Xi Jinping and Botswana's Duma Boko upgraded ties on 13 October 2026, and Xi set out four points on African mining, Xinhua and China's Foreign Ministry reported.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced a codeshare agreement with China Southern Airlines, a day after China Southern held a launch event in Addis Ababa for its route from Guangzhou to Addis Ababa via Changsha, Xinhua reported on 14 October 2026.
Speaking on a tour of Tianjin Port, the National Assembly Speaker said automation could make Lamu Port more efficient and attractive to shipping lines and investors, The Star reported on 14 October 2026.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba said Chinese-supplied equipment is in most Kenyan TVET institutions and the government will keep the partnership going, Xinhua reported on 13 October.
China Road and Bridge Corporation has won a KES 3.22 billion contract to upgrade a seven-kilometre stretch of Old Mombasa Road in Nairobi, with the works expected to finish on 28 April 2029, Business Daily reported on 13 October 2026.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula told a legislators' forum in China that Kenya imported about US$5.19 billion of Chinese goods in 2025, Capital FM reported on 13 October.
Transsion set the price at the bottom of its HK$35.30–38.80 range, and the H shares are due to start trading on 15 October, according to a 13 October filing reported by Zhitong Finance.
Treasury CS John Mbadi says a 2014 loan clause leaves KES 44.6 billion of SGR fares and freight income idle at KCB Bank, Business Daily reported on 12 October 2026.
The Chinese Embassy in Rwanda held a pre-departure reception on 10 October for the first 30 Rwandan students going to Inner Mongolia Medical University to study clinical medicine, the embassy said on 11 October.
Chinese lenders, predominantly China Exim Bank, account for KSh 28.81 billion in projected interest payments and KSh 71.57 billion in principal repayments in Kenya's debt-service plans, Business Daily reported on 11 October.
President William Ruto said he will open Phase One of the Rironi–Mau Summit highway in April 2027, ahead of the June 2027 date set at launch, Capital FM and Kenyans.co.ke reported on 11 October 2026.
Mwache Dam in Kwale County has passed 90 per cent completion, according to the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, The Star reported on 10 October 2026.
