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Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa pictured in a meeting with Uasin Gishu CEO Jonathan Bii on January 24, 2023. [Photo/ RAG]
BUSINESSECONOMY

My County App: Counties, Safaricom Team Up to Digitize Services

The company has notably been ramping up its engagement with county governments in recent months. This year, Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa has on...

Weru will be in charge of Nairobi County's events and branding, including the Nairobi Festival. [Photo/ Pool]
BUSINESSCAREERSECONOMY

Shaffie Weru Lands New Job in Sakaja’s Administration

Weru was infamously let go by Radio Africa Group in 2020, after a storm that saw him accused of misogyny over comments he...

Joseph Kinyua served in four successive administrations. [Photo/ RMS]
BUSINESSCAREERSECONOMYLEADERSHIP

Joseph Kinyua: Meet ‘Incorruptible’ Civil Servant Turned KCB Chairman

Joseph Kinyua, the long-serving senior civil servant who only left public service in October last year, after four decades, has been confirmed as...

In a forensic audit report ordered by the CBK, the regulator had highlighted fraudulent loans issued by Imperial Bank and the misrepresentation of its financial statements.
BUSINESSECONOMY

8 Years Later, Imperial Bank Depositors Get Their Money Back

As of 2021, around 4,300 depositors, or eight percent of Imperial Bank depositors, were yet to get their money back in full. 45,700...

BUSINESSECONOMYTECHNOLOGY

4 New Goodies for Startups, Investors – Ruto Unveils

Speaking at the American Chamber of Commerce Regional Business Summit hosted in Nairobi on Thursday, March 30, the President reiterated the need to...

Microsoft opened the ADC facility in Nairobi in March 2022. [Photo/ Microsoft]
BUSINESSECONOMYTECHNOLOGY

Layoffs Hit Kenya’s Tech Sector

Over the past two weeks, a number of individuals at the Microsoft African Development Centre (ADC) in Nairobi have been notified of the...

BUSINESSCRYPTOCURRENCYECONOMYFEATURED STORY

Crypto Taxes in New Bill: What Kenyan Holders Should Know

Mosop Member of Parliament Abraham Kipsang Kirwa has introduced a new bill that could redefine the cryptocurrency landscape in Kenya.

Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka (Centre_.
BUSINESSECONOMY

10 Years of Losses: Kenya Airways Records Ksh38B Loss in 2022

For the financial year ended December 2022, Kenya Airways' loss more than doubled to hit Ksh38.26 billion from Ksh15.87 billion the previous year....

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