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AfriSummit 2026 to Bring Africa’s Regulatory and Healthcare Community Together in Nairobi

AfriSummit 2026, the sixth edition of the highly anticipated regulatory affairs summit for Africa’s pharmaceutical, medical device, IVD and diagnostics

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
10 Rules to Grow Your Business and Build Success That Lasts

There are evenings when you close your business, sit quietly for a moment and wonder whether all this effort will

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 23, 2026
How Kenya Can Turn Toys, Creativity and Light Manufacturing into Thousands of Dignified Jobs

The toy on the shelf is also a factory we failed to build Walk into a supermarket, toy shop, or

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 22, 2026
Nearly 6 In 10 Ride-Hailing Drivers Expect Demand to Drop If Fares Rise – Ipsos Survey

Higher ride-hailing fares could significantly change how people use mobility services and create potential challenges for driver earnings, according to

Soko Directory Team · Sep 22, 2026
Kenya Markets Hold Steady as Debt and Oil Costs Squeeze the Economy

Kenya’s financial markets can look calm while the economy beneath them remains under pressure. Banks are lending more to one

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 21, 2026
Investment

Investment

Kenya Opens its Wild to the World with “Experience Wonder – live from Kenya”

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) have today jointly launched “Experience Wonder Live From Kenya,”

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026

Investment

Quickmart Listing Signals a New Chapter for Kenyan Retail

For years, the story of Kenyan supermarkets sounded like a warning told over an empty shelf. Nakumatt, Tuskys and Uchumi

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 23, 2026
Investment Mobile Money Subscriptions Surpass 54 Million in Q4, Safaricom Retains Lead

The latest sector statistics released by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) for the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
Investment Kenya’s Mobile Money Subscriptions Hit 54 Million, Airtel Money Rises

Kenya’s mobile money market continued to expand in the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, with subscriptions reaching 54.01

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
Investment KTB Targets Partnership With Stakeholders To Unlock Domestic Tourism In Kenya

The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) is targeting the untapped potential of the Northern Kenya circuit, positioning the region as a

Soko Directory Team · Sep 22, 2026
Investment How To Venture Into The Fresh Fruits And Juice Business And Make Millions In Kenya

Walk through any busy junction in Nairobi, and you’ll spot the fruit vendors slicing watermelon into neat triangles, the juice

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 21, 2026
Investment Why Kenyan Investors Keep Pouring Money Into Short-Term Government Paper

Kenyans are parking their cash in government IOUs at a pace that’s hard to ignore, and it’s been going on

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 18, 2026
Investment SBM Bank, Fusion Estates Sign MoU to Boost Homeownership and Diaspora Property Investment

SBM Bank Kenya and Fusion Estates, the real estate arm of Fusion Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

Soko Directory Team · Sep 18, 2026
Government & Policy
Court Orders TSC To Deduct Agency Fees From JSS Teachers’ Salaries

A Nairobi court has stepped into the simmering feud between Kenya’s two teachers’ unions, ordering the Teachers Service Commission, TSC,

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 23, 2026
KRA Uncovers 52,916 Under-Declared Smartphones, Preventing Sh21.5m Tax Loss

The KRA enforcement teams have seized a consignment of under-declared 53,000 units of smartphones at the Eldoret International Airport, averting

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
Education Ministry To Review University Courses Ahead Of CBET Implementation

The State Department for Higher Education has opened two tenders inviting consultants to assess how far Kenyan universities have come

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 22, 2026
How To Check Your Child’s Grade 9 School Selection On The KEMIS Portal

If you’ve been losing sleep wondering whether your child’s school choices actually made it into the system, there’s good news.

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 21, 2026
Nairobi To Register Street Photographers And Introduce Official Badges

Street photographers in Nairobi will soon carry official identification badges under a new registration system the county government is rolling

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 18, 2026
Opinion
The New Social Club: Why Book Clubs Are Becoming the Places to Be

For years, the book club was easy to picture: a small group of friends, often women, meeting in someone’s home

Soko Directory Team · Sep 22, 2026
Heavy Rains, Strong Winds Forecast Across Kenya as El Niño Intensifies

Kenyans in several parts of the country should brace for a wet, windy week ahead, according to the latest forecast

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 22, 2026
Heavy Rains Expected In Nairobi And Several Counties This Week, Kenya Met Says

The Kenya Meteorological Service Authority (Kenya Met) has released its weekly forecast, covering September 15 to 21, 2026, and the

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 16, 2026
List of High-Risk El Niño Counties As Health Ministry Rolls Out Preparedness Plan

The Ministry of Health has launched an El Niño preparedness plan covering 18 counties classified as high-risk, as the country

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 9, 2026
El Niño Now Almost Certain To Persist Through Early 2027, WMO Says

The World Meteorological Organization, WMO, has sharply revised its confidence in El Niño’s staying power, now putting the odds at

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 3, 2026
Kenya Met Forecasts Below-Average September Rains In The Following Regions

Farmers in several of Kenya’s most productive agricultural counties have been put on alert after the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 3, 2026
Building People Is The Best Part Of Building A Business

By Rajul Malde I have had the privilege of watching Pwani Oil Products Limited grow almost from the beginning, and

Soko Directory Team · Sep 1, 2026
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East Africa

African Governments Advance Regional Risk Pool to Protect Public Assets and Critical Infrastructure

The CDRFI Africa Forum, a regional platform bringing together governments, insurance regulators, development partners and insurance market actors to advance

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026

East Africa

International Trade Centre and Access Bank partner to boost small business growth across 14 African countries

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Access Africa Office, the coordinating office for the African subsidiaries of Access Bank

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
Investment Kenya Opens its Wild to the World with “Experience Wonder – live from Kenya”

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) have today jointly launched “Experience Wonder Live From Kenya,”

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
Investment Quickmart Listing Signals a New Chapter for Kenyan Retail

For years, the story of Kenyan supermarkets sounded like a warning told over an empty shelf. Nakumatt, Tuskys and Uchumi

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 23, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner AfriSummit 2026 to Bring Africa’s Regulatory and Healthcare Community Together in Nairobi

AfriSummit 2026, the sixth edition of the highly anticipated regulatory affairs summit for Africa’s pharmaceutical, medical device, IVD and diagnostics

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
East Africa Alamein Africa Forum to bring together key political and business leaders

The inaugural Alamein Africa Forum (https://AlameinForum.com/) will take place from October 2-4 in the historic city of Alamein on Egypt’s Mediterranean

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
East Africa African Development Bank, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) Join Forces to Strengthen Prevention, Resilience and Development Investment in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) (https://www.AfDB.org) and the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) have signed a Letter of

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
East Africa Afreximbank to hold first combined Trade Finance Seminar and Compliance Forum in Gaborone, Botswana

For the first time, Afreximbank (https://www.Afreximbank.com/) will bring together two of its flagship annual knowledge-sharing and capacity-building programmes – the

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
East Africa
African Governments Advance Regional Risk Pool to Protect Public Assets and Critical Infrastructure

The CDRFI Africa Forum, a regional platform bringing together governments, insurance regulators, development partners and insurance market actors to advance

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
International Trade Centre and Access Bank partner to boost small business growth across 14 African countries

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Access Africa Office, the coordinating office for the African subsidiaries of Access Bank

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
Alamein Africa Forum to bring together key political and business leaders

The inaugural Alamein Africa Forum (https://AlameinForum.com/) will take place from October 2-4 in the historic city of Alamein on Egypt’s Mediterranean

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
African Development Bank, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) Join Forces to Strengthen Prevention, Resilience and Development Investment in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) (https://www.AfDB.org) and the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) have signed a Letter of

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
Afreximbank to hold first combined Trade Finance Seminar and Compliance Forum in Gaborone, Botswana

For the first time, Afreximbank (https://www.Afreximbank.com/) will bring together two of its flagship annual knowledge-sharing and capacity-building programmes – the

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
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