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  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Start-ups smooth path to market for Kenya’s smallholders

    Entrepreneurs see opportunities in a deeply fragmented supply chain

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
    The Big Read
    How Unilever’s tea business became a test of private equity’s conscience

    CVC’s €4.5bn deal to buy brands such as PG Tips means it will also be responsible for plantations in Africa

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    FT SeriesFive great off-road adventures
    Walking with camels: a Kenyan adventure

    A multi-day, camel-supported hike ventures ‘off-map’ to reveal wonders big and small

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    Kenyan mothers-to-be get the healthcare message

    An AI-powered SMS system is aiming to lower infant mortality by spotting danger signals in questions about pregnancies

  • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
    Tech start-ups
    Tech founders launch fund aimed at finding Africa’s next ‘unicorns’

    Klarna co-founder spearheading $200m vehicle says dearth of growth capital is holding back start-ups

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    Special ReportAfrican Banking and Finance
    Refugees in Kenya bank on their future

    A small amount of loans is underpinning businesses in camps

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Biden taps former HP chief Meg Whitman as US ambassador to Kenya

    Technology executive was also a one-time Republican candidate for governor of California

  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
    Recruitment
    A Big Tech talent war threatens Kenya’s start-ups

    US titans pay high salaries, leaving local businesses struggling to recruit and retain key staff

  • Sunday, 17 October, 2021
    Travelista
    Top cats: five wild African escapes to book now

    Encounter the raw beauty of the continent, from the Karoo to the Nile

  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    Kenya deal with UK aims to turn Nairobi into Africa’s financial hub

    Co-operation agreement intends to help drive international investment into the east African city

  • Saturday, 22 May, 2021
    News in-depth
    Kenya court ruling sets stage for election battles

    President’s constitutional overhaul defied by judges amid fears of worsening ethnic violence

  • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
    Special ReportIllicit Goods and Services
    How Kenya turned the tide against ivory poachers

    Fewer rhinos and elephants are killed as rangers, police and judiciary work together

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Kenya-UK deal exposes African trade faultlines Premium content

    Critics say bilateral agreement could undermine bargaining power of regional blocs

  • Friday, 6 November, 2020
    FT Magazine
    The 26-year-long search for Africa’s most wanted man

    How did Félicien Kabuga, accused of organising and financing Rwanda’s genocide, evade capture for so long?

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    InterviewBanks
    Kenya’s Equity Bank targets regional role

    Suspending dividends has allowed chief executive James Mwangi to build a $100m war chest for cross-border deals

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Farming & the World
    Herders tout camel milk as Africa’s new ‘superfood’

    Kenyan farmers say the highly nutritious food can help with an array of medical conditions such as diabetes and autism

  • Sunday, 18 October, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Transparency offers way out of Zambia debt crisis

    The African state and its Chinese lenders must come clean on borrowings

  • Sunday, 11 October, 2020
    Tesco PLC
    Tesco drops avocado supplier after allegations of rights abuse

    UK’s largest supermarket suspends supply from Kenyan agricultural company Kakuzi

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    David Pilling
    An African at the WTO’s helm would fit its free trade instincts

    New director-general could also address colonial patterns that hold back the continent

  • Thursday, 10 September, 2020
    Kenyan borrowers shamed by debt collectors chasing Silicon Valley loans

    Customers say friends and family were harassed after they were late repaying US start-up Branch

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
    Patrick Gathara
    Mobilise traditional African medicine against Covid-19

    Practitioners’ expertise is real and can bolster the deficit in other medical personnel

  • Sunday, 12 July, 2020
    LexGoogle LLC
    Africa/internet access: the cloud above Premium content

    Google’s Loon project in Kenya is a test of whether the balloon-based service can be profitable

  • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    Trade deal between US and Kenya won’t be straightforward Premium content

    Will opening to American agricultural exports help or disrupt the African nation’s farmers?

  • Friday, 19 June, 2020
    African economy
    Kenyatta warns US-China rivalry puts Africa at risk

    Kenyan leader appeals for international co-operation in the face of Covid-19 crisis

  • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
    Agricultural production
    Kenya farmers face uncertain future as Covid-19 cuts exports to EU

    Horticulture industry losing $1m a day even as restrictions in European markets ease

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