Month: March 2023

159 Articles
King Solomon of Kakamega name
FEATURED STORY

King Solomon’s Simple Budget: Villager Reveals How He Feeds 8 Wives And 107 Children

Every month, David Kalukhana says his wives and children consumer five bags of maize. “When I’m not farming, I go out to do...

I&M Bank Tower in Nairobi. [Photo/ Standard]
REAL ESTATE

5 Iconic Nairobi Buildings Designed by Jim Archer

Planning Systems Services, the architectural firm behind many of Nairobi's most iconic buildings, this week confirmed the death of Jim Archer, who was...

R-L: Digital Financial Services Association of Kenya (DFSAK) chairman Kevin Mutiso, Parliamentary Committee on Finance and Planning chairman Hon. Francis Kimani Kuria during the rebrand and inauguration of the DFSAK board. Digital credit providers have disbursed Ksh 500 billion in mobile loans to small businesses and households over the last eight years.
BUSINESS

Digital Lenders Association Rebrands To Digital Financial Services Association Of Kenya

The Digital Lenders Association of Kenya has rebranded to Digital Financial Services Association of Kenya (DFSAK) as the association reported disbursing over Ksh500...

DTB
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DTB Commits A Quarter Of Its Loan Book To Green Lending

Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has announced a commitment to grow its lending to green projects to a quarter of its loan book by...

Evans Kidero pictured with President William Ruto.
BUSINESSPERSON OF INTEREST

Exploring Kidero’s Luxury Apartments Worth Billions

The former Governor's properties include residential homes as well as high-end luxury apartments in Nairobi's swankiest neighborhoods, worth several billions of shillings.

Kenya Orient
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Kenya Orient Feted For Life Insurance Best Loss Ratio

Kenya Orient Life Assurance has emerged as the first runners-up for the ‘Group Life Best Loss Ratio’ award during the 2022 Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) Awards for achieving a minimum loss...

Absa Bank
BUSINESS

Absa Bank Kenya Records 34% Growth In Profit To Ksh14.6B In 2022

Absa Bank Kenya PLC has reported a Profit after Tax of Kshs.14.6 billion for the year ended December 31, 2022, representing a 34%...

FEATURED STORY

5 Multi-Billion Businesses Owned by CITAM Church

It is among the few Kenyan churches, which, like companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), publishes audited financial reports.  Here, Business...

Zoho Kenya country head Veerakumar Natarajan and Zoho MEA operations president Hyther Nizam
FEATURED STORY

Kenya, Korea Governments Launch Four Innovation Programmes In Konza

The Kenyan and Korean Governments have today launched four Economic Innovation Partnership Program (EIPP) projects aimed at fast-tracking the development of the Konza...

KBA cheque clearance
BUSINESS

Cheques And EFTs To Clear Same Day After System Upgrade

Bank customers are expected to access faster clearing services for cheques, direct debits and electronic funds transfers (EFTs) following an upgrade of the...