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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
When the Order Is Bigger Than Your Bank Balance, It Should Not Be Bigger Than Your Business

The real business challenge is often not finding a customer. It is finding the money to serve that customer before

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
Hermosa Paints Engages Coast Painters, Contractors in Five-Town Trade Tour

Hermosa Paints engaged professional painters, contractors, artisans and hardware stakeholders across five towns along the Coast through a multi-town trade

Soko Directory Team · Aug 24, 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

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 20, 2026
How NCBA Is Helping Young Women Build Careers—and Financially Secure Futures

Every young person eventually reaches a crossroads where a subject choice, a university course, a first job or a money

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 20, 2026
Kenya Risks Turning a Straightforward Diageo-Asahi Deal Into a Cautionary Tale

There is a version of the Diageo-Asahi transaction that should have closed months ago. A British company is selling its

Soko Directory Team · Aug 20, 2026
The Engineer Who Learned to Speak Capital: Inside John Gachora’s Rise to the Top of African Banking

Ever met a banker who understands markets not just as flows of money but as systems, structures that can be

Soko Directory Team · Aug 18, 2026
How KCB’s Bid Express Is Changing the Way Businesses Get Bid Bonds

If you’ve ever bid for a tender, you know the drill. You find the opportunity, you pull together your technical

Soko Directory Team · Aug 18, 2026
Beyond Tuition: How Tufuzu na Elimu Is Investing in Kenya’s Future

There is a quiet kind of revolution happening in classrooms and lecture halls across Kenya, and it rarely makes headlines.

Soko Directory Team · Aug 18, 2026
Your Future is being built Today

“You do not plan your future. You plan your actions today, and those actions create your future.”   A mentor

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 15, 2026
The most profitable word in business is “NO”

Why real entrepreneurial growth is measured by the quality of your decisions, not the noise of your revenue.   There

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 15, 2026