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Martin K.N Siele is the Content Lead at Business Today. He is also a Quartz contributor and a 2021 Baraza Media Lab-Fringe Graph Data Storytelling Fellow. Passionate about digital media, sports and entertainment, Siele also founded Loud.co.ke

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An Uber ChapChap vehicle. Drivers are threatening to delete the app after fuel price increases impacted their earnings.
BUSINESSTECHNOLOGY

Uber, Bolt Drivers to Switch Off and Delete Apps in Protest

Taxi drivers are complaining that many of them have found it difficult to stay afloat as a result of the changes, particularly those...

Cows waiting to be slaughtered at the Kenya Meat Commission in Athi River . KDF wants KMC removed from the list of parastatals identified for privatization. (Photo: PETERSON GITHAIGHA)
BUSINESSECONOMY

KDF Moves to Stop Privatization of Kenya Meat Commission

The Privatization Commission confirmed receipt of a letter from the Ministry of Defence asking for the removal of KMC from the list of...

Airtel representatives serve customers at a store. Airtel Kenya will be required to comply with local ownership regulations by 2024.
BUSINESSMARKETS

Airtel Faces Deadline to Sell 30% Stake to Kenyans

Airtel Kenya was in 2013 granted the exemption from the local ownership rule without a defined period for compliance. This allowed billionaire investor...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Headquarters at Times Tower, Nairobi. According to the taxman, introduction of new digital channels such as the M-Service app is meant to enhance taxpayers' experience. (Photo: Twitter)
BUSINESSECONOMY

Beat Deadline by Filing Tax Returns on New KRA M-Service App and iTax

January 1st, 2021 marked the beginning of the tax return filing season for the 2020 year of income. All annual tax returns for the year 2020 for...

PZ Cussons EA MD Sekar Ramamoorthy at a past event. The firm adapted to the pandemic in various ways, including establishing the world's first manufacturing plant for Carex hand sanitizer in Kenya. (Photo: Twitter)
BUSINESSECONOMY

How to Grow Manufacturing in Kenya: PZ Cussons MD on Business, Covid-19 and Vaccines

PZ Cussons East Africa has under its umbrella some of Kenya’s most well known personal and homecare brands – staples in many homes...

KenGen MD Rebecca Miano. International consultancy and drilling contracts represent a key part of the firm's diversification strategy.
BUSINESSECONOMY

KenGen Banks Ksh440 Million from Ethiopia Drilling Deal

The operations are a key part of the organization's diversification strategy - representing a shift away from reliance on revenue from generating and...

Former Nakumatt CEO Atul Shah. He offered the house in Lavington as security for a loan to Nakumatt from KCB in 2011.
BUSINESS

Ex-Nakumatt Boss Atul Shah Loses Lavington Mansion to Auctioneers

By the time the supermarket chain collapsed in January, it had racked up debts amounting to over Ksh30 billion - including Sh18 billion...

Safaricom Chief Financial Services Officer Sitoyo Lopokoiyit in a past briefing. He was confirmed as the new Managing Director at M-Pesa Africa.
BUSINESSCAREERS

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit: M-Pesa CEO Tasked With Continental Take-Over

M-Pesa Africa was established as a joint venture between Vodacom and Safaricom to accelerate expansion of the world's first and most successful mobile...