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Entrepreneurship As A Spiritual Journey: My Personal Reflection As Steve Biko Wafula Sr

Entrepreneurship is often framed as an economic pursuit—measured in revenue charts, market share, or investment rounds. Yet, beneath the spreadsheets

Steve Biko Wafula
Little Pesa: The Digital Lender Kenya Needs, Not The Sharks We Have

They promised frictionless finance; Kenyans got scorched. The pitch: tap, borrow, prosper. The reality: tap, borrow, panic, and field calls

Steve Biko Wafula
54,000 Youth To Get Ksh 50,000 From Nyota This Month

The government has reiterated its commitment to tackling youth unemployment, with 70 youth from each of Kenya’s 1,450 wards receiving

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Strengthening Africa’s Venture Capital Landscape As Oxford University Hosts Leading VC Fund Managers

Strengthening the venture capital landscape in Africa and supporting the growth of technology and tech-enabled enterprises will be the focus

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A Guide to Choosing The Right Card For Your Day-To-Day Life

Let’s be real. You’re juggling work, trying to have a social life, saving for a decent car, and maybe, just

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Investment

Investment

Hounen Enters Africa With Office, Retail, And Solar Panel Production At Tatu City

Hounen, a multi-national real estate developer and solar energy manufacturer, has announced more than 63,000 sqm of developments in Tatu

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Investment

NCBA Group Makes Ksh 11.1 Billion In Profits After Tax In 6 Months

NCBA Group PLC “Group” has posted a profit after tax of KES 11.1 billion in its H1 2025 financial results,

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Investment Britam Posts Ksh 2.5 Billion In Profits Despite Headwinds Along The Way

Britam Holdings Plc has posted a profit before tax of Kshs 2.5 billion for the six months ended June 30,

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Headlines Kenya Central Bank Overhauls Loan Pricing With KESONIA Benchmark

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has rolled out a new framework for pricing loans, anchoring lending rates on the

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Investment The Gospel According to M-PESA: The Medicine That Powers The Kenyan Economy

When Safaricom launched M-PESA in 2007, nobody thought it would be anything more than a glorified way of sending “pesa

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Investment Acorn’s ASA I-REIT Continues To Beat Nairobi Property Market

You can never go wrong with property. Depending on who you ask, this statement is either an article of faith

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Investment Absa Bank Kenya’s Strategic Shift: Building A Bank For The Future

When Absa Bank Kenya released its 2025 half-year financial results, the numbers told only part of the story. Beyond the

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Investment HF Group Posts Ksh 703 Million Pre-Tax Profit For HY2025, A 148% Year-On-Year Growth

Listed local financial solutions provider, HF Group, has posted a 148% growth in Profit Before Tax (PBT), reaching Kes 703

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Government & Policy
Deepak Rajoriya And Oki General Trading: Allegedly The Faces Behind Kenya’s Tax Evasion Scandal

Kenya’s fragile economy continues to suffer at the hands of ruthless tax cheats — and one name has now emerged

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Kenyan MPs, Senators, Women Reps Earn 72 Times More Than The Ordinary Kenyan

Kenya is a land where the sweat of the majority feeds the gluttony of a few. While the average worker

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The Ballot Is Not a Lottery Ticket: We Must Elect The Right MPs, MCAs, Senators, Governors & Women Reps Or Kenya Is Doomed For Good

Kenyans, let’s not deceive ourselves. We love repeating the cliché that “all we need is a good President” — as

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Green Planet Initiative 2050 Founder Faces Scrutiny Over Fraud

Green Planet Initiative 2050 (GPI2050) is facing serious allegations of deception, harassment, and misrepresentation, claims that call into question the

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Dear Kenyans, We Cannot Out Hustle Bad Governance. Time to Act Is NOW

The story of Kenya’s economy is not written in glossy brochures handed out in foreign capitals. It is written in

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Opinion
Kenya’s Platform Economy and the Changing Nature Of Urban Life

A quiet but significant shift is unfolding in Kenya’s urban centres. Once defined by in-person errands and brick-and-mortar retail, city

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Unlocking Land to Solve Kenya’s Student Housing Crisis In Kenya

Kenyan universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions have faced a student housing crisis for years, and

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The Art of Seamless Journeys in Modern Travel

Travel is meant to inspire, refresh, and connect us with the world. Yet anyone who has wrestled with delayed flights,

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Kenya’s Uneven Rains Threaten Food Security, Energy Stability And Fiscal Space

The seasonal outlook released at GHACOF71 by IGAD’s ICPAC shows a clear split: below-normal rainfall is the dominant signal across

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Is Kenya’s Digital Success Is Fuelling A Piracy Crisis?

Kenya has emerged as one of Africa’s foremost digital powerhouses over the past decade. Our impressive internet penetration, robust mobile

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How The Use Of Low VOC Paints Enhances Sustainable Transformation

The paint industry is undergoing a significant transformation as it shifts towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly products. At the

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Are you working for your money, or is your money working for you?

The Dream: Retire at 50. Participants in an investment education webinar by CIC Group titled “Fire Up Your Financial Future” took

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Market News

TAAG Angola Airlines Kicks Off Direct Flights From Luanda To Nairobi

The tourism sector has lauded the arrival of the inaugural TAAG Angola Airlines direct flight from Luanda to Nairobi as

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Entrepreneur's Corner

Entrepreneurship As A Spiritual Journey: My Personal Reflection As Steve Biko Wafula Sr

Entrepreneurship is often framed as an economic pursuit—measured in revenue charts, market share, or investment rounds. Yet, beneath the spreadsheets

Steve Biko Wafula
Entrepreneur's Corner Little Pesa: The Digital Lender Kenya Needs, Not The Sharks We Have

They promised frictionless finance; Kenyans got scorched. The pitch: tap, borrow, prosper. The reality: tap, borrow, panic, and field calls

Steve Biko Wafula
Lifestyle Kenyans Urged To Consider Insurance As Healthcare Costs Spirals

Over the last five years, as the cost of medical services, drug prices, and systemic inefficiencies in the health sector

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Market News August Inflation Accelerates To 4.5% Y/Y, Fastest Pace Since June 2024

The market closed the day in the green, with the NSE 20 and NSE 25 up by 1.0% and 0.5%,

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Lifestyle Bolt Market Triples Its Growth Since Launch

Bolt Market has recorded 300% growth in orders since launching in December 2024. This remarkable trajectory highlights the rising demand

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Entrepreneur's Corner 54,000 Youth To Get Ksh 50,000 From Nyota This Month

The government has reiterated its commitment to tackling youth unemployment, with 70 youth from each of Kenya’s 1,450 wards receiving

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Government and Policy Deepak Rajoriya And Oki General Trading: Allegedly The Faces Behind Kenya’s Tax Evasion Scandal

Kenya’s fragile economy continues to suffer at the hands of ruthless tax cheats — and one name has now emerged

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East Africa
The Treaty on Plastics is a Direct Attack On African Development – African Nations Must Oppose It

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the Treaty on Plastics is currently being

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North American And Middle Eastern Investors Drive New Wave Of African Capital Flows

Notwithstanding recent market volatility, institutional investors have been positive on Africa. Speaking at The Network Forum’s (TNF) Africa Meeting, Hari Chaitanya,

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Africa’s Youth Agrifood Entrepreneurs Invited To Apply for The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize To Drive Food Systems Transformation

GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize launches its seventh annual competition in search of Africa’s most promising young co-founders and founders across Africa

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Phoenix Beverages Ltd Acquires 54.4% Stake In Seychelles Breweries Ltd From Diageo

Phoenix Beverages Ltd (PBL), subsidiary of IBL Ltd, is a leading beverage manufacturer in Mauritius and Reunion Island, signed an

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Ghana Drives Small-Scale Gold Mining Growth

Ghana is strengthening its collaboration with international partners to enhance its small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector and the broader gold

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