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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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Suspended WPP-Scangroup CEO Bharat Thakrar. He has tendered his resignation at the firm under a cloud of allegations.
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Bharat Thakrar Resigns as WPP Scangroup CEO Under Cloud of Allegations, Suspension

Thakrar, who founded the company and remains the largest individual shareholder , also resigned as a director of the company's subsidiaries and its...

Centum Chief Executive James Mworia
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Centum Issues Profit Warning, Eyes Ksh10B Real Estate Cash

The firm expects net earnings to be at least 25 per cent lower than that reported in the last full financial year. In...

Safaricom has been named Kenya's top taxpayer in the Large Taxpayer Category for the 13th year in a row.
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Safaricom Crowned Kenya’s Top Taxpayer After Forking Out Ksh98B in 2020

In FY20, Safaricom paid Kes98 billion in duties and taxes, in addition to Kes20 billion in dividends to the Government of Kenya. Over the...

A man walks by an M-Pesa agent outlet in Nairobi. Calls are growing for M-Pesa agents to be recognized as Safaricom employees.
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Inspired by Uber Drivers, M-Pesa Agents Want Perks & Recognition as Safaricom Employees

Forced to review its relationship with over 70,000 drivers in the UK, Uber announced on Tuesday March 16 that its drivers in the...

Sameer Business Park along Mombasa Road.
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Eveready Taps Sameer Executive as Acting Managing Director

Masaki joins the loss-making battery manufacturer from Sameer Group, where he was the Finance Manager. He will perform as Acting MD pending the...

Newspapers displayed at a stand in Kenya. Auctioneers have flooded local dailies with loan defaults on the rise.
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Auctioneers’ Desperate Search for Buyers in Newspapers Reveals Kenyans’ Struggles

A keen look at the auction notices tells a deeper story. Auctioneers are struggling to find buyers leaving them stuck with re-possessed properties,...

Lancet Kenya CEO Dr Ahmed Keli. He set up Lancet Kenya in 2009 as a founding Partner - an offshoot of Lancet Laboratories South Africa.
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Irreplaceable CEO? Lancet Appoints 3 People to Take Over from Kalebi

Kalebi's official title was Group Managing Director, CEO and Chief Consultant Pathologist - highlighting the different roles he took on at the organization....

Radio Citizen Managing Editor Robin Njogu (right) during a birthday party in 2017. He passed away while receiving treatment at Aga Khan Hospital.
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Radio Citizen Mourns Loss of Robin Njogu to Covid-19

The celebrated journalist passed away at the Aga Khan Hospital, succumbing to Covid-19. He was well respected and loved in media circles, known...