- Travelling out of the UK this week, I stood at a night bus stop for 35 minutes at -6 degrees Celsius, remembering how the cold bites your face immediately.
- Often than not, as you rise higher in the ranks in your career, more so in the C-suite class, the more sleepless nights you encounter burning the midnight oil for the organisation you work in...
- Senior officials of the country’s leading mobile telephone operator Safaricom could be in trouble after an Embu man sought a court order to punish them for refusing to release Sh7.7 million he is...
- The latest Kenya National Bureau Statistics (KNBS) data show only 310,884 out of the 2.9 million employed Kenyans are earning above Sh100,000 every month.
- With most countries in sub-Saharan Africa still struggling to provide affordable healthcare, it is becoming increasingly evident that traditional health provision models are no longer tenable.
- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas at the behest of US prosecutors on Monday, the day before he was due to testify before Congress.
- The highest proportion of Kenyans earning more than Sh100,000 are working in the financial services sector, pointing to an economy with few well-paying jobs amid high unemployment.
- Taxpayers are facing an escalation of the pensions bill running into billions of shillings following the government’s contribution to the mandatory long-term savings for borrowers on the Hustler...
- Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo struck the right chord during the vetting exercise, saying the State would review the multiple petroleum levies and taxes.
- Artificial Christmas trees can look nice, especially after they are over-decorated, but what about ditching the plastics this year and bringing the pines, ficus tree, eugenia, standing red bottle...
- A judge has stopped the police from probing a Nairobi businessman over a Sh2.4 billion property near Muthangari police station that is being claimed by a daughter of Kenyatta-era minister Mbiyu...
- The strong dollar has once again reminded Kenya of the risks of the mounting public debt. Just like many countries in emerging nations, Kenya is feeling the pain of local currencies plunging...
- Homeownership in Kenya has been a farce for most people due to highly varying interest rates and houses priced beyond the reach of most in the formal and informal sectors.
- Mauritian conglomerate IBL Group is stepping up its regional investments after recently acquiring a 26.32 per cent stake in supermarket chain Naivas Limited for $100 million (Sh12.2 billion).
- The Controller of Budget is pushing for the creation of a sinking fund for loan repayment amid growing concerns that the country is headed to debt distress.
- The Court of Appeal has rejected a consultant's bid to pursue Sh1.4 billion from the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) over a botched deal to construct a medical centre of excellence.
- An estimated 680,000 Kenyan homes might have been illegally connected to the national grid in 2019, leading to massive system losses that cost Kenya Power billions, analysis of official data...
- Several businesses in Nairobi will benefit from the first-ever Nairobi Festival, a five-day event offering a platform to players in the creative economy.
- In the not-so-distant future, you could be wearing a pair of sunglasses made from recycled plastic collected from the icy slopes of Mount Kenya or the shores of the Indian Ocean.
- Lenders are increasingly changing their approach in dealing with customers facing financial difficulties, with a preference for rescue and value preservation.