Between 2020 and 2024, electronic waste generated in the country rose from 46,211 to 53,559 metric tonnes—a staggering 15.9% increase in just four years. This rise, propelled by rapid digital adoption, is a paradox of progress: while mobile money, smartphones, and smart appliances have improved lives, their end-of-life handling presents a growing environmental and public health crisis.

In the span of just four years, internet access in this unnamed economy has leapt from 91.7 to 110.3 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, marking a 20.2% increase and crossing the symbolic threshold of universal penetration by 2023. This expansion in internet connectivity—spanning both wireless and fixed broadband—signals a deeper transformation in how the population communicates, transacts, and consumes information.

In Mombasa, beneath the ebb and flow of the Indian Ocean, a powerful network of undersea fibre-optic cables is reshaping the nation’s economic destiny. With names that could be mistaken for interstellar missions—2Africa, PEACE, LION2, and the soon-to-launch Africa-1 (2026)—these high-capacity arteries are the unsung heroes of Kenya’s broadband boom.

60 kilometres southeast of Nairobi, a city is rising from scratch—not from ruins or sprawl, but from vision. Where once there was only...

In a world increasingly defined by its information density, clarity is no longer a luxury — it's a necessity. In 2024 alone, the average number of daily online newspaper visitors in Kenya surged to 5.4 million, a 9.8% year-on-year increase. At the same time, traditional print readership is in freefall. English-language daily newspapers — once a bastion of public discourse — saw circulation shrink by 12.3%, sliding to 37 million copies, continuing a trend that began at the daw

Kenya’s forests, long regarded as a key bulwark against climate change, are facing renewed commercial pressure. The 2025 Economic Survey shows a dramatic spike in state forest product sales, particularly softwood timber, which surged to 604,400 cubic metres in 2024—a more than 4 times  from the previous year.

A single chart can tell a complex story — and this one spans five years of effort to improve water and sanitation access across the country. It shows that while some indicators are on a steady climb, others have flatlined, revealing opportunities for policy recalibration.

Over the last five years, Kenya has witnessed an unprecedented surge in the number of boreholes drilled — a welcome sign in a country where climate variability, population growth, and urban expansion are intensifying demand for reliable water sources. Yet, beneath the impressive growth lies a troubling truth: while access to water is expanding, the infrastructure to ensure its safety is not keeping pace.

While access to formal financial services has grown steadily for both men and women, the gender gap has stubbornly persisted—until recently. In 2024, the difference in formal financial inclusion between men and women fell to just 1.6 percentage points, down from 4.2 points in 2021, according to the latest national data.

In 2024, Somalia accounts for 57% of all registered refugees in Kenya—a dramatic rise that’s reshaping the country’s humanitarian landscape.

Kenya’s sugar industry closed 2024 on a high, bouncing back from a troubled 2023 with a remarkable 72.5% surge in production, according to new figures from the Kenya Sugar Board. Total output hit 815.5 thousand tonnes, up from 472.8 thousand tonnes the year before — the largest annual increase recorded in the past five years.

Picture this: somewhere in Nairobi, a dusty safety deposit box lies undisturbed in a downtown vault. Inside? Share certificates worth millions—untouched, unnoticed, and unclaimed. Its owner, now halfway across the world, forgot all about it during a busy relocation. Multiply that forgotten box by thousands, and you begin to glimpse Kenya’s silent fortune: over KSh 4.3 Billion in unclaimed financial assets.

Solid waste. It’s not glamorous. But how we get rid of it—how we burn it, bury it, ignore it, or organize it—tells a deeply human story and a critical environmental one.

Nairobi has long been the nerve center of Kenya’s economy, government, innovation, and culture. But in 2023, the dominance of the capital reached new heights in the commercial real estate space—raising a pressing question: Is it time to decentralize?

How Real Estate Agents in Kenya Are Collecting Rent

Kenya, a country known for its diverse landscapes and vibrant cultures, is also richly endowed with mineral resources that hold the key to both present prosperity and future resilience.

Forests play a critical role in sustaining biodiversity, regulating climate, and supporting livelihoods.

The Last Mile Connectivity Program 2015 marked a pivotal moment in Kenya's electrical transformation. The government unveiled the Last Mile

The fourth quarter of 2024 has painted a fascinating picture of Nairobi's land market. While Nairobi’s suburbs experienced steady but...

Access to electricity is a key driver of economic development and improved quality of life. In Kenya, the government’s Rural...