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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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Samuel Kirubi returns to Nairobi to play a key role in the company's long-term growth strategy.
BUSINESSCAREERS

Equity Uganda MD Samuel Kirubi Promoted to Group COO

Kirubi has spent 21 years at Equity Group, taking on roles across operations, marketing, service and management. He started off as an intern...

KBC is counting on live sports to help drive growth - and this year secured rights to air the World Athletics Championships, Commonwealth Games and the FIFA World Cup among other sporting events. [Photo/ KBC]
BUSINESSSPORTS

KBC Readies for Multi-Million World Cup Windfall

The channel, which for the past two decades has struggled to keep up with private sector media houses, which have invested heavily in...

Anthony Ng'ang'a Mwaura pictured next to President William Ruto at a past function. The businessman, who primarily runs construction companies, is considered a close ally of Ruto. [Photo/ Twitter]
FEATURED STORY

Ex-UDA Official Named KRA Chairman Replacing Francis Muthaura

Ng'ang'a will take over from veteran public administrator Francis Muthaura. Muthaura's term as chair of the KRA board was in 2019 extended for...

Co-op Bank continued its digital transformation in line with industry trends in the period under review, shifting 94 percent of transactions away from brick-and-mortar banking halls. [Photo/ Co-op Bank]
BUSINESSECONOMY

Co-op Donates Ksh150M After Minting Ksh17B Net Profit in 9 Months

Co-operative Bank saw its net for profit for the nine months to September 2022 surge 47 percent to Ksh17 billion compared to Ksh11.6...

Gates has been in Kenya on a two-day trip with a raft of engagements scheduled, mostly focused on the programs backed by his foundation in Kenya and the region at large. [Photo/ @WilliamsRuto]
FEATURED STORY

Ruto, Bill Gates Cozy Up as Regional HQ Comes to Kenya

The announcement followed a meeting with President William Ruto, who spoke glowingly on the foundation's initiatives in areas including health, agriculture, innovation and...

Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka. The airline will operate a Boeing 737-800 for the Mombasa-Dubai direct flight. [Photo/ The Africa Report]
BUSINESSFEATURED STORY

You Can Fly Mombasa to Dubai Non-Stop This Christmas

KQ currently operates ten weekly flights to Dubai from Nairobi using a mix of B737-800 and the Dreamliner B787-800. For the Mombasa-Dubai trip,...

At the time of his exit from KCB, Joshua Oigara was Kenya’s second-highest paid executive with a monthly salary of Ksh22 million. [Photo/ KCB Group]
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Second Act: Joshua Oigara Takes Over at Stanbic Bank

The 47-year old Oigara will be taking from Mudiwa who spent five years at the helm of Stanbic, part of South Africa's Standard...

The Tokyo direct flights, if introduced, would also come as a boost to the limping national carrier Kenya Airways.
BUSINESSECONOMY

Direct Flights to Tokyo On The Cards as Kenya, Japan Cozy Up

You could soon fly direct to Tokyo from Nairobi after Japan and Kenya disclosed aspects of their plan to enhance ties between the...