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Business Daily → Turning ideas into impact: Clarity, not endless brainstorming, will help managers in East Africa
2 Sep 2025 - While transactional, task-focused leadership may boost short-term efficiency, it also raises strain unless paired with sustainable practices.
Business Daily → Why public relations is not communications
2 Sep 2025 - When companies reduce communications to a single “PR person”, the function shifts from being a strategic driver to merely firefighting.
Standard Business → Property Developers Association partners with KNCCI to Boost Affordable Housing
2 Sep 2025 - The Kenya Property Developers Association (KPDA) has signed a strategic partnership with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) to unlock new financing…
Forbes Africa → Expert-Speak: Why School Reunions Remind Us Class Is Never Really Over And That Success Looks Different For Everyone
2 Sep 2025 - The school reunion. For some, it feels like a party. For others, it is nothing more than a performance. Not everyone arrives with the same outlook. Some walk in ready to…
Business Daily → Evolution of Kenya base lending rates over the years
2 Sep 2025 - The banking sector’s first benchmark rate was the Kenya Banks’ Reference Rate (KBRR), which was introduced in July 2014 and updated every six months.
Business Daily → Butali raises rivalry with Rai’s West Kenya after factory upgrade
2 Sep 2025 - Butali’s expansion will feature heavy capital investment in new machinery and plant upgrades.
Business Daily → Who speaks for the quiet ones in an organisation?: How to make introverts visible
2 Sep 2025 - The quiet ones get overlooked because they are not expressive, and many organisations equate leadership potential with flashiness and visibility.
Business Insider → Trump’s tariffs are squeezing South African exporters, and the pressure is mounting
2 Sep 2025 - South African businesses are starting to feel the full force of US tariffs, with manufacturers warning of earnings hits, surveys showing sentiment sliding back into…
Business Daily → Arousing curiosity: Why your cover letter should never spill over a page
2 Sep 2025 - The one-page rule applies to all levels of employment, including senior management, says Fredrick Komen, a principal HR officer at the Nairobi International Finance Center…
Business Daily → Kampala, Dar beat Nairobi on prime warehouse rental yields
2 Sep 2025 - The average yield on rent of a prime warehouse in Nairobi stood at 9.5 percent, compared to 13 percent in Kampala and 10 percent in Dar.
Business Daily → Your loan, new rules: How revised risk-based model will affect rates
2 Sep 2025 - The transition to Kesonia promises a more transparent, competitive, and globally aligned banking approach.
Business Insider → West Africa is becoming a key hub for some of Europe’s most powerful cocaine traffickers
2 Sep 2025 - Western Balkans criminal groups, among Europe’s most powerful cocaine traffickers, are embedding themselves in West Africa.
Business Today → MKU Awards Student for Creative Naming of New Auditorium
2 Sep 2025 - Mount Kenya University’s founder, Simon Gicharu, has awarded Ksh 100,000 to Hamia Adhiambo Ouma, a Diploma in Business Management student at MKU Nakuru Campus, for submitting…
Business Daily → How policy shift exposed Nova school at Tatu City to hefty tax demand
2 Sep 2025 - A policy shift has left the privately owned, high-end Nova Pioneer Tatu City Primary School engaged in a rare legal battle to retain tax incentives granted by the State for…
Business Daily → Tiny tech, big impact: Why Kenya must embrace nanotechnology and AI
2 Sep 2025 - With Vision 2030 and the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda in mind, nanotech could help build smart longer-lasting infrastructure while creating jobs through…
Money254 → How to Check if a Car's Mileage Has Been Tampered With
2 Sep 2025 - Some careful observation can significantly reduce your risk of falling victim to this scam. This article details what buyers of used cars should look out for.
Business Daily → Why debt in any form is just deferred tax
2 Sep 2025 - Loans are made on the basis of future cash flows. The reliance on future cashflows to pay debt is not unique to the public sector. It is exactly the same in the private…
Business Insider → Refining snags in the Middle East may have generated more money for Africa’s largest refinery
2 Sep 2025 - According to current figures, the Dangote Oil Refinery, in recent months, has seen a significant uptick in the volume of refined products exported, primarily to the Middle…
Capital Business → KWS Seeks Public Input on Park Fee Hike to Plug Sh12bn Conservation Deficit
2 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 2 – The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has sought public input in its push to raise park entry fees for the first time in nearly two decades. KWS says the…
Kenyan Wallstreet → Kenya’s Thriving Pension Industry Faces Concentration Risks, Unpaid Contributions
2 Sep 2025 - Kenya’s pension industry closed 2024 on a high, with retirement savings hitting Ksh 2.23 trillion from KSh 1.84 trillion in 2023, according to the 2024 Statistical Digest by…
Capital Business → TotalEnergies Kenya Names Biova Agboutou as Board Chair
2 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 2 – TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya has named Biova Agboutou as its new Director and Chairperson of the Board, effective 1 September 2025, following…
Capital Business → Kenyan TVETS Dominate Africa Tech Challenge at Close of its 10th season
2 Sep 2025 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 2 – Kenyan technical institutions claimed top honors at the tenth season of the Africa Tech Challenge (ATC), showcasing the country’s growing prowess in…
Soko Directory → TAAG Angola Airlines Kicks Off Direct Flights From Luanda To Nairobi
2 Sep 2025 - The tourism sector has lauded the arrival of the inaugural TAAG Angola Airlines direct flight from Luanda to Nairobi as … ContinuedThe post TAAG Angola Airlines Kicks Off…
Business Today → Hospital Gowns Can Be Stylish, Too — Let’s Rethink the Design
2 Sep 2025 - When I landed a PR internship gig at a city hospital in 2021, I was first assigned to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. For four months, I saw firsthand how…
Business Daily → Future of bancassurance: Partnerships rewriting financial access in Africa
2 Sep 2025 - While the mass market remains essential, the growth of bancassurance in Africa must also reflect the diversity of its consumer base.
Business Insider → UK unveils £5m pact with AGRA to support Africa’s agriculture trade
2 Sep 2025 - The United Kingdom has unveiled a £5 million partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to enhance agricultural trade and strengthen food systems…
Standard Business → Why Trump is demanding AfDB clean-up as Kenya's loan billions expose graft
2 Sep 2025 - A US Treasury report reveals that 83 per cent of AfDB's sanctioned cases involved fraud, with Kenya identified as a top beneficiary of loans and a primary source of…
Business Insider → African nations, U.S. visa waiver exclusion, and China’s selective openness: a crisis of travel inequality
2 Sep 2025 - The persistent exclusion of African nations from the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, coupled with China’s selective visa-free policies, highlights the continent’s ongoing struggle…
Business Today → Kenya Police Bullets Set to Shine in CAF Women’s Champions League Qualifiers
2 Sep 2025 - Fresh from their dominant performance in the 2024–25 Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Women’s Premier League, the Kenya Police Bullets Football Club are preparing to represent…
Business Today → KPA to Begin Building Long-Awaited Usenge Port
2 Sep 2025 - Governor James Orengo has confirmed that construction of the long-awaited Usenge Port in Siaya County is finally set to begin. In a statement shared via his social media post…
Soko Directory → Entrepreneurship As A Spiritual Journey: My Personal Reflection As Steve Biko Wafula Sr
2 Sep 2025 - Entrepreneurship is often framed as an economic pursuit—measured in revenue charts, market share, or investment rounds. Yet, beneath the spreadsheets … ContinuedThe post…
Kenyan Wallstreet → Sidi Ould Tah Succeeds Dr. Adesina as President of the African Development Bank
2 Sep 2025 - Dr. Sidi Ould Tah has been sworn in as the ninth President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), succeeding Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina who has completed his two terms. A…
Soko Directory → Little Pesa: The Digital Lender Kenya Needs, Not The Sharks We Have
2 Sep 2025 - They promised frictionless finance; Kenyans got scorched. The pitch: tap, borrow, prosper. The reality: tap, borrow, panic, and field calls … ContinuedThe post Little Pesa:…
Standard Business → An ocean centre to be established in Mombasa
2 Sep 2025 - The Ocean Centre Kenya will be under the United Nations Global Compact Network in partnership with the Lloyd's Register Foundation, an independent global safety charity.
Kenyan Wallstreet → HF Group Regains Tier 2 Bank Status After 5 Years
2 Sep 2025 - HF Group’s return to Tier 2 status in 2025 is the result of more than a decade of restructuring and recapitalization which has seen the listed lender post KSh 624 million in…
Standard Business → Trump demands AfDB clean-up as Kenya's loan billions expose graft
2 Sep 2025 - A US Treasury report reveals that 83 per cent of AfDB's sanctioned cases involved fraud, with Kenya identified as a top beneficiary of loans and a primary source of…
Nation Business → From waste to energy: Water company is turning faecal sludge into clean energy
2 Sep 2025 - One of the biggest hurdles was overcoming the public stigma attached to faecal-based briquettes.
Nation Business → PREMIUM ‘My mum inspired my flour manufacturing business’ Enterprise 8 hours ago Listen
2 Sep 2025 - PREMIUM ‘My mum inspired my flour manufacturing business’ Enterprise 8 hours ago Listen
Kenyan Wallstreet → Court Blocks Bid to Tax Vitamin E Imports as Food Supplements
2 Sep 2025 - The High Court has rejected the taxman’s effort to reclassify two high-dose vitamin E products as food supplements, upholding the tribunal’s assessment that the capsules are…
Soko Directory → Kenyans Urged To Consider Insurance As Healthcare Costs Spirals
2 Sep 2025 - Over the last five years, as the cost of medical services, drug prices, and systemic inefficiencies in the health sector … ContinuedThe post Kenyans Urged To Consider…
Soko Directory → August Inflation Accelerates To 4.5% Y/Y, Fastest Pace Since June 2024
2 Sep 2025 - The market closed the day in the green, with the NSE 20 and NSE 25 up by 1.0% and 0.5%, … ContinuedThe post August Inflation Accelerates To 4.5% Y/Y, Fastest Pace Since June…
Kenyan Wallstreet → It’s Time to Restructure Kenya’s Public Debt
2 Sep 2025 - Kenya needs to explore bold options of fiscal management. If the recent protests against tax hikes and bad governance are anything to go by, this is a matter of existential…
Standard Business → Pension assets in government debt hit Sh1 trillion amid diversification push
2 Sep 2025 - Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) Statistical Digest 2024 data show that in previous years, the average increase in pension assets in government securities was nine per…
Forbes Africa → A West African Fintech On What It Takes To Go From Cross-Border Payments Solution To Multi-Service Platform
2 Sep 2025 - Words and Curation: Oluwatomisin AmokeojaAdditional Reporting: Chanel Retief and Nicole PillayArt Director: Manelisi DabataPhotography: Kelechi Amadi-ObiPhotography…
Soko Directory → Bolt Market Triples Its Growth Since Launch
2 Sep 2025 - Bolt Market has recorded 300% growth in orders since launching in December 2024. This remarkable trajectory highlights the rising demand … ContinuedThe post Bolt Market…
Business Today → Sameer Africa: NSE’s Best Performing Stock Rewards Investors in a Big Way
2 Sep 2025 - With a Market Capitalization of KSh 4.36 billion, Sameer Africa (SMER) stands as the fastest growing stock at the NSE, its shares having appreciated significantly over the 8…
Soko Directory → 54,000 Youth To Get Ksh 50,000 From Nyota This Month
2 Sep 2025 - The government has reiterated its commitment to tackling youth unemployment, with 70 youth from each of Kenya’s 1,450 wards receiving … ContinuedThe post 54,000 Youth To Get…
Kenyan Wallstreet → Inflation Holds at 4.5% but Families Strain Under Food Prices
2 Sep 2025 - Kenya’s annual inflation rate held steady at 4.5% in August, offering relief from fears of runaway prices, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report from the…
Kenyan Wallstreet → NCBA’s LOOP to Embed Asset Financing, Insurance
2 Sep 2025 - Global insurtech firm, Bolttech, is extending its African footprint by entering the Kenyan market through a partnership with LOOP, the digital banking service of NCBA Bank.…
Money254 → Why Banks Have Cut Down on Issuing Personal Loans to Kenyans
2 Sep 2025 - Today, we are covering the reduced lending by Kenyan banks and the National Treasury warning over an investment scam promising returns in 2 hours.