{
  "id": 19715386,
  "title": "Kenya Tea Grower Williamson Back in Profit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/kenya-tea-grower-williamson-back-in-profit",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-12T21:29:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/williamson-tea-kenya-returns-to-half-year-profit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kenyan tea grower Williamson Tea Kenya, a public limited company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, has reported a half-year profit after a loss in the previous year. Revenue increased by 24.8% to 2.11 billion Kenyan shillings (KSh), approximately US$16.2 million. The published profit after tax ranges from KSh 284 million to KSh 291 million, equivalent to about US$2.2 million. However, the company's own release was not available, leaving the exact profit figure unclear. The loss from the previous year is reported as KSh 8.8 million or KSh 10 million, with both figures indicating a swing from loss to profit. The results also include a KSh 56.9 million fair-value gain on biological assets, which are the growing tea bushes valued under accounting rules.",
  "summary": "Kenyan tea grower Williamson swung to a half-year profit to September 2026 on revenue up 24.8%, but the exact profit and the cause are unclear. The post Kenya Tea Grower Williamson Back in Profit appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}