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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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Wasoko was valued at $625 million after closing a $125 million Series B round in March 2022. [Photo/ Wasoko]
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Wasoko CEO Moves to Zanzibar from Kenya With Developers

Update (9/1/2022): Wasoko told Business Today that while their CEO Daniel Yu and the majority of their technology team was relocating to Zanzibar,...

Hospitals are questioning why they are being asked by NHIF to quote Ksh1,000 per year per beneficiary in their invoices instead of the agreed upon Ksh1,400. [Photo/ Langata Link Essentials]
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Why Your Preferred Hospital Could Soon Decline NHIF

At least 660 hospitals in Kenya may walk away from the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) over a raft of complaints. The facilities...

With third-party agents and platforms out of the picture, all customers will only henceforth be able to either pay their bills or purchase tokens via official Kenya Power payment channels only. [Photo/ Facebook]
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Kenya Power Shuts Down Token Agents, Unauthorized Paybills

State-owned power utility Kenya Power is locking out third-party agents as it looks to centralize revenue collection. The company on Tuesday, August 30...

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and his deputy Njoroge Muchiri when they addressed county workers at City Hall on August 29, 2022. [Photo/ @SakajaJohnson]
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Blunder or Masterstroke? Sakaja Dumps KRA for ‘Kanjo’ Revenue Collection

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has sparked a debate after announcing that collection of revenue by the county will revert to the Nairobi City...

Johnson Sakaja's promises on the campaign trail were in line with UDA's 'Hustler Nation' campaign messaging. [Photo/ @JohnsonSakaja]
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Joy for Boda Bodas as Sakaja Frees All Impounded Motorbikes

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has ordered for the release of all motorbikes impounded by the Nairobi City County (NCC). Sakaja and his deputy,...

President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP William Ruto, now President-elect, pictured on a billboard outside Jubilee headquarters before their fall-out in 2018. [Photo/ Radio Africa Group]
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Jubilee HQ Goes Under Auctioneer’s Hammer

The building in Pangani, Nairobi that serves as the headquarters of the ruling Jubilee Party is set for auction. The property has been...

In 2021, Standard Chartered Kenya paid a record dividend of Ksh7.1 billion or Ksh14 per share. Net profit for the year had risen 62 per cent to Ksh9.04 billion.
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Moi Family Moves StanChart Stake as Empire Shake-up Continues

The Moi Family has transferred some of its shares in Standard Chartered Bank Kenya in what is believed to be part of the...

The board, however, did not recommend the payment of an interim dividend for the period. [Photo/ NMG]
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Co-op Bank Half-Year Profit Surges 55% to Ksh11.5 Billion

Co-operative Bank on Thursday, August 25 published its results for the six months ended June 30. The bank saw its half-year net profit...