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NCBA Equips 100 Private School Owners With Sustainable Growth And Digital Tools

One hundred private school owners and stakeholders have today been empowered with practical knowledge and tools to strengthen financial sustainability,

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You Don’t Need a Better Job But Better Relationship With Your Money

For most people, the default reaction to financial struggles is to imagine that a better job will solve everything. A

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Digital Credit Explosion In Kenya: Ksh 76.8 Billion And Rising

The digital lending revolution in Kenya is no longer a side story—it has become the centerpiece of how millions of

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Time, Wealth, And The Sequence We Forget

Entrepreneurship and investing are often spoken of in the same breath, as if they are interchangeable paths to financial freedom.

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Negotiation Is Not About Price: Why Entrepreneurs Must Learn to Trade Smart, Not Loud;

Entrepreneurs often walk into negotiation rooms thinking it’s a battle of price. They come prepared to defend their figures, cut

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Investment

Investment

Kenyan Vuka Investors Are Harvesting Beyond Dividends

The good times are expected to keep rolling for over 7,300 Vuka investors in the Qwetu and Qejani student residences,

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Investment

I&M Bank Accelerates Growth with Strategic Branch Openings In Kapsabet And Mombasa

I&M Bank has announced the opening of two new strategic branches in Kapsabet, Nandi County, and Nyali, Mombasa County, marking

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Headlines NCBA’s Insurance Play: A Masterstroke In Diversification And Growth

When NCBA released its half-year results, the bold decision to acquire AIG Kenya Insurance Company Limited came out as a

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Investment How Schools Can Access Buses At 105% Asset Financing

For years, schools across Kenya have faced significant challenges in providing safe and reliable transport for their students. Many institutions

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Investment Vuka Investors Set For KES 0.29 Dividend As Student Housing Demand Soars

Over 7,300 Vuka investors in the Qwetu and Qejani student residences, managed under the Acorn Student Accommodation Income Real Estate

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Investment Indus Towers Forays Into International Markets

Indus Towers Limited has announced that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held earlier in the day, reviewed and

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Headlines Banks Brace For Risk-Based Lending As NCBA’s Muathi Kilonzo Outlines Sector Outlook

Kenya’s banking industry is undergoing a period of notable transformation, marked by the implementation of a risk-based credit pricing framework

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Investment Contraction In Private Sector Business Conditions Eases Substantially

The Stanbic Bank Kenya PMI® pointed to a near recovery in business conditions across the private sector in August, after

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Government & Policy
Swisscontact Kenya Appoints Sharon Mosin As Country Director

Swisscontact has appointed Sharon Mosin as the new Country Director for Swisscontact Kenya, effective 1st August 2025. With more than

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Details On How Prism’s Fake-Drug Case Collapsed Over Defective Documents

Poetic justice played out in court when a pharmaceutical manufacturer, which had accused its former partner of selling counterfeit products,

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The Untold Story of Jatin Aswani: How One Man Evaded Kenyan Taxes and Fled to Uganda

Kenya is no stranger to tax evasion scandals, yet the persistence of impunity continues to frustrate both citizens and genuine

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StanChart’s Pension Defeat: A Wake-Up Call for Kenya’s Retirement Sector

On September 5, 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya delivered a final blow to Standard Chartered Bank Kenya in a

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KNEC Lists Teachers Set To Supervise KJSEA And KCSE Exams

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has announced significant changes in the administration of this year’s national examinations, specifically the

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Opinion
Kenya’s Three Lost Years: A Critique Of Ruto’s Presidency

When William Samoei Ruto took the oath of office as Kenya’s fifth President in September 2022, his central promise was

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Tanzania’s Energy Future Is Built On Stable Growth And Digital Innovation

Tanzania is entering a new energy era, and an exciting one at that. With the full commissioning of the Julius

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Faith Odhiambo Betrays Kenya’s Youth As She Helps Ruto Escape Criminal Responsibility

The announcement of a panel to compensate victims of police brutality is sold as a humanitarian measure. Yet, beneath the

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Work Is Changing, Your Tools Should Too

Hybrid work and creative projects no longer belong to the sidelines. The tools we rely on now define how effectively

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Is Raila Odinga The Enabler Of Bad Governance In Kenya?

Today’s headlines are screaming. Raila Odinga saves Johnson Sakaja from being impeached. And this has kept me thinking: Is Raila Odinga

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Kenya’s Platform Economy and the Changing Nature Of Urban Life

A quiet but significant shift is unfolding in Kenya’s urban centres. Once defined by in-person errands and brick-and-mortar retail, city

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Unlocking Land to Solve Kenya’s Student Housing Crisis In Kenya

Kenyan universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions have faced a student housing crisis for years, and

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Latest News

Government and Policy

Swisscontact Kenya Appoints Sharon Mosin As Country Director

Swisscontact has appointed Sharon Mosin as the new Country Director for Swisscontact Kenya, effective 1st August 2025. With more than

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Lifestyle

One Girl Can: Empowering Kenya’s Girls to Break Barriers and Build Brighter Futures

Girls across Kenya are rewriting their destinies and transforming the lives of their families and communities, thanks to One Girl

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Lifestyle BAKE Awards 2025 Is On, Registration On

The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) is pleased to announce the official launch of the BAKE Awards 2025. The launch

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Government and Policy Details On How Prism’s Fake-Drug Case Collapsed Over Defective Documents

Poetic justice played out in court when a pharmaceutical manufacturer, which had accused its former partner of selling counterfeit products,

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Entrepreneur's Corner NCBA Equips 100 Private School Owners With Sustainable Growth And Digital Tools

One hundred private school owners and stakeholders have today been empowered with practical knowledge and tools to strengthen financial sustainability,

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Investment Kenyan Vuka Investors Are Harvesting Beyond Dividends

The good times are expected to keep rolling for over 7,300 Vuka investors in the Qwetu and Qejani student residences,

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Technology Airtel Breaks Ground For East Africa’s Largest Data Center

Airtel Africa, through its data centre arm Nxtra by Airtel Africa, has broken ground for the construction of East Africa’s

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Lifestyle Giving Back To Kenyan Communities Through Reforestation

In Kenya today, the conversation on sustainability is no longer confined to boardrooms or policy papers; it is being lived

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East Africa
The Treaty on Plastics is a Direct Attack On African Development – African Nations Must Oppose It

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the Treaty on Plastics is currently being

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North American And Middle Eastern Investors Drive New Wave Of African Capital Flows

Notwithstanding recent market volatility, institutional investors have been positive on Africa. Speaking at The Network Forum’s (TNF) Africa Meeting, Hari Chaitanya,

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Africa’s Youth Agrifood Entrepreneurs Invited To Apply for The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize To Drive Food Systems Transformation

GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize launches its seventh annual competition in search of Africa’s most promising young co-founders and founders across Africa

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Phoenix Beverages Ltd Acquires 54.4% Stake In Seychelles Breweries Ltd From Diageo

Phoenix Beverages Ltd (PBL), subsidiary of IBL Ltd, is a leading beverage manufacturer in Mauritius and Reunion Island, signed an

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Ghana Drives Small-Scale Gold Mining Growth

Ghana is strengthening its collaboration with international partners to enhance its small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector and the broader gold

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