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Articles By: Steve Biko

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
When the State Controls Your Invoice, Who Protects Your Livelihood?

There is a form of repression that requires neither tear gas nor prison gates. It needs no midnight arrest, no

Pinned Category

· Oct 28, 2026
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,

Market News

· 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
Character Is Expensive: The Discipline Entrepreneurs Must Learn Before Wealth Arrives

There is a dangerous illusion that floats quietly through conversations about success: the belief that poverty automatically produces virtue. People

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Feb 8, 2026
A Nation in Silent Mourning: The Exhaustion, Grief, and Stolen Futures Kenyans Scroll Past Every Day

I know I am not the only one who notices the quiet grief Kenyans carry, because it has become part

Government and Policy

· Jan 26, 2026
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
Kenya Should Raise Citizens & Not Voters: Why the Constitution Must Be Taught from Class One to University

Kenya’s biggest national crisis is not corruption, unemployment, poor leadership, or runaway public debt. These are only symptoms. The real

Government and Policy

· Nov 24, 2025