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The redeployment of international naval forces to combat Houthis and the US-Israel-Iran war has created a security vacuum in the Indian Ocean for Somali pirates to hijack ships.
Kenya’s mining sector is facing growing turmoil as licensing delays, legal threats, community disputes and allegations of corruption pile pressure on Mining CS Hassan Joho’s ministry.
The macadamia sector is facing its most difficult period in years, with stakeholders warning that the problems extend beyond the current debate over export bans of raw nuts.
The preliminary deal between Kenya and the US on the extraction of rare earth and niobium deposits at Mrima Hill in Kwale County, valued at Sh9.7 billion, has run into a legal landmine.
KETRACO has unveiled a Sh65 billion PPP proposal to develop five high-voltage transmission projects aimed at improving power reliability and expanding electricity access across Kenya.
More than two decades after it was conceived as Kenya's flagship industrial hub, Mombasa's Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is showing fresh signs of life.
The prolonged suspension of mining operations at Tata Chemicals Magadi (TCML), is beginning to send ripples across Kenya’s manufacturing sector.
Kenya sits on mineral wealth, yet investors and communities say the country continues to struggle to convert that geological potential into meaningful economic value.
The PCEA leadership is split over the campaign to raise funds to save the multi-million-shilling tourist hotel in Mombasa whose cost of construction is under scrutiny from church members.
Kenya’s empty-container crisis is resurfacing as Mombasa’s peak season approaches, with slow evacuation and shipping disruptions threatening to strain the inland logistics chain.
Land disputes and delayed compensation for Lamu residents are casting a shadow over the Sh2.2 trillion refinery project as the government pushes ahead with construction.
Gaps in the training and certification of small-vessel operators across Eastern, Southern and Northern Africa are driving efforts to harmonise standards for coxswains.
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