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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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COTU, led by Francis Atwoli, was pushing for a 23.4% increase in the minimum wage. [Photo/ NairobiReview]
BUSINESSECONOMY

Kenyans Miss Out on 23.4% Pay Rise as Employers Reject Atwoli Push

Employers in Kenya have rejected a push by trade unions to effect an increase in wages this year. The talks involved the Federation...

Jack Ngare was in August 2019 appointed by Microsoft as the managing director of the Africa Development Centre (ADC). [Photo/ Microsoft]
BUSINESSTECHNOLOGY

Microsoft ADC Boss Jack Ngare Leaves Firm After Big Launch

Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) Managing Director Jack Ngare on Monday, April 25 announced his exit from the company. He joined Microsoft ADC...

The insurance company has in the past year been dogged by consumer complaints, regulatory woes and boardroom wrangles over ownership.
FEATURED ARTICLE

Xplico Insurance Faces Collapse Weeks After Resolution

A creditor of Xplico Insurance has moved to court seeking to have the firm wound up. Dorice Mwaka Mwakwekwe filed the petition on...

Jimmi Gathu in a scene from the show Kina. He is a celebrated media personality and actor in Kenya. [Photo/ Showmax]
CAREERSMEDIAPERSON OF INTEREST

Jimmi Gathu on Job Loss: Friends Mocked and Deserted Me

Legendary media personality Jimmi Gathu in March made a highly anticipated comeback to the limelight. The celebrated presenter and actor was unveiled as...

Radio is the most accessible broadcast media for a vast majority of Kenyans across the country. [Photo/ Arc]
BUSINESS

Kenyan Radio Angers the People – Where Stations Lost the Plot

Gambling promotions and the same old tropes are fueling disaffection towards one of Kenya's largest media sub-sectors - Radio. Radio is by far...

It isn't Polycarp Igathe's first rodeo, although he has always looked more at home in the boardroom than in the political arena. [Photo/ TheCounties]
ELECTION WATCHPERSON OF INTEREST

Igathe: Corporate Maverick Goes for the City

Equity Group's Chief Commercial Officer Polycarp Igathe was on Friday, April 22 named as the Azimio la Umoja coalition candidate for Governor of...

Former President Mwai Kibaki. [Photo/ NMG)
FEATURED ARTICLE

Mwai Kibaki is Dead – Remembering Kenya’s 3rd President

Former President Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki is dead at 90. President Uhuru Kenyatta made the announcement on Friday, April 22. Kibaki served for...

Lawrence Omuhaka, CAS, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives during the launch of Kenchic animal welfare and food safety commitments and practices on April 21, 2022.
FEATURED ARTICLE

Animal Welfare: Kenchic Commits to ‘Happy, Healthy Chicken’

Kenchic Ltd. on Thursday, April 21 launched its commitment to animal welfare and food safety, through a number of policy and guideline documents...