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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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The Spotify logo seen on a mobile device. The firm is set to expand into new markets including Kenya.
BUSINESSMARKETSTECHNOLOGY

Spotify is Finally Coming to Kenya, Here’s What You Can Expect

Many Kenyans already use Spotify, but are forced to sneakily do so using VPNs as the service is not available in the region....

A Silverstone Air plane on the runway
BUSINESSSMART MONEY

After Safety Blunders, Silverstone Air Changes Name in Rebranding Exercise

In October 2019, the low-cost carrier was in the headlines when one of its planes skid off the runway at Wilson Airport injuring...

The now famous images of UK SAS officer Chris Craighead at the Dusit D2 complex during a terror attack in 2019
PEOPLE

Dusit Hero Turns Villain as New Book Angers Kenyans

Kenyans complained over the seeming erasure of the role of Kenyan security forces and local heroes such as Inayat Kassam; the licensed fire-arm...

A Java outlet in Nairobi. The coffee chain has appointed Kuku East Africa Holdings MD Derrick Van Houten as its new CEO.
BUSINESSCAREERSSMART MONEY

Going Continental: Java Taps Ex-KFC Boss as CEO, to Lead Expansion

Cities eyed for new locations include Accra (Ghana), Lusaka (Zambia) and Lagos (Nigeria). Java already operates in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Locally, Java...

Lyft nicotine pouches. The pouches were banned in October 2020.
BUSINESSMARKETS

Why Lyft Nicotine Pouches Could Soon Make a Comeback in Kenya

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe had in October 2020 declared the registration of nicotine pouches including BAT's Lyft brand illegal. The move followed...

Former WPP-Scangroup CEO Bharat Thakrar
BUSINESSMARKETSSTOCKS

WPP-Scangroup CEO Bharat Thakar Suspended, Investigation Launched

Bharat Thakrar has over thirty six years in advertising and communication. He is considered a pioneering figure for the country's lucrative marketing industry....

The NHIF building in Upperhill, Nairobi
ECONOMY

NHIF: All Households to Fork Out Ksh6,000 for Mandatory New Cover

The ObamaCare model it borrows from has been a thorny issue in the United States, facing criticism from many leaders even as others...

Terminal 1A at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.
ECONOMY

Airlines, Hotels Biggest Losers as International Arrivals Drop 71.5%

Most affected were players in the tourism, travel and hospitality industries who lost out on billions of shillings in revenue. Widespread job cuts,...