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Articles By: Steve Biko Wafula

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

Investment

· Sep 10, 2026
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

Investment

· Sep 9, 2026
Global Grain Prices Are Surging Before The Next Major Weather Shock. Kenya Must Prepare Before The Warning Becomes Hunger.

MAIZE +20.75% RICE +23.14% WHEAT +31.40% The numbers are no longer whispering. They are shouting. A global commodity price table

Pinned Category

· Sep 9, 2026
Why Stamina, Humility and the Ability to Live With Uncertainty Matter More Than Motivation

Entrepreneurship is not for you if uncertainty destroys your peace Bro to bro: entrepreneurship in Kenya can be deeply rewarding,

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Sep 8, 2026
Kenya Treats Your Phone Number As A Digital Identity: What the Proposed SIM Recycling Rules Mean

Imagine waking up to discover that the phone number you have used for years now belongs to a stranger. Your

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Sep 2, 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

Opinion

· Aug 31, 2026
Marriage Cheat Codes I Know Now That I Wish I Knew at 25

Marriage Is Not a Finished House. It Is a Building Site. At 25, many of us imagine marriage as an

Lifestyle

· 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

Opinion

· Aug 28, 2026
How “Payment Has Been Processed” Turns Honest SME Owners into Professors of Lies, Borrowers from 20 Loan Apps and Part-Time Cardiologists;

  A client eats today, promises Friday, exports the signatory to Budapest, and leaves the SME owner to explain invisible

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Aug 25, 2026
William Ruto’s Failures Have Written Edwin Sifuna’s Agenda

Kenya does not lack money, laws, institutions or talented people. What it has lacked is a national government that fears

Government and Policy

· Aug 24, 2026
Why NCBA Is Making A Powerful Case As The Best Bank For Kenya’s Entrepreneurs

Every entrepreneur feels the weight of a single shilling Before Nairobi is fully awake, business has already started moving. A

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Aug 20, 2026
Why NCBA Is Becoming the Financial Partner for Every Stage of the Wealth Journey

“The most valuable bank relationship is not the one that only finances what you want to buy. It is the

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Aug 20, 2026