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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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SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri (second left) and SportPesa chairman Paul Ndung’u (second right) in Southampton on July 27, 2016 when they unveiled a partnership with Southampton FC. Between 2014 and 2018, the firm’s cumulative revenues stood at Ksh228.4 billion. [Photo/ Sportpesa]
FEATURED ARTICLE

Paul Ndung’u: How Kenyatta Family Grabbed SportPesa

Kenyan businessman and former SportPesa Chairman Paul Ndung'u has called out former President Uhuru Kenyatta and members of his family, whom he accuses...

Gina Din Kariuki has been recently promoting her autobiography, Daughter of Africa, which chronicles her life and moments from her award-winning career. [Photo/ Shaping African Conversations]
BUSINESSCAREERS

Gina Din Lands Top Continental PR Job

Veteran PR guru Gina Din-Kariuki has been named as the new chair of Brand Leadership Group, a Pan-African marketing firm headquartered in South...

A past Telkom Kenya event. The State is believed to have exercised its pre-emptive rights to purchase the stake after Helios indicated its exit. [Photo/ Telkom Kenya]
BUSINESSECONOMY

Govt Spends Ksh6B to Fully Own Telkom Kenya

The National Treasury has acquired a 60 percent stake in Telkom Kenya from UK Private Equity fund Helios Investment Partners. Earlier in 2022,...

has been under pressure in recent times to boost data privacy. [Photo/ Tech Arena]
BUSINESSTECHNOLOGY

Protecting Your Data: Unsolicited Promotional Messages on Safaricom & How to Block Them

Many Kenyans find themselves frustrated by a deluge of unsolicited promotional text messages which flood their phone's inboxes everyday. They range from entertainment,...

In a TV interview, Gachagua claimed that powerful individuals had taken control of forex flow through commercial banks and that the CBK had inadequate forex reserves. He has previously led the President William Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza chorus on state capture, including against banking interests associated with the family of former President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Photo/ @Rigathi]
BUSINESSECONOMY

CBK Reacts to Gachagua’s Market-Shaking ‘No Forex Reserves’ Comment

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) was forced to issue a statement around half an hour past midnight on Monday, October 3, after...

Judge Anthony Mrima (pictured) was ruling in a petition filed by one Victor Buoga. [Photo/ NMG]
BUSINESSECONOMY

High Court Scraps Degree Requirement for Governors

The High Court on Friday, September 30 declared the requirement for Gubernatorial candidates to have a degree as unconstitutional. The ruling will take...

The  station's planned launch will coincide with the launch of the 2022 Taxpayers' Month - an annual event meant to celebrate compliant taxpayers. [Photo/ RAG]
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KRA TV: Taxman Launches TV Station

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced plans to launch its own web-based TV station. Known as KRA TV, the station is set...

The team will be tasked with implementation of Ruto's 'Bottom Up' economics among other campaign commitments. [Photo/ BT Edit]
BUSINESSECONOMY

The Money Men: 7 Cabinet Secretaries to Watch in Ruto’s Administration

President William Ruto on Tuesday, September 27 nominated his cabinet. The team will be tasked with implementation of Ruto's 'Bottom Up' economics among...