1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (538+ words) A customer reaches out for milk displayed on shelves at Naivas Lifestyle in Nairobi on August 31, 2025, amid a severe milk shortage that has seen major retailers ration purchases and raise prices. Kenya has a milk problem, and it is not…...

4+ day, 39+ min ago   (639+ words) Staff at High Chem Industrial Park in Industrial Area, Nairobi. Fragmented product standards, testing and certification are impeding a push by Kenya's factories and farms to expand exports under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), officials said, threatening to…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (526+ words) The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has begun reviewing an application to register Mounjaro, a booming once-weekly injectable diabetes drug, for use in Kenya. The application was submitted by Aspen Pharmacare, a South African pharmaceutical company that has an agreement…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (672+ words) National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK) Chairperson Kimani Rugendo displays Shangi variety of potato seedlings at Kevian Kenya Limited in Thika, Kiambu County on September 4, 2026. When Kimani Rugendo talks about potatoes, he doesn’t begin with the tuber itself but the…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (259+ words) Equity Group managing director and CEO James Mwangi. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Equity Group have launched a $200 million (Sh25.8 billion) financing agreement for smallholder farmers and rural businesses in East Africa to help them adapt to effects…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (390+ words) A section of a maize farm that was flooded following heavy rains that pounded in Elburgon, Nakuru County on September 09, 2023. The August 26 El Niño warning by the Kenya Meteorological Service took me back to my years in farming between 2015 and…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (577+ words) Folks, don’t think that if you do the Lord’s work of drilling a hole to meet your own water needs, our good government won’t come after you. In case you’re new to this column, when I’m not nitpicking about corporate…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (231+ words) One important feature of sustainability reporting is the reporting boundary. It remains one of the fundamental and most defining concepts in non-financial reporting. Since impact reporting often extends beyond the reporting organisation itself to include partners across the organisation's value…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (774+ words) When drought arrives or a season fails, adapting means buying better seed, investing in water harvesting, or accessing insurance before the loss becomes unrecoverable. By Martien van Nieuwkoop Africa's agricultural sector accounts for roughly a fifth of the continent's GDP…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (506+ words) Kenya’s pesticide use has reached a record high, highlighting the country’s growing dependence on chemical crop protection even as health and environmental risks rise. Data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) shows pesticide use in Kenya increased to 6,953 tonnes…...