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Where Kenyans Are Putting Their Money and Why Mansa-X Is Moving to the Centre Of That

Every day, a Kenyan is trying to make money stretch beyond today. A shopkeeper in Bungoma adds M-Pesa services to

Steve Biko · Sep 10, 2026
One Emergency Away: The Fragile Reality of Small and Medium Businesses 

By 7 am, the hardware stores along Gikomba Road are already alive. One customer wants iron sheets delivered to a

Soko Directory Team · Sep 10, 2026
When Ten Shillings Still Matters To Changing The Economics Of Everyday Payments For Kenya’s Smallest Traders

At a roadside fruit stand, a ten-shilling coin is not loose change. It can replace a paper bag, cover a

Soko Directory Team · Sep 10, 2026
Beyond the Money Market Fund: Why Kenya’s Next Big Investment Conversation Is About Special Funds — and Mansa X

Not every fund is built for the same investor, the same risk, or the same opportunity. As Kenyans search for

Steve Biko · Sep 10, 2026
Investors Push for Deeper Capital Markets Linkages as Kenyan Startup Funding Falls

Investors are urging deeper engagement between startups and full-service investment banks to unlock advisory support for capital raising, due diligence,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Investment

Investment

Why Kenya’s Equity and KCB — and Tanzania’s NMB and CRDB — Are Carrying East Africa into Forbes’ New League Of The World’s Top-Performing Banks

Africa is not merely watching the global banking race from the sidelines. In Forbes’ inaugural World’s Top Performing Banks 2026

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 10, 2026

Investment

Dangote’s $1.6 Billion ‘IPO for the People’ Meets a Kenyan Wall — Just as His Next Refinery Heads to Lamu

There is something almost poetic about the way Aliko Dangote has sold this IPO. He has called it an “IPO

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 9, 2026
Investment A Hospital Cannot Grow on Good Intentions Alone

A hospital can be full every day and still be struggling to grow. The waiting room may be crowded, the

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Investment When the Sun Starts Paying the School Bill

For a Kenyan school, solar power can mean more than lower electricity costs. It can mean steadier learning, fewer interruptions,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Investment What Kenyan Businesses Need to Know About Tax Disputes with KRA

Sometimes you see a KRA tax assessment coming, and sometimes you don’t. When KRA officers have been on your neck

Soko Directory Team · Sep 8, 2026
Investment ABC Bank Connects Customers to 190+ African Banks Through PAPSS Payment Network

African Banking Corporation Limited (ABC Bank) has gone live on the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), enabling customers to

Soko Directory Team · Sep 3, 2026
Investment CFAO Mobility Kenya Fuels the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon with KES 2 Million Sponsorship

CFAO Mobility Kenya, the country’s leading mobility solutions provider, has been unveiled as the official mobility partner of the Standard

Soko Directory Team · Sep 3, 2026
Investment Inside Moments Villas, A Home Built on Wellness, Nature and Small Arrivals

The first thing the house does is stop you. Not with scale, though there is plenty of it further in,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 3, 2026
Government & Policy
TSC Clarifies Deployment Of Primary School Teachers To JSS

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has moved quickly to shut down a fake circular doing rounds online that claimed the

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 10, 2026
Most Kenyan households still Earn Under Ksh50,000 A month, New Survey Shows

Just one in ten Kenyan households pulls in more than Ksh50,000 a month. That’s the headline number from a fresh

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 10, 2026
Nairobi Cannot Be Run on Excuses

Every morning, Nairobi performs a small miracle. Before sunrise, traders lift their shutters, matatus begin their first routes, nurses report

Soko Directory Team · Sep 8, 2026
TSC Releases New Guidelines And Interview Scores For 2026/27 Teacher Promotions

Teachers hoping to climb the ranks in the 2026/27 financial year will be playing by a very different rulebook. The

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 8, 2026
Kenya To Crack Down On Foreigners Running Small Businesses, Sets New Requirements

The government has spelled out exactly who’s in the crosshairs as it moves to enforce President William Ruto’s order against

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 8, 2026
Opinion
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
From Fisherman to Cane King: How a Siaya Farmer Built a 480-Acre Empire

The shores of Lake Victoria are beautiful, but for fisherman Radido Otieno Peter, they were also unforgiving. For six years,

Soko Directory Team · Aug 31, 2026
Kenya Must Not Belong To Evil

There comes a moment in the life of a nation when silence stops being caution and becomes surrender. Kenya is

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 31, 2026
Ruto Cannot Lead Kenya To 2060; A President Trapped In Yesterday Has No Business Designing Tomorrow

Nursery: I want to be a police officer. Class 1: I want to be a teacher. Class 2: I want

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 28, 2026
Latest News

East Africa

Angola Sets 2050 Oil and Gas Strategy as Africa Energy Bank Targets November Launch

The Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) Conference and Exhibition opened in Luanda on Wednesday with Angola looking toward its next

Soko Directory Team · Sep 10, 2026

East Africa

Afreximbank convenes Angola oil and gas financing forum to ad-vance local content and indigenous participation

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) hosted a Local Content Development Forum in Luanda, Angola, on 9 September 2026, bringing together

Soko Directory Team · Sep 10, 2026
Headlines Absa Bank Kenya Appoints Yusuf Omari As MD and CEO

Absa Bank Kenya has chosen continuity with accountability, appointing Yusuf Omari as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with immediate

Soko Directory Team · Sep 10, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner Where Kenyans Are Putting Their Money and Why Mansa-X Is Moving to the Centre Of That

Every day, a Kenyan is trying to make money stretch beyond today. A shopkeeper in Bungoma adds M-Pesa services to

Steve Biko · Sep 10, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner One Emergency Away: The Fragile Reality of Small and Medium Businesses 

By 7 am, the hardware stores along Gikomba Road are already alive. One customer wants iron sheets delivered to a

Soko Directory Team · Sep 10, 2026
Lifestyle Family Group Foundation, KFS Partner to Restore Ngong Hills Forest Ecosystem

The Family Group Foundation has partnered with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) to support restoration efforts in the Ngong Hills

Soko Directory Team · Sep 10, 2026
Market News When Shares Fall, Opportunity Can Rise: How Short Selling Could Change the Nairobi Securities Exchange

For years, the Kenyan investor has known one basic rule: buy a share when the price looks low, hold it,

Steve Biko · Sep 10, 2026
Market News Kenya Turns To Zambia For 540,000 Tones Of Maize As Shortage Deepen

Kenya and Zambia inked an agreement Wednesday that will see Kenya import as much as 540,000 metric tonnes of maize,

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 10, 2026
East Africa
Angola Sets 2050 Oil and Gas Strategy as Africa Energy Bank Targets November Launch

The Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) Conference and Exhibition opened in Luanda on Wednesday with Angola looking toward its next

Soko Directory Team · Sep 10, 2026
Afreximbank convenes Angola oil and gas financing forum to ad-vance local content and indigenous participation

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) hosted a Local Content Development Forum in Luanda, Angola, on 9 September 2026, bringing together

Soko Directory Team · Sep 10, 2026
Aubrey Capital Management marks busy summer with Edinburgh office move to Melville Street

While August is traditionally a quieter month for the investment industry, Aubrey Capital Management (“Aubrey”), the Edinburgh and London-based specialist

Soko Directory Team · Sep 3, 2026
New DHL-Absa Partnership Opens Global Trade Opportunities for African Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME)

DHL and Absa Group have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand DHL’s GoTrade programme across Sub-Saharan Africa

Soko Directory Team · Sep 2, 2026
African Development Bank and AXIAN Launch Digital Finance Programme to Support 34,000 Women-led Businesses in Africa

AXIAN Group and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) have launched a major women’s financial inclusion programme to expand access to

Soko Directory Team · Sep 2, 2026
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