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KCB Bank Kenya Receives Approval for a $96.9M (KShs. 12.5B) Financing Facility from Green Climate Fund (GCF)

KCB Bank Kenya has received approval for a $96.9M (KShs. 12.5B) financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to accelerate green projects for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and farmers in Kenya. The blended finance initiative—a mix of concessional lending, a guarantee, and a grant—under the Climate Smart Technology (CST) programme, is meant to support Kenya’s most vulnerable communities. This facility will be deployed towards supporting value-chain and gender-inclusive […]

March 27, 2026 48 1

Entertainment

The Recurring Nightmare: When Will Kenyan Artists Get Their Due Respect?

December 20, 2025 45

Women in Islamic Finance: A Rare and Powerful Conversation on Inclusion and Opportunity

Eldoret to Host Inaugural KOROM Business Exposition & Conference

Album Overview: The Art of Gengetone by Joefes

Why Many Kenyans Aren’t Seeing Kenyan Music in Their Spotify Wrapped, And Why the Conversation Is Bigger Than Screenshots

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Africa Finance

KCB Bank Kenya Receives Approval for a $96.9M (KShs. 12.5B) Financing Facility from Green Climate Fund (GCF)

March 27, 2026 48 1

Entertainment

The Recurring Nightmare: When Will Kenyan Artists Get Their Due Respect?

December 20, 2025 45

Women in Islamic Finance: A Rare and Powerful Conversation on Inclusion and Opportunity

Eldoret to Host Inaugural KOROM Business Exposition & Conference

Album Overview: The Art of Gengetone by Joefes

Why Many Kenyans Aren’t Seeing Kenyan Music in Their Spotify Wrapped, And Why the Conversation Is Bigger Than Screenshots

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Tech and Innovation

Kenyan Climate Tech Startup Amini Raises $4M Seed Funding Round To Close The Environmental Data Gap In Africa

A Nairobi, Kenya-based climate-tech startup wants to increase accountability for companies and the role they play in the upkeep of the environment. Amini is a company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and space technologies, which allows it to make environmental data in Africa more accessible. “What we are building is going to make brands more accountable and to do what is right for the people, environment and planet,” Amini Founder […]

December 4, 2023 43

What's Happnin

ARMED INDIVIDUALS ABDUCT MAN NEAR TRM MALL ON THIKA ROAD

A screengrab of a video capturing armed men allegedly kidnapping a man outside the TRM Mall along Thika Road in November 2021 Police officers have denied receiving reports of a man who was allegedly abducted near Thika Road Mall (TRM) along the Thika Superhighway. This is despite a video shared widely on Tuesday morning, capturing the man desperately pleading for help as he was forcibly ushered into a vehicle in broad […]

November 21, 2023 87 4

Entertainment

THE ROCK ROUNDUP – RASH @ 10

Welcome to this week's edition of Icon Radio's rock roundup! Lone Tree Band Lone Tree releases new single "Holding On". The Kenyan rock band has been making waves in the local and global scene for the past few years with their unique sound that blends elements of rock, folk, and Americana. "Holding On" is a powerful rock anthem with a soulful melody and heartfelt lyrics. The song is about finding […]

November 21, 2023 34 5

News

EL NINO SET TO LAST AT LEAST TILL APRIL

The El Nino weather phenomenon, which triggers higher global temperatures, is expected to last until at least April 2024, the United Nations said on Wednesday. El Nino is a naturally occurring climate pattern typically associated with increased heat worldwide, as well as drought in some parts of the world and heavy rains elsewhere. The UN's World Meteorological Organization said the current El Nino, which developed rapidly during July-August this year, […]

November 8, 2023 86

News

MOGOTIO MP KIBOREK NOW A FREE MAN AFTER STATE WITHDREW DEFILEMENT CASE AGAINST HIM

Mogotio Member of Parliament (MP) Reuben Kiborek is now a free man after the state withdrew the defilement charges levelled against him for lack of witnesses. Kiborek has been battling the charges since 2018 when he was working as an aide to a state official. He was accused of defiling the 16-year-old girl on December 23, 2018 while at a Nakuru hotel, charges which he denied. However the five year […]

November 8, 2023 38