Kenya News » Koast News Kenya » Koast » Economy: Why Dangote refinery matters for Kenya
At the heart of Kenya’s ambition to create productive and sustainable jobs at scale for its population is manufacturing. The sector remains the largest creator of formal employment in the country, ...
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: IPG Calls for Evidence-Based Debate On Lamu Dangote Refinery
The International Policy Group (IPG) has called for a fact-based national debate on the proposed $16 billion Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery in Lamu, saying the project presents a major ...
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: Kenya Power invests Sh765 million in new substations in Coast region
Kenya Power is investing Sh765 million in the construction of two new substations in Kwale and Kilifi counties as the utility moves to strengthen electricity supply and meet rising demand in the Coast ...
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: Mwache and Makamini dams: The missing link that will unlock the Coast's economic revolution
Kenya's most transformative infrastructure projects are rarely the ones that attract the loudest headlines. Their true value often lies not in what they are, but in what they make possible. That is ...
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: New submarine cable puts Kenya's Coast on digital growth path
Submarine cable on the seabed. Kenya's Coast is set to benefit from the planned LuLu Coastal Cable System linking Mombasa to Lamu. [Courtesy] A new submarine cable linking Mombasa to Lamu could ...
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: Kenya’s New US Level 3 Travel Advisory: Is an Ebola Health Warning Putting an Entire Tourism Economy at Risk?
The US raised Kenya to Level 3 over Ebola-related health risks. How does the warning compare globally, and what will it mean for tourism and small businesses?
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: Kenya's economy grows 5.1% year-on-year in second quarter of 2026
Kenya's economy grew 5.1% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, compared with 4.9% in the same period last year, the statistics office said on Friday. The growth was mainly supported by strong ...
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: Uganda, Kenya join hands to boost tourism as 50 operators visit coast
Ugandan tourism operators have expressed interest in Kenya’s coastal attractions as the two countries seek to strengthen the region's tourism ties.
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: The women running Kenya’s economy
As President William Ruto reshapes Kenya’s economy, a growing cohort of women has assumed leadership over the country’s economic machinery, from monetary policy and budget oversight to state ...
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: Sh3.3 billion grants transform Kenya's blue economy sector
In Jomvu, on the outskirts of Mombasa City, a group of women is quietly demonstrating what the blue economy can look like when local communities are placed at the centre. For years, they survived by ...
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: Kenya's Economy Grew 4.6% in 2025, Stats Office Says
NAIROBI, April 29 (Reuters) - Kenya's economy grew 4.6% in 2025, compared with 4.7% growth a year earlier, the statistics office said on Wednesday. The economy grew 4.0% year-on-year in the ...
News Kenya » Koast » Economy: Authorities Must Address Economic Grievances Driving Protests, End Repressive Tactics
Kenyan authorities have increasingly used authoritarian tactics, including arbitrary arrests and detention, abductions, malicious prosecution of protesters, surveillance, and media repression, to ...