Japan’s top envoy to Africa is visiting Kenya in the wake of high-level conversations around bilateral relations and policy. Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a state visit to Kenya in 2023, and President William Ruto reciprocated with a state visit to Japan last year.

According to the data, the inflows were strong in December 2024 at $445.4 million (Sh57.5 billion). Kenyans living and working abroad sent home a record $4.94 billion (Sh637.3 billion) in the year ended December 31, 2024, shuttering Central Bank of Kenya’s forecast of Sh600 billion.

By Mike Weber in Iten Kenya After a 40-minute flight from Nairobi to Eldoret and a 30-minute taxi to Iten, I arrived at my home for the next week, the mecca of long-distance training facilities, the High Altitude Training Centre owned and operated by world record holder and distance running legend Lornah Kiplagat.

An agreement between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates could boost the African nation’s meat and horticultural exports to the Gulf country threefold, according to a top trade ministry official in the African nation.

Kenya’s new deputy leader Kithure Kindiki fuelled rumours of a potential rift with the president after he missed se veral key events in December 2024. Kindiki dismissed the allegations when he resurfaced in public in January but online users continued to speculate about the reasons of Kindiki's absence.

Kenya has started discussions with the United Arab Emirates to secure financing to complete a regional railway, President William Ruto said, after China cut infrastructure funding to the project.

A prominent Tanzanian activist has been released after being "kidnapped" on Sunday by three armed men on the streets of Kenya's capital Nairobi, her husband said, accusing Tanzania's national intelligence service of responsibility.

Tatu City outside Kenya's capital is a startup city, privately owned and with aspirations of eventually having a population of 250,000.

Experience Kenya's wild beauty on a safari that combines close wildlife encounters with conservation and community initiatives

The East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources estimated in a 2023 study that the invasion of water hyacinth in Kenyan lakes — including Africa's largest lake, Lake Victoria — has led to annual losses of between $150 million and $350 million in Kenya's fishing, transport and tourism sectors.

In Kenya, AI-powered tools are effectively bridging the diagnostic gap by enhancing existing healthcare capacity.