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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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A beta version of Google's Task Mate app was launched in Kenya after a year-long experiment in the country. [Photo/ Task Mate]
BUSINESSSMART MONEY

A Smart Way to Earn: Google’s Task Mate App Launched in Kenya

Google this week launched a beta version of its Task Mate app in Kenya. Task Mate is a crowdsourcing app that allows users...

Miraa consumers. A section of Nairobi MCAs want deliberate interventions to support the trade of Miraa in Nairobi. [Photo/ The Washington Post]
BUSINESSELECTION WATCH

Nairobi MCAs Follow Joho’s Lead, Want Miraa Taxes Scrapped

A group comprised of several members of the Nairobi County Assembly is calling for various interventions to support the trade of Miraa (Khat)...

The moratorium on CRB listing will be in place until September 2022. [Photo: Dennis Onsongo/NMG]
BUSINESS

Uhuru’s CRB Directive: What it Means for Your Loans

President Uhuru Kenyatta during Mashujaa Day celebrations at Wang'uru Stadium in Mwea, Kirinyaga County announced various government interventions aimed at accelerating economic growth...

Eddie Ndichu (right), the co-Founder & CEO of Wapi Pay, with co-founder, Paul Ndichu. They were captured on camera in an altercation with women at Ole Sereni, with one of them even seen attempting to break off a car side-mirror. [Photo/ courtesy]
BUSINESS

Investors Pull Out of Ndichu Twins’ Fintech Over Assault Video

The fall-out from a viral video showing the Ndichu twins, co-founders of Wapi Pay, in an altercation at Ole Sereni has seen one...

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho. He was among leaders who accompanied Raila Odinga on his tour of Meru County on October 18, 2021.
BUSINESS

Joho Charms Meru After Stopping Taxation of Miraa Transporters in Mombasa

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho stole the show during Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga's tour of Meru County on Monday, October...

President Uhuru Kenyatta during a meeting with Kirinya ga County leaders at Sagana State Lodge, Nyeri on October 18. Mashujaa Day celebrations are set for Kirinyaga this year. [Photo/ @StateHouseKenya]
ELECTION WATCH

Uhuru to Lift Curfew “Soon”, Promises More Goodies

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday, October 18 sought to calm growing public frustration over the nationwide curfew as he promised that it would...

President Uhuru Kenyatta pictured with Devki Group Founder and CEO Narendra Raval. The state has reportedly been considering raising import duties on clinker. [Photo/ NMG]
BUSINESSECONOMY

Cement Billionaires Gang Up Against Narendra Raval Over Plan to Take Over

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has advised State House not to implement proposals by Devki Group, billionaire industrialist Narendra Raval's firm, that...

Former Vision 2030 boss Mugo Kibati, a seasoned corporate executive, was appointed Telkom CEO in November 2018. [Photo/ File]
BUSINESS

Court Date for Mugo Kibati Over Ksh14B Land Deal

Telkom Kenya Chief Executive Mugo Kibati is among senior Telkom executives facing prosecution over the controversial sale of a land parcel along Ngong'...