AllAfrica News: Kenya

[allAfrica] There was a time when cotton was more than just another crop in Kenya. In parts of the country, it was white gold. Farmers planted it knowing that the harvest could pay school fees, put food on the table and keep money circulating in rural communities. Cooperatives provided a link between farmers and markets, ginneries kept workers employed and textile mills had a re...

[allAfrica] Mombasa, Kenya -- For persons with disabilities, being in the room does not always mean being included.

[Daba Finance] Cloud9 acquired Kenyan social-commerce startup Chpter in an all-stock deal, adding about 4,500 businesses to its banking platform and completing its second acquisition in 3 months.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Kamau Thugge says rising Treasury bill yields will not undermine the transmission of monetary policy to commercial bank lending rates.

[Capital FM] NAIROBI -- For a community not renowned for producing many successful female athletes, Josephine Sembeyo's gold medal at the World Under 20 Championships in Oregon meant the whole world to the Maa.