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This section offers a critical and insightful take on various issues in the news – economy, business, markets and politics.
Firms craft smart ways to survive NASA boycott
Every company wants to win more customers to be assured of its existence, but not to lose even a single customer and the three firms must work hard to maintain their loyalty
Convergence Partners acquires stake in ESET East Africa
The Pan-African ICT investor will now be involved in developing the opportunity for growth for ESET in numerous East African countries
UK magazine sorry for editing Lupita Nyong’o’s hair
Oscar award winning actress hit out at Grazia after it "edited out and smoothed" her hair to fit what she says is a Eurocentric view of beauty
Crazy deals up for grabs in Jumia Black Friday festival
Apart from electronics, phones, TVs and computers, Jumia will also avail cars, home, baby, health, beauty, travel and food products at sharply discounted prices on a daily basis
CapitalWorks buys Aon stakes in Sub-Sahara Africa
The transaction spans across 10 countries and regulatory approvals have thus far been obtained in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda and Zambia (SEE STORY BELOW)
Big companies fail the brand resilience test
According to Grayling research, even among these well-resourced international businesses, almost half had negative content on the first page of their Google search profiles
Rotich: Moody’s possible downgrade is ‘desk analysis’
Cabinet Secretary now says that the country only has a contract with Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Fitch to periodically gather data from the National Treasury
KCB Group posts Sh22.4b pre-tax profit
Kenya's largest lender, by assets, registers a 3.1 per cent growth in third quarter driven by non-interest income which was up 18.4% to Ksh 17.5 billion mainly as a result of growth in fees and commissions