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86 stories on the Kenya desk in the last 30 days (86 this week). Latest: Dangote’s 700,000bpd Kenya Refinery to generate 1,000mw for operations. Updated 1 October 2026.

Latest raise: Copia Kenya raised $123 million and left behind assets worth $1.6 million →

• Dangote’s 700,000bpd Kenya Refinery to generate 1,000mw for operations ↗

  1 October 2026

• Kenya refuses to back down on Middle East fuel supply deals as political pressure mounts ↗

  29 May 2026

• Africa’s richest man picks US firm Honeywell for $300 million Kenya refinery deal ↗

  30 September 2026

• Kenya Licenses 29 More Digital Lenders ↗

  1 October 2026

• Safaricom, Pesapal Expand M-PESA QR And Tap-to-Pay Services ↗

  1 October 2026

• Copia Kenya raised $123 million and left behind assets worth $1.6 million ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Afreximbank’s $15bn Dangote exposure deepens with Kenya refinery project ↗

  3 October 2026

• Kenya secures new investor for $254.4 million Kitui cement factory, after Dangote’s exit ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Kenya Advances Its Commercial Spaceport Plans With New Funding Agreement ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• While the world shifts from fossil fuels to EVs, Africa’s richest man is building a $16bn refinery in a country that barely produces oil ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Dangote’s $16bn Kenya refinery creates 1million-tonne cement opportunity for local rival ↗

  2 October 2026

• Dangote breaks ground on $16bn East African oil refinery in Kenya ↗

  30 September 2026

• Africa’s startup funding market is splitting between big rounds and failed raises ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Consumer group seeks details of Kenya’s $500 million Dangote refinery stake ↗

  3 October 2026

• Proparco Invests €150,000 in Kenya’s Farm to Feed ↗

  2 October 2026

• Applications open for Latitude59’s Kenyan Pitch Competition ↗

  2 October 2026

• Copia’s USD 123 M Collapse Exposes Kenya’s Rural E-Commerce Math Problem ↗

  30 September 2026

• Dangote selects Honeywell for $16 billion Kenya refinery ↗

  30 September 2026

• Kenya cyber threats rise 29% to 11.1 billion as mobile-money fraud persists ↗

  30 September 2026

• Kenyan High Court orders Copia into liquidation ↗

  30 September 2026

• Kenya’s inflation rises to 6.8% in September, highest in one year ↗

  30 September 2026

• Kenya delivers first 40,000-tonne fuel cargo to Rwanda as Dangote prepares $17bn refinery for East African market ↗

  30 September 2026

• Dangote reacts to court order stopping Kenyan refinery construction, says “we don’t care” ↗

  29 September 2026

• Africa’s wealthiest billionaire expands energy empire with $16bn Kenya refinery as “enormous” demand hits his $1.6bn IPO ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• NGX chairman urges East African investors to back Dangote’s expansion ↗

  29 September 2026

• Kenya’s digital payment boom is leaving mobile money agents stranded ↗

  29 September 2026

• Kenya’s SunCulture closes $10M securitisation with Mirova to fund more solar irrigation loans ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Kenya court pauses construction work on Dangote Lamu refinery ↗

  29 September 2026

• Emirates sends newest jet to Kenya as Dubai carrier deepens fight for East African travellers ↗

  28 September 2026

• Top 10 African countries with the lowest diesel prices in September 2026 ↗

  28 September 2026

• Dangote’s Kenya refinery to generate 1,000MW, double Lagos plant ↗

  28 September 2026

• Blown away by the $20 billion Dangote Refinery in Nigeria, Ruto promises that the planned refinery in Kenya will be bigger as he fast-tracks the construction ↗

  28 September 2026

• TCS Sovereign Cloud Goes Live In Nairobi ↗

  28 September 2026

• Kenya’s payments revolution cannot end with mobile money ↗

  27 September 2026

• Kenya and US military test defence of strategic East African base in first full-scale joint drill ↗

  27 September 2026

• Copia Kenya ordered into liquidation after funding drought ends rescue ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Africa’s richest man commences construction today on East Africa’s $16bn refinery as President Ruto announces project will create 60,000 jobs ↗

  30 September 2026

• Meet Samaila Zubairu, the former Dangote executive and AFC boss who helped connect Kenya with Africa’s wealthiest man for a $17bn refinery ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• First cargo of 2,930 tonnes of machinery arrives Kenyan port as Dangote begins work on East Africa’s largest refinery ↗

  26 September 2026

• Dangote says Kenya court order won’t derail $16 billion refinery launch but may disrupt site work ↗

  29 September 2026

• Lawsuit, land grab dispute: Dangote’s $16 billion refinery faces first real setback in Lamu, Kenya ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Lamu residents protest ahead of Dangote refinery groundbreaking in Kenya ↗

  29 September 2026

• Dangote says Kenya court ruling will not halt Lamu refinery groundbreaking ↗

  29 September 2026

• Kenya Cyber Threats Hit 11 Billion as DDoS Attacks Double ↗

  26 September 2026

• Kenya investigates possible toxin after 15 elephants die in one of Africa’s top safari destinations ↗

  29 July 2026

• Kenya’s Sevi Secures Oxano Capital Investment To Expand B2B fintech Platform ↗

  29 July 2026 · raise card

• Carrefour Kenya, KCB Bank Kenya and Mastercard Launch Prepaid card for Smarter Grocery Budgeting ↗

  30 July 2026

• FasterCapital Expands Launchup with PitchInvestors to Tackle Kenya’s SME Funding Gap ↗

  30 July 2026

• Kenya Honours Huawei ICT Competition Winners ↗

  29 July 2026

• Trust Is The Real Currency Of Kenya’s Digital Economy ↗

  31 July 2026

• Absa Kenya Says Automation Drove 71% of Its Processes in 2025 ↗

  29 July 2026

• Kenya has spent $13.6 billion on its housing dream but still faces challenges as well as enjoying a legal win ↗

  25 September 2026

• IBTC Expands Data Centre Skills Programme To Kenya ↗

  25 September 2026

• Kenswitch launches a Kenyan Card Scheme without naming a single issuing Bank ↗

  25 September 2026

• Kenya’s SunCulture Closes $10M Deal to Scale Solar Irrigation Financing ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• Explainer: CBK approves Access Bank Kenya and NBK merger with NBK as the surviving bank ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• Ruto to visit Dangote refinery in Lagos ahead of new groundbreaking in Kenya ↗

  25 September 2026

• 12 years after visiting Nigeria, Kenya’s president is scheduled to return courtesy of the same person, making his first visit to the country as president ↗

  25 September 2026

• The Kiosk That Taught Kenya To Trust Digital Money Is Dying ↗

  24 September 2026

• AI Africa Intelligence (September 17 – 23, 2026) VOL. 24 ↗

  24 September 2026

• Latitude59 Opens Applications For 2026 Kenya Pitch Competition ↗

  24 September 2026

• Kenya’s second-largest supermarket puts up to 57.5% on sale after rivals collapsed and foreign chains exited ↗

  24 September 2026

• Kenswitch enters Kenya’s card market with domestic card scheme ↗

  24 September 2026

• Kenya proposes steep $1.93 million capital thresholds for payment companies ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Standard Bank sets aside $1.3 billion for regional acquisitions as South African banks battle for East Africa ↗

  23 September 2026

• Kenya slashes electricity debt, repays $62 million Standard Chartered loan after nine years ↗

  23 September 2026

• Kenya’s second-largest supermarket chain, Quickmart, plans listing on Nairobi stock exchange ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Kenya to launch Dangote-backed $17 billion East Africa Oil Refinery September 30 ↗

  23 September 2026

• Starlink’s Kenya Subscriber Base Grows by 10,191 in One Year as Market Share Reaches 1% ↗

  23 September 2026

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Paid-up or priced out ↗

  23 September 2026

• Engineers India wins $450 million deal for Dangote’s 700,000-bpd Kenya refinery after helping build Africa’s largest refinery ↗

  22 September 2026

• Kenya, Uganda at loggerheads over fuel importation diversion scandal ↗

  22 September 2026

• Dangote signs $450 million deal with Engineers India to build Kenya refinery ↗

  22 September 2026

• Kenya Sets Priorities To Commercialise Research Ahead Of ATLC 2026 ↗

  22 September 2026

• Safaricom hits 1 million home internet users. Now comes the hard part ↗

  22 September 2026

• India engineering firm wins $450 million contract for Dangote’s 700,000 bpd Kenya refinery ↗

  22 September 2026

• Kenya proposes up to $1.93m capital requirement for payment firms ↗

  22 September 2026

• UNGA 81: Ruto seeks investment, Mahama wants repatriation, Nigeria lobbies for a sit at the table ↗

  22 September 2026

• Kenya, Stanford Partner On AI for Strategic Foresight ↗

  22 September 2026

• Kenya’s new payments bill could force banks to share customer data ↗

  22 September 2026

• Yango Eyes Kenya Ride-Hailing Market With SME Fleet Model ↗

  21 September 2026

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Kenya eyes Dangote IPO ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• Kenya’s Ruto to pitch $17 billion Dangote refinery to investors at UNGA in US ↗

  21 September 2026

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Jumia plans job cuts ↗

  15 May 2026

• Voye Launches App to Formalise How Diaspora Communities Exchange Money ↗

  14 May 2026

• Kenya Finance Bill 2026 targets smartphones with 25% excise duty ↗

  14 May 2026