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Old Mutual revamps savings products to deepen long-term financial wellness

Old Mutual Life Assurance Kenya (OMLAK) has revamped its life and savings solutions to strengthen long-term savings, education planning, and

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
NCBA Chief Tells Wall Street: Africa’s Real Opportunity Lies in Financing the Systems, Not the Sectors

Addressing the opening panel of the Bullish Africa Summit in New York, NCBA Group Managing Director John Gachora told global

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Absa Kenya Launches Absa Next Digital Ecosystem with Loans of up to KSh1 Million

Absa Bank Kenya PLC has launched Absa Next, a fully integrated digital finance solution designed to meet the evolving needs

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Family Bank Programme Trains 30 Women-Led Agri-SMEs, Unlocks KES70.5m in Financing

30 women-led Agri-SMEs have completed a six-month programme designed to strengthen their business management capabilities, enhance financial literacy, and build

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Finding Tomorrow’s Opportunities in Emerging Markets

Emerging markets have undergone a remarkable change in leadership over the past two years. Artificial intelligence, data centre investment and

Soko Directory Team · Sep 24, 2026
Investment

Investment

Borrowers Face Higher Loan Costs As CBK Tightens Rules For Banks

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has floated new regulations aimed at Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), the handful of

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 25, 2026

Investment

Minet plants 18,000 more trees in Kiambu as it strengthens 500,000-tree climate commitment

Minet Kenya has planted an additional 18,000 trees at the Matathia Block of Uplands Forest in Lari Constituency, Kiambu County,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
East Africa From Classroom to Career: KPC’s Inuka Tech Fellowship Cracks the Code on Youth Unemployment, Landing 30% of its First Cohort in Jobs

Kenya Pipeline Company PLC (KPC PLC) hosted the inaugural cohort of its Inuka Tech Fellowship at its headquarters on 22nd

Soko Directory Team · Sep 24, 2026
Investment UNCDF, Absa Bank and UNDP Unlock Financing to Close Kenya’s $2.1 Billion Cold Storage Gap

Absa Bank Kenya, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have announced a

Soko Directory Team · Sep 24, 2026
Investment Your Business Has Enough Drama Without the WiFi Joining In

How Safaricom Pata More brings speed, security, and everyday value to Kenyan small businesses A customer can forgive a slightly

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 24, 2026
Investment Kenya Opens its Wild to the World with “Experience Wonder – live from Kenya”

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) have today jointly launched “Experience Wonder Live From Kenya,”

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
Investment Quickmart Listing Signals a New Chapter for Kenyan Retail

For years, the story of Kenyan supermarkets sounded like a warning told over an empty shelf. Nakumatt, Tuskys and Uchumi

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 23, 2026
Investment Mobile Money Subscriptions Surpass 54 Million in Q4, Safaricom Retains Lead

The latest sector statistics released by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) for the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial

Soko Directory Team · Sep 23, 2026
Government & Policy
KUPPET Warns Of 2026 Exam Boycott Over Delayed Teachers’ Allowances

Teachers could sit out this year’s national examinations altogether if the government doesn’t move to raise what it pays them

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 25, 2026
Stakeholders Call for Review of Proposed Tobacco Bill as Public Participation Commences

Stakeholders drawn from Kenya’s retail, harm reduction, and entertainment sectors have called for a review of select provisions contained in

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Why Supporters Want Edwin Sifuna in the Presidential Race; It Is About What Kenyans Want & They Want Sifuna, PERIOD

Sifuna’s greatest mistake would be settling for the deputy presidency. For us, the destination is State House, and we will

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 25, 2026
Universities Brace For Disruption As Lecturers Set Dates For Strike

Public university lecturers across Kenya are bracing for a nationwide walkout after the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) fired off

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 24, 2026
TSC Announces New Pension Update Requirement For Teachers

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, is once again pressing teachers to get their pension paperwork in order, this time tying

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 24, 2026
Opinion
Sifuna Must Run Because We Did Not Order a Deputy, PERIOD. Its Either Sifuna, Edwin Or Watenya

Let me put our position on the table before somebody arrives with a seating arrangement: for those of us backing

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 25, 2026
The New Social Club: Why Book Clubs Are Becoming the Places to Be

For years, the book club was easy to picture: a small group of friends, often women, meeting in someone’s home

Soko Directory Team · Sep 22, 2026
Heavy Rains, Strong Winds Forecast Across Kenya as El Niño Intensifies

Kenyans in several parts of the country should brace for a wet, windy week ahead, according to the latest forecast

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 22, 2026
Heavy Rains Expected In Nairobi And Several Counties This Week, Kenya Met Says

The Kenya Meteorological Service Authority (Kenya Met) has released its weekly forecast, covering September 15 to 21, 2026, and the

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 16, 2026
List of High-Risk El Niño Counties As Health Ministry Rolls Out Preparedness Plan

The Ministry of Health has launched an El Niño preparedness plan covering 18 counties classified as high-risk, as the country

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 9, 2026
El Niño Now Almost Certain To Persist Through Early 2027, WMO Says

The World Meteorological Organization, WMO, has sharply revised its confidence in El Niño’s staying power, now putting the odds at

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 3, 2026
Kenya Met Forecasts Below-Average September Rains In The Following Regions

Farmers in several of Kenya’s most productive agricultural counties have been put on alert after the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 3, 2026
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Investment

Borrowers Face Higher Loan Costs As CBK Tightens Rules For Banks

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has floated new regulations aimed at Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), the handful of

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 25, 2026

Entrepreneur's Corner

Old Mutual revamps savings products to deepen long-term financial wellness

Old Mutual Life Assurance Kenya (OMLAK) has revamped its life and savings solutions to strengthen long-term savings, education planning, and

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner NCBA Chief Tells Wall Street: Africa’s Real Opportunity Lies in Financing the Systems, Not the Sectors

Addressing the opening panel of the Bullish Africa Summit in New York, NCBA Group Managing Director John Gachora told global

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Lifestyle Gertrude’s, M-PESA Foundation Expand Daktari Smart to 10 Counties, Target 50,000 Children

Daktari Smart, a telemedicine programme by Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation and the M-PESA Foundation, aims to reach more than 50,000 children

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner Absa Kenya Launches Absa Next Digital Ecosystem with Loans of up to KSh1 Million

Absa Bank Kenya PLC has launched Absa Next, a fully integrated digital finance solution designed to meet the evolving needs

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Market News How Fuel Prices Are Eating Into Earnings Of Matatu, Boda Boda And Delivery Operators

Walk up to any matatu stage in Nairobi and ask a driver how business is going, and fuel will come

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 25, 2026
Government and Policy KUPPET Warns Of 2026 Exam Boycott Over Delayed Teachers’ Allowances

Teachers could sit out this year’s national examinations altogether if the government doesn’t move to raise what it pays them

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 25, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner Family Bank Programme Trains 30 Women-Led Agri-SMEs, Unlocks KES70.5m in Financing

30 women-led Agri-SMEs have completed a six-month programme designed to strengthen their business management capabilities, enhance financial literacy, and build

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
East Africa
AUDA-NEPAD and the END Fund announce new partnership to accelerate progress against neglected tropical diseases in Africa

Today, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the END Fund signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a strategic partnership

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Yellow Card Appoints Ross Everett as Group CFO

Yellow Card, a global financial infrastructure provider powering stablecoin-enabled payments, treasury, and access to dollar liquidity, today announced the appointment

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Showcase Indian Ocean Convenes Private and Institutional Capital Across the Region’s Luxury Corridor

Showcase Indian Ocean, formerly the API Mauritius & Indian Ocean Property Forum, is returning as a high-impact capital and investment

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Bitwise Publishes Inaugural Report on How the World’s Largest Institutions Are Investing in Crypto Today

Bitwise Asset Management, a global crypto asset manager with $9 billion in client assets, today released Institutional Crypto Adoption, a

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Hormuud and GetPhone expand smartphone finance into four new Somali states due to high demand

Hormuud Telecom and GetPhone are expanding their smartphone financing programme through 15 additional branches across Jubaland, Southwest, Hirshabelle and Galmudug,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
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