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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 Standard Chartered Bank Kenya outlet in Nairobi. The bank is counting on continued investment in digital channels to drive profitability amid the pandemic. [Photo/ File]
BUSINESS

Mobile Loans: StanChart Takes on Big Boys With New App

Unlike platforms such as NCBA-backed M-Shwari or KCB M-Pesa, Standard Chartered is pursuing a notably different strategy with its mobile credit facility -...

A woman in action at the Kirigiti range. The range is open to members of the National Gun Owners Association (NGAO) and their guests. [Photo/ NGAO-Kenya]
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Exclusive Club Where Gun Owners Meet, Compete in Kenya [PHOTOS]

The stunning range located in the middle of a Kiambu coffee farm is actually a rehabilitated quarry. Construction began in 2016. Now, it...

Tuskys Supermarket Westlands Square branch opened in 2018. The cash-strapped retailer has seen its network of stores shrink from over 60 to just 7. [Photo/ Tuskys]
BUSINESS

Why You Could Soon Open Your Own Tuskys Supermarket

The Competition Authority noted that the franchise arrangement could qualify for exemption from regulations banning restrictive trade practices by companies in the same...

Gina Din Kariuki. She left a well-paying job at Barclays Bank after 12 years to venture into entrepreneurship. [Photo/ Gina Din Corporate Communications]
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PR Queen Gina Din: How I Quit Lucrative Job to Build My Empire [VIDEO]

Most of her colleagues at Barclays spent most of their professional careers rising through the ranks at the bank. They were comfortable, she...

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa (Centre) pictured when the company launched 15 5G sites in March. The firm plans on expanding the network infrastructure to 250 by the end of 2021. [Photo/CGTN]
BUSINESSTECHNOLOGY

Banking on 5G, Safaricom Plots 235 New Sites by End of Year

Both Safaricom and their rivals Airtel, who have also been upgrading sites to 5G, are counting on prices of capable devices dropping significantly.

Blue Band Canola Oil and Mayonaisse on sale at a supermarket. They are among new product lines under the Blue Band brand introduced since 2020.
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Explained: Evolution of Blue Band That Has Kenyans Confused

The unit was profitable, but, interestingly, data showed that bread consumption (where Blue Band and food spreads shine) was on the decline in...

A Lipa na M-Pesa till number on display. A till is a special SIM card created for receiving payments from M-PESA. The SIM card has a unique number known as the till number. [Photo/ Majira Digital Media]
BUSINESSTECHNOLOGY

Exposed: Lipa na M-Pesa Trick Being Used to Con Businesses

It should be important to business owners to empower their workers with the ability to properly use digital tools available to them, to...

Amazon Web Worker, Public Likes and Live Auction are among the most well-known online scams to fleece Kenyans in recent years.
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Kenya’s Biggest Online Scams & How to Avoid Them

Soon enough, however, as they were blocked across all platforms by those who invited them to sign up and social media pages also...