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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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Whitman, a former HP and eBay CEO, has a net worth of over $4.8 Billion and was a major donor to Biden's Presidential campaign. [Photo/ Tech World]
BUSINESSTECHNOLOGY

Silicon Savannah: New US Ambassador Nominee’s Big Plans for Tech in Kenya

Meg Whitman, the billionaire tech executive nominated by Joe Biden as the new US Ambassador to Kenya, has revealed some of her plans...

The M-Pesa Visa Card as displayed on the M-Pesa app. It is a virtual card.
BUSINESSTECHNOLOGY

Safaricom’s New M-Pesa Visa Card: Everything You Should Know

Safaricom has introduced its much awaited virtual M-Pesa VISA card, allowing customers to make international payments for goods and services from their M-Pesa...

The Egypt-born startup, which is headquartered in Dubai, has been present in Kenya since 2019. [Photo/ Twitter]
BUSINESSMARKETS

SWVL Halts Services in Kenya Amid Cash Crunch

Mobility startup SWVL has announced the suspension of its intra-city and city-to-city passenger services in Kenya - SWVL Daily and SWVL Travel. SWVL...

Revelers at a past edition of the Koroga Festival. [Photo/ CGTN]
BUSINESS

Capital Takes Koroga to Safari Rally in Major Deal

Capital Group has inked a deal with the World Rally Championship (WRC) to host its famed music and food festival Koroga alongside this...

PrideInn Hotels Group Managing Director Hasnain Noorani (Centre) during the launch of the PrideInn Mara Camp. [Photo/ Capital]
BUSINESS

After Mara Launch, PrideInn Plots Major Expansion

Hotel group PrideInn is plotting further expansion after unveiling its new luxury camp in the Maasai Mara, Narok County last week. PrideInn Mara...

The now-suspended charge was expected to earn CDSC Ksh1.8 billion annually. [Photo/ News Alert]
FEATURED ARTICLE

CDSC Charges Suspended Amid Outcry

The Central Depository and Settlement Corporation Limited (CDSC) has announced the suspension of a newly introduced Ksh100 monthly account maintenance fee. The move...

SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri is eyeing the Kasarani MP seat in the upcoming General Elections. [Photo/ Twitter]
FEATURED ARTICLE

Karauri’s Fight for Billion-Dollar SportPesa Brand

SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri is battling to have Milestone Games, in which he owns a majority stake, allowed to continue using the SportPesa...

Former Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) Chairman Jimnah Mbaru is among those opposed to the fees. [Photo/ NMG]
FEATURED ARTICLE

Kenyan Investors Protest New Maintenance Fee

Investors are up in arms over the newly introduced monthly Ksh100 account maintenance fee by the Central Depository and Settlement Corporation Limited (CDSC)....