As Kenya's digital finance adoption matures, financial literacy is increasingly positioned as a key driver of informed decision-making amid rising cost-of-living pressures and inflation, according to a sponsored article by trading platform Exness. The piece, which promotes Exness as a Capital Markets Authority-licensed broker in Kenya, highlights the company's reported trading metrics, including lowest median spreads among 28 forex pairs and over 98% of withdrawals processed automatically. It argues that Kenya's existing mobile-money familiarity provides a foundation for deeper financial unde

Nearly 90% of business expansion globally is funded through capital markets. In East Africa, banks still carry most of that weight and this series, featuring KCB Investment Bank MD Maurice Opiyo in conversation with Maina Chege, breaks down exactly why that has to change. The standout insights: 🔹 Securitisation could unlock dormant capital — pooling loans and receivables into tradable products, giving pension funds and asset managers yield-generating options without looking outside the continent 🔹 East Africa is becoming one connected market — KCB Investment Bank structured Amsons Group's K

The NSE's NEXT Derivatives Market has crossed KSh 1Billion in annual turnover for the first time, with 2026 year-to-date trading reaching KSh 1.008Bn. Turnover is already more than four times the KSh249 Million recorded in the whole of 2025 and over three times the previous annual high of KSh 297Mn in 2021. Activity has accelerated sharply in September, with 18,460 contracts worth KSh 111.4Mn traded in the week ended September 18 alone.