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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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The bill was informed by widespread complaints on the unregulated nature of many mobile loan services and the documented exploitative practices of some of the companies
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What New Mobile Loans Bill Means For You

The bill places digital lenders under the ambit of CBK much like commercial banks, saccos and micro-finance institutions.

World Marathon record holder and Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge is considered one of the world's most marketable athletes. [Photo/ Nike]
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Inside Kipchoge’s Multi-Million Dollar International Business

“Money is not important. I’m running to make history, but if you have a price, you can give me,” he once chided nosy...

Dhiren Chandaria. He and his brother Sachin Chandaria are set to sell their industrial and warehousing business Opal to a Mauritian firm.
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Chandarias Mint Ksh1.7 Billion from Sale of Mlolongo Industrial Plant

As part of the deal, Grit will own the structures and the 20-acre land Opal sits on, but will rent back the same...

Draped in the Kenyan flag, Faith Kipyegon soaks in the moment after winning Gold in the Women's 1500m race on August 6, 2021 at the Tokyo Olympic games. Many Kenyan-born athletes represent different countries for various reasons. [Photo/ @Olympics]
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Price of Allegiance: The Millions Kenyans Earn Representing Other Countries

In many cases, Kenyans who choose to compete for other countries retain connections to home, thanks to family ties and still training in...

FKF President Nick Mwendwa. . Each team participating in the BetKing FKF-PL was guaranteed a grant of Ksh8 million a year thanks to the title sponsorship signed in mid-2020.
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BetKing Ends Ksh1.2 Billion Kenyan Football Sponsorship as Woes Pile

The deal is yet to run for a complete season, and is terminated as a myriad of woes rock Kenyan football and its...

Kenya Power continues to grapple with a raft of challenges.
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Kenya Power MD Bernard Ngugi Resigns, Rosemary Oduor Takes Over in Acting Capacity

Kenya Power's Board of Directors appointed Bernard Ngugi as MD and CEO in October 2019, after key management figures were embroiled in corruption...

Former Nakumatt CEO Atul Shah. He offered the house in Lavington as security for a loan to Nakumatt from KCB in 2011.
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Auctioneers Eye Ksh30M for Atul Shah’s Lavington Mansion

Shah had attached a number of his personal properties to secure credit lines for Nakumatt. Offered as security in 2011, the Lavington home...

Gospel artist Eunice Njeri during a past live performance. In 2015, she opened up on how her music raked in as much as Ksh24 million a year from Safaricom's Skiza Tunes platform, although she accused third-party content providers of taking advantage of artists including herself with exploitative contracts.
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Skiza Tunes: Artists Dance to the Bank After Revenue Share Increase

Launched in 2009, the platform has over 9 million subscribers and allows Safaricom customers to set songs or customized messages to be played...