Journalist @BBGAfrica. Member @FPA_Africa. @SyokimauLIFE 8th Chairman 2016-2020. @RotarySyokimau 7th President 2021-22. Tweets ≠ endorsements. Opinions = mine.
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A startup and some of the world's best known philanthropies are helping Kenya reach its avocado ambitions bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @eombok
Private renewable-energy investments in Africa are set to accelerate as the Iran war drives nations to try and cut their dependence on oil and gas imports bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Roam Electric, a Kenyan e-motorcycle manufacturer, has seen demand double as consumers shift away from gasoline amid price surges driven by the Iran war. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Kenya plans to get the ball rolling with a diaspora bond of between $250 million and $500 million bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Kenya is set to attract more interest from investors after rebounding from recent political upheaval, according to the head of the country’s stock exchange bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
Kenyan Shilling Swings Subside bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
Entries are open for Bloomberg’s Africa Startups to Watch list for 2024 bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @technology
The East African Bonds Exchange says secondary trading on its platform is yet to commence because of delays in integrating its system to the Central Bank of Kenya’s bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology @TerryAdembesa @EABX_Group @HelenNyambura
Kenyan pension funds are in talks to acquire a portion of the government’s overdue payments to some contractors and service providers bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @economics
Anti-government protests that disrupted Kenya’s economy for the past month and spooked investors are hurting its currency, which has suffered its longest decline since January bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
A UK development agency headquartered in Kenya is helping raise $1.3 billion for two funds investing in businesses across seven African countries bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
The Nairobi Securities Exchange aims to secure its first stock listing since 2020 this year, helped by a rebound in shares after a two-year slide bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @NSE_PLC
Lipton Teas & Infusions' move to sell the last of its tea plantations is a strategic shift by the world’s biggest buyer of the commodity to quit growing the leaf and fully rely on other producers. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
BlackRock says Kenyan stocks offer an opportunity and endorses government's economic policy bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @AntonySguazzin
In the space of less than three months, Kenya’s stock benchmark has swung from rock bottom to being the world’s best performer bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @bgenga
Kenya, the world’s largest exporter of black tea, agrees a partnership with Lipton to improve leaf quality and fetch higher prices for farmers, says President William Ruto bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
Kenya’s plan to raise about $500 million through a bond sale in Japan will be priced in the range of 1%-2% as the East African nation seeks cheaper sources of funding bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
Kenya’s shilling rallies as much as 4.7% against the US dollar, the most since 2008, as locals offload dollars after the nation’s successful Eurobond sale bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
Kenya's new bond exchange @EABX_Group sees the potential for exponential growth as it prepares to launch bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @bgenga
The Kenyan shilling’s depreciation of almost 20% against the dollar this year is overdone, the East African nation’s central bank governor says bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets