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Ten Non-negotiable Business Practices That Determine Whether A Business Grows Or Survives Long Enough To Become Great

Most businesses do not collapse because the founder lacked ambition. They collapse because ambition moved faster than financial discipline, operational

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Why The Hardest Part Of Investing Is Not Finding The Perfect Asset, But Becoming The Person Who Can Keep Building Capital Through Every Milestone

Investing is a series of firsts. The first time you buy a share, a Treasury bond, a money-market fund, a

Steve Biko · Jul 5, 2026
Why Wealth Belongs to Those Who Keep Investing When Life Gets Hard

Investing, just like keeping fit, is not an event. It is not a January resolution, a passing burst of motivation

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Why Should You Diversify Your Investments?

“Do not put all your eggs in one basket,” is probably one of the first idioms we all learnt as we

Soko Directory Team · Jul 2, 2026
KNEC Announces New Recruitment Drive For Teachers Ahead Of 2026 KCSE Examinations

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has officially launched the recruitment of assessors for the oral and practical components of

Getrude Mathayo · Jul 1, 2026
Investment

Investment

The Market Is Loud But Wealth Is Made In Silence

Modern earphones are sold with one feature that sounds almost magical: noise cancellation. They do not stop the world from

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026

Investment

Invest Kenya And Jumia Kenya Agree To Strengthen Kenya’s E-Commerce

Invest Kenya and Jumia Kenya have agreed to work together to strengthen Kenya’s e-commerce sector, with a shared goal of

Soko Directory Team · Jul 3, 2026
Investment Nairobi Gears Up to Welcome 1,000+ Business Leaders for Premier Business Summit

More than 1,000 entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors and innovators from across Kenya are expected to converge at Karen for the

Soko Directory Team · Jul 1, 2026
Investment Kenyan Traders Among Investors Eyeing Tanzania Market Opportunities in Trade Mission

More than 50 delegates from across Africa, Europe and North America are in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for a five-day

Soko Directory Team · Jul 1, 2026
Investment Construction Begins on Tatu City’s Jabali Towers: CRBC to Deliver 2,000-Job Mixed-Use Landmark in Tatu Central

Tatu City has appointed China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) as the main contractor for Jabali Towers, marking the commencement

Soko Directory Team · Jul 1, 2026
Investment SKL Plc Holds First AGM as New Facility Remains on Track

Shri Krishana Overseas (SKL) Plc, a leading provider of packaging solutions, today announced that the new state-of-the-art packaging facility in

Soko Directory Team · Jun 30, 2026
Investment Why the Nairobi Securities Exchange Deserves A Place In Every Serious Long-term Wealth Plan

For years, many Kenyans have treated wealth as something that happens somewhere else. We watch banks announce record profits, Safaricom

Steve Biko Wafula · Jun 27, 2026
Investment Bamburi Cement Advances Sustainable Manufacturing Through ISO 50001 Energy Management Certification Audit

Bamburi Cement recently hosted the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and the ISO audit team for a certification audit of

Soko Directory Team · Jun 25, 2026
Government & Policy
Kenya’s Most Expensive Lie: Performing Prosperity While Living One Emergency from Ruin

The most stressed person in Kenya today may not be the person who knows they are poor. It may be

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Lenders Can Now Call KRA “Bro” But KRA Has Not Paid Your Tala Loan

Money lenders can finally call the Kenya Revenue Authority “bro”. That is the funny way of describing one of the

Soko Directory Team · Jul 5, 2026
Corruption Is The Slow Murder Of A Nation, Not A Theft From Government

Money in Kenya is political long before it reaches your pocket. The price of unga, the tax on your payslip,

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
When The Law Changes Its Name Depending On Who Is Accused

In Kenya, words such as contraband, counterfeit, fake, illegal and illicit are thrown around with the certainty of a conviction

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Why President William Ruto Must Be Defeated At The Ballot

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

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Opinion
Kiambu Is Eating Its Future: Stop Burrying Kenya’s Food Security Beneath Concrete

Kiambu is not just another county sitting next to Nairobi. For generations, it has been one of the capital city’s

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
The Rise Of Aspirational Marketing In East Africa

Across East Africa’s consumer economy, businesses are discovering that pricing and product quality alone are no longer enough to secure

Soko Directory Team · Jun 29, 2026
A Presidency Written In Tears: How Kenyans Will Remember Ruto

Presidents are not remembered by the slogans they repeated, the motorcades they commanded or the applause arranged around them. They

Steve Biko Wafula · Jun 27, 2026
Why Kenyans Spend Billions On Treatment but Hesitate To Buy Insurance

A Kenyan family rarely begins a medical emergency by asking which investment to liquidate. It begins with a phone call.

Soko Directory Team · Jun 25, 2026
Fashion At The Center Of Africa’s Creative Economy, Investment, And Growth

In a workshop in Lagos, a designer adjusts a seam just before sunrise. The fabric on the table carries patterns

Soko Directory Team · Jun 24, 2026
When Children Go Missing: Kenya’s Growing Crisis

By Irene Opondo Cases of missing and found children have become increasingly common across the country, leaving many families in

Soko Directory Team · Jun 24, 2026
Here Is What Fatherhood Teaches Us About Security

When we think about fathers, we often think about the lessons they teach us. This June, as the world celebrates

Soko Directory Team · Jun 24, 2026
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Lifestyle

The Glow Worth Seeing: Why “C Me Glow” Celebrates the Journey, Not Just the Finish Line

We love a good glow-up story. The before-and-after. The finish line photo. The moment someone finally “arrives.” But here’s the

Soko Directory Team · Jul 5, 2026

Entrepreneur's Corner

Ten Non-negotiable Business Practices That Determine Whether A Business Grows Or Survives Long Enough To Become Great

Most businesses do not collapse because the founder lacked ambition. They collapse because ambition moved faster than financial discipline, operational

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Government and Policy Kenya’s Most Expensive Lie: Performing Prosperity While Living One Emergency from Ruin

The most stressed person in Kenya today may not be the person who knows they are poor. It may be

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Investment The Market Is Loud But Wealth Is Made In Silence

Modern earphones are sold with one feature that sounds almost magical: noise cancellation. They do not stop the world from

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Government and Policy Lenders Can Now Call KRA “Bro” But KRA Has Not Paid Your Tala Loan

Money lenders can finally call the Kenya Revenue Authority “bro”. That is the funny way of describing one of the

Soko Directory Team · Jul 5, 2026
Opinion Kiambu Is Eating Its Future: Stop Burrying Kenya’s Food Security Beneath Concrete

Kiambu is not just another county sitting next to Nairobi. For generations, it has been one of the capital city’s

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Government and Policy Corruption Is The Slow Murder Of A Nation, Not A Theft From Government

Money in Kenya is political long before it reaches your pocket. The price of unga, the tax on your payslip,

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Government and Policy When The Law Changes Its Name Depending On Who Is Accused

In Kenya, words such as contraband, counterfeit, fake, illegal and illicit are thrown around with the certainty of a conviction

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
East Africa
Afreximbank Boosts CARICOM Financing Cap To $5B to Drive Regional Transformation

Afreximbank has announced a major expansion of its engagement with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), increasing its regional financing limit from

Soko Directory Team · Mar 4, 2026
Africa Finance Corporation Raises Record US$524m in Dual-Currency Samurai Loan Facility

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has closed a landmark US$524 million equivalent dual-currency Samurai term

Soko Directory Team · Dec 4, 2025
African Development Bank Group Loans $500 Million To Support Economic Governance

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), meeting in Abidjan, approved a $500 million loan to

Soko Directory Team · Nov 27, 2025
Dr. George Elombi Takes Over As Afreximbank’s Fourth President

African Export-Import Bank on Saturday in Cairo, Egypt, swore in Dr. George Elombi as the Bank’s fourth President and Chairman

Soko Directory Team · Oct 28, 2025
Africa Finance Corporation Secures USD 100 Million Facility from FinDev Canada

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, has secured a USD 100 million, 10-year term loan

Soko Directory Team · Oct 23, 2025
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