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Photographer: Kang-Chun Cheng/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenya Weighs Raising as Much as $500 Million From Diaspora Bond]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-18/kenya-weighs-raising-as-much-as-500-million-from-diaspora-bond</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-18/kenya-weighs-raising-as-much-as-500-million-from-diaspora-bond</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:06:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUb26pw68lLg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUb26pw68lLg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians in the financial district in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Kenyan annual inflation remained below the 5% midpoint of the central bank’s target range for a 12th straight month strengthening the case for another interest-rate cut.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenya’s Largest Lender to Cut Treasuries Holdings to Boost Loans]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/kenya-s-largest-lender-to-cut-treasuries-holdings-to-boost-loans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/kenya-s-largest-lender-to-cut-treasuries-holdings-to-boost-loans</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:41:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAe9rx6IkiVw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAe9rx6IkiVw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>James Mwangi, Group CEO, Equity Group Holdings</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stanbic of Kenya Doubles Interim Dividend Despite Profit Drop]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/stanbic-of-kenya-doubles-interim-dividend-despite-profit-drop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/stanbic-of-kenya-doubles-interim-dividend-despite-profit-drop</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:01:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iugzz2gyS_nI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iugzz2gyS_nI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Stanbic Holdings is a unit of Standard Bank Group. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diageo East Africa Unit Profit Grows Less Forex, Debt Pain]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/diageo-east-african-unit-s-profit-grows-as-forex-debt-pain-ease</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/diageo-east-african-unit-s-profit-grows-as-forex-debt-pain-ease</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 04:34:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diageo Said to Tap BofA, Goldman for East African Arm Review]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-28/diageo-said-to-tap-bofa-goldman-for-east-african-unit-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-28/diageo-said-to-tap-bofa-goldman-for-east-african-unit-review</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:31:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZ11C5Ru7jXo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZ11C5Ru7jXo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bottles of Guinness stout on a conveyor at the Kenya Breweries Ltd. bottling plant, operated by East Africa Breweries Ltd., in Nairobi.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Largest Kenya Bank to Set Up UAE Office to Capture Capital Flows]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/kenya-s-equity-group-to-set-up-uae-office-to-capture-capital-flows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/kenya-s-equity-group-to-set-up-uae-office-to-capture-capital-flows</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:08:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content 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Bonds]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/somalia-sets-up-its-first-exchange-to-trade-stocks-sukuk-bonds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/somalia-sets-up-its-first-exchange-to-trade-stocks-sukuk-bonds</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPT9XLOliEpM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPT9XLOliEpM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Mogadishu skyline in Somalia in 2022.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yellow Card, Visa Agree to Hasten Stablecoin Adoption in Africa]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/yellow-card-visa-agree-to-hasten-stablecoin-adoption-in-africa</link><guid 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Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:47:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Sees Trade With Kenya Doubling on Economic Partnership Pact]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/eu-sees-trade-with-kenya-doubling-on-economic-partnership-pact</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/eu-sees-trade-with-kenya-doubling-on-economic-partnership-pact</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_WK2aAW2lOQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_WK2aAW2lOQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Containers are loaded onto a ship at Mombasa port in Mombasa, Kenya.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenyan Cider Startup Seeks More Funding as Growth Outpaces Beer]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-01/kenyan-cider-startup-seeks-more-funding-as-growth-outpaces-beer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-01/kenyan-cider-startup-seeks-more-funding-as-growth-outpaces-beer</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:35:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World’s Worst Currency Faces Pain as Tanzanian Imports Boom]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-19/world-s-worst-currency-faces-more-pain-as-tanzanian-imports-boom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-19/world-s-worst-currency-faces-more-pain-as-tanzanian-imports-boom</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:07:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mauritian Firm Completes Fibre-Optic Link Along Africa’s Longest Lake]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/mauritian-firm-completes-fibre-optic-link-along-africa-s-longest-lake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/mauritian-firm-completes-fibre-optic-link-along-africa-s-longest-lake</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenyan Firm Plans 195MW Solar Plant to Produce Green Ammonia]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/kenyan-firm-plans-195mw-solar-plant-to-produce-green-ammonia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/kenyan-firm-plans-195mw-solar-plant-to-produce-green-ammonia</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Ombok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:05:46 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>