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Understanding Special Funds: What Mansa-X Tells Us About Kenya’s Changing Investment Landscape

For years, the Kenyan investor’s toolkit looked fairly predictable: a savings account, a money market fund, maybe a stake in

Soko Directory Team · Sep 4, 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

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 2, 2026
The Free Transaction Race: Why SBM Bank Is Quietly Winning Kenya’s Banking Wars in 2026

I’ve spent the better part of this year going through bank tariff guides, PesaLink fee tables, and M-Pesa charge sheets

Soko Directory Team · Sep 2, 2026
The Cost of the Data Gap: Why Kenya’s Lenders Can’t Afford to Miss the Full Picture

By Morris Maina, CEO, TransUnion Kenya Here’s a question worth sitting with: how much growth are Kenya’s lenders leaving on

Soko Directory Team · Aug 31, 2026
Kenya Keeps Telling Its Youth To Hustle. Who Is Teaching Them To Build Wealth?

By Adrian Munji Kenya has become very good at telling young people how to make money. The bigger question is

Soko Directory Team · Aug 30, 2026
ADFS Top 10: The Men Shaping Digital Finance in Kenya

Kenya has long been Africa’s proving ground for financial innovation, the birthplace of M-Pesa and a magnet for fintech capital

Soko Directory Team · Aug 28, 2026
The Irritation When Someone Ahead Of Me Suddenly Suffers From The Supermarket Line PIN Amnesia Syndrome

Ah yes. The Supermarket Line PIN Amnesia Syndrome. A very real, very documented medical condition that strikes exclusively at checkout

Soko Directory Team · Aug 28, 2026
NCBA Powers Growth of Kenya’s Transport Sector Through Partnerships and Innovation

NCBA has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the growth and sustainability of Kenya’s transport sector by bringing together transport entrepreneurs,

Soko Directory Team · Aug 28, 2026
NCBA Backs Electric Mobility Push with Financing for 1,000 BasiGo Vans

NCBA Group has partnered with BasiGo, a leading provider of electric bus solutions, to enable public transport operators, businesses and

Soko Directory Team · 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

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 25, 2026
Why Lower Policy Rates Don’t Always Mean Cheaper Loans

When the Central Bank of Kenya, CBK, trims its benchmark rate, the assumption is simple: borrowing gets cheaper. In practice,

Getrude Mathayo · Aug 25, 2026
Beyond Certificates: How Family Group Foundation Is Turning Youth Skills into Economic Opportunity

Kenya’s youth unemployment conversation has for years been dominated by one uncomfortable reality: we have a large and increasingly educated

Soko Directory Team · Aug 24, 2026