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Articles By: Steve Biko

The Business Has Orders but the Bank Wants a Title Deed

An entrepreneur can know exactly how to make money and still fail to satisfy a lender’s definition of an acceptable

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Nov 7, 2026
A Tender Portal Is Not a Cure for Corruption Unless the Public Can See Inside

Government digitalisation is often sold as a solution in itself: turn forms into screens, add a portal, declare victory. Kenya

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Nov 5, 2026
Kenya’s Food Bill Is Growing Faster Than Many Pay Packets

In October 2026, Kenya’s annual inflation reached 7.3 per cent. Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices were 10.2 per cent higher

Lifestyle

· Nov 5, 2026
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

Entrepreneur's Corner

· 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

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Sep 10, 2026
Edwin Sifuna, The Man, The Myth, The Beast, The Stereotype Breaker

There are moments in a nation’s life when one person becomes larger than his own biography. He becomes a vessel

Government and Policy

· Aug 1, 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

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Jul 5, 2026
Why Elon Musk’s Ad Astra Experiment Should Terrify Kenya Into Rethinking Education Before AI, Automation and a New Economy Leave Our Children Behind

Elon Musk’s children did not simply leave a normal school. They became part of a private experiment in what education

Technology

· Jun 5, 2026
NCBA: Why Africa’s Most Disciplined Banking Transformation Must Be Taught In Schools

Some companies succeed because they operate in favorable markets. Then some companies succeed because the people running them understand discipline,

Entrepreneur's Corner

· May 12, 2026
$15 Billion A Year from Gold: How Burkina Faso Exposed Africa’s Mining Scam—And Why Kenya Must Nationalize or Stay Poor

Burkina Faso has detonated a truth bomb across Africa’s political economy. In 2025, the country’s mining sector delivered a historic

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Feb 4, 2026
Saving Money Is Anti-Consumerism: Why Discipline, Not Income, Determines Wealth

Saving money is not a budgeting problem. It is a behavioral problem. Most people do not struggle because they earn

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Dec 15, 2025
Entrepreneurship, The Most Beautifully Oversold Lie Of Our Time

Entrepreneurship has become one of the most aggressively marketed ideas of our time, presented as the highest form of ambition,

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Dec 15, 2025