PRIME Your ‘pure honey’ may have hidden additives, CAK warns Honey has become increasingly popular as more health-conscious consumers switch from refined sugar to what is perceived as a healthier natural sweetener.
PRIME Kenya unveils Sh1.08 trillion blueprint for food security If successful, the programme is poised to reshape Kenya’s food production.
PRIME US pips UAE as Kenya's exports growth engine The United States emerges as Kenya's fastest-growing major export market.
PRIME Thika coffee miller loses Sh32m claim over ‘debt trap’ loans to farmers Court rules that the miller's lending model trapped a coffee cooperative in a cycle of debt.
PRIME Inside the push to fix Africa’s broken agriculture finance system Agriculture remains a key economic sector in Kenya, accounting for about 20 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), employing at least 40 percent of the workforce, and serving as a source of...
PRIME India imports cross Sh100bn-mark in three months as China tightens grip Kenya’s key purchases from India include pharmaceutical products, rice and refined petroleum fuels.
PRIME Unsold tea at Mombasa auction hits yearly high as levy bites Stakeholders say the combination of higher export costs and increased shipping expenses has made Kenyan tea less competitive in the international market.
PRIME Stanbic joins Co-op Bank in processing coffee pay Stanbic’s entry comes at a time when Co-operative Bank had been granted an extension to continue processing payments to coffee farmers through the DSS platform following the postponement of the...
PRIME Kenya’s export earnings from UAE fall sharply KNBS attributed the sharp decline in exports to the UAE to “reduced domestic exports and re-exports particularly in kerosene-type jet fuel and tea”.
PRIME Kakuzi targets 202 acres of blueberries by 2029 in commercial expansion plan The planned growth signals Kakuzi’s increasing focus on blueberries as one of its next major export products amid rising pressure on earnings from avocados and other traditional agricultural...
PRIME Rice overtakes wheat in Kenya’s cereal import bill Data in the 2026 Economic Survey shows rice paddy production increased by 6.4 percent in 2024/25, supported by a 5.3 percent expansion in cropped area to 48,379 hectares across irrigation schemes.
PRIME Maize imports jump 51pc after duty-free yellow grain window Maize output rose slightly by 2.2 percent to 45.8 million bags in 2025 from 44.8 million bags the previous year, indicating that local supply gains were insufficient to meet growing demand from...
PRIME Kenya waives sulphur limits on petrol and diesel Temporary waiver highlights policy tensions as Kenya scrambles to secure fuel supplies.
PRIME Sh100bn Kenya exports stuck as Middle East conflict bites Disruptions to shipping routes linked to Iran has left millions of kilograms of tea stuck in warehouses in Mombasa, threatening export earnings and farmer incomes.
PRIME Taifa Gas buys into Songo Songo field as Orca exits Taifa Gas joins investor group acquiring PanAfrican Energy as Tanzania pushes for greater local control in gas sector.
PRIME Sh50m fines, jail terms as Kenya moves to control security-sensitive goods New Strategic Goods Control Bill, 2026, seeks to regulate sensitive goods and technologies and curb proliferation risks.
PRIME Kenyan avocado industry in crisis on failed export ban Kenya is Africa’s biggest avocado exporter and has been expanding its sales to Europe and is trying to push into the mass markets of India and China.
PRIME Growers warned of cartels as new avocado export window opens The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) reopened the 2025/2026 avocado export season on April 2, 2026, following improved fruit maturity across major production zones.
PRIME Cost pressure as geopolitics reshapes tea trade routes The Red Sea crisis has amplified an existing structural risk of Kenya’s heavy reliance on specific corridors and markets, while increasing the cost of diversification.
PRIME Gulf Energy pays Tullow Sh4 billion, ends payment delays Gulf Energy has paid Tullow Kenya BV part of the overdue second instalment of $40 million (Sh5.18 billion) for Turkana oilfields, ending months of delays tied to approval of the commercialisation...
PRIME Kerosene consumption in rare first rise in eight years Power stabilisation needs in western Kenya reverse years of declining kerosene use.
PRIME Forex reserves hit record Sh1.9trn on Eurobond haul Kenya’s reserve build-up has coincided with heightened use of international bond markets to refinance maturing obligations and manage public debt.
PRIME Sasini targets new markets in China, India amid Middle East crisis The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm exports coffee, tea, avocados, and macadamia to markets across Africa, Asia (Japan and Korea), Europe, and North America (Canada and the US).
PRIME Sugar prices dip sharply on ended Comesa cushion Kenya had since 2001 relied on the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) safeguards, which were renewed eight times, to shield its high-cost domestic industry from competition.
PRIME Kenya eyes shift to India to boost its shaky macadamia exports The Kenya macadamia industry is export-based, with 95 percent of the annual production shipped to international markets.
