

The Kenyan Wall Street

8 months ago

How the 0.1% Controls Almost One Third of South Africa’s Wealth

South Africa is a land of contrasts. It’s an economic powerhouse in Africa which boasts of the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the continent in 2025 at US$418bn, according [...]

Econsult Africa

9 months ago

Inside US President Donald Trump's Africa Team

On January 20th, Donald J Trump was sworn in for his second and final term as the President of the United States, four years after he lost to outgoing President [...]

Morris Kiruga

10 months ago

Encryption Takes Centre Stage in Zanzibar’s Data Protection Strategy

While some countries struggle with managing the onslaught of cyberattacks, Zanzibar has taken a proactive step toward securing online activities both for tourists and citizens. Data is the world’s new [...]

Andrew Barden

10 months ago

Every Kenyan ‘Owes’ KSh 201,439.71

Kenyans are persistently enraged over recent taxation policies and rightly so no human being enjoys paying taxes. The country is currently in debt KSh 10.5 trillion, meaning that every [...]

Andrew Barden

a year ago

Why is it Easier to Gamble than to Invest in Stocks in Kenya?

It doesn’t matter how wealthy you are, everyone exists in a world of constrained resources. There is a limited amount of everything in our tangible world: a limited amount of [...]

Andrew Barden

a year ago

Unpaid Internships are Systematically Oppressing Kenya’s Youth

When starting one’s career, an internship can be a ‘make it or break it’ moment before getting that first major job the foundation on which one’s career stands. However, [...]

Andrew Barden

a year ago

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