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How Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Forced Ruto’s Hand
Ecommerce and cloud services giant Amazon's strong stance against Kenya's requirement of 30% local ownership of foreign ICT licensees helped force the government's...
BUSINESS TODAY2 Mins read
Newly Divorced Billionaires: Bill Gates Joins Jeff Bezos, Kanye West in Singles Club
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on Monday, April 3 announced the end of his 27-year marriage with Melinda Gates, with whom he...
BT Correspondent2 Mins read
Fintech StartUp Raises Sh3.2bn From Jeff Bezos Backed Fund
African fintech start-up Chipper Cash has secured a Ksh3.2 Billion ($30 Million) Series B funding round led by Ribbit Capital with participation of...
BT Reporter1 Mins read
Why Kenyan Entrepreneurs Should Write Their Stories
As one who teaches entrepreneurship, I find it difficult to find systematic reliable records of local entrepreneurs to use as case studies. Teaching...
DR KEVIN WACHIRA1 Mins read
World’s third richest woman donates half of her fortune to charity
Mackenzie Bezos, who became the third-richest woman in the world after finalizing terms of her divorce with her soon-to-be ex-husband Amazon CEO Jeff...
Brenda Gamonde1 Mins read
Tech guru buys Time Magazine for Sh19 billion
Time Magazine, the American weekly news magazine famously known for its annual 'Person of the Year', will have new owners come mid-October. The...
Mike Njoroge2 Mins read
World’s richest man now worth Sh16.7 trillion after Amazon milestone
For a brief moment on Tuesday September 4, a second US company joined Apple in the trillion dollar club. Amazon share prices shot...
Mike Njoroge2 Mins read
World’s richest lose $114b in US market rout
A plunge in U.S. stocks Monday cut the fortunes of the world’s 500 richest people by $114 billion as the optimism over tax...
BLOOMBERG1 Mins read
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – briefly – becomes world’s richest man
Bezos leapfrogged Gates, who has been the richest man on the planet since 2013, after a rise in the share price of Amazon ahead...
BUSINESS TODAY3 Mins read
