OPINION: Reflecting on COVID-19 learnings and angling for recovery

By Guest Writer,

By Joshua Oigara It has been an exceptionally tough year behind us. The COVID-​19 pandemic has triggered the strongest economic contraction in...

coronavirus , oigara

Global data centre market size poised to hit USD 200 billion by 2021

By Agencies,

Data centers are the heart of our online world. They store the data and increasingly they host the applications that we use to work, shop, bank, and e...

KEBS approves new system for testing lactose in milk

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has approved new analytical test methods for measuring levels of lactose in milk and milk products being sold in ...

KEBS , lactose , milk

Absa Bank Kenya pledges more support for SMEs

By Citizen Reporter,

Absa Bank Kenya Plc. on Wednesday celebrated its one-year anniversary in the market with a commitment to significantly invest towards transforming cus...

Absa Bank Kenya

M-Pesa solidifies position as strongest Superbrand despite COVID pandemic

By Citizen Reporter,

M-Pesa has been voted Kenya’s leading Superbrand, ahead of parent company Safaricom, which placed second. This further solidifies the platform’...

coronavirus , M-pesa , Superbrand

Rockefeller Foundation in Ksh.3.8B plan to boost COVID response in Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced an initial USD 34.95 million (Ksh.3.83billion) for COVID-19 response efforts in Africa. This is to ensure ...

coronavirus , Rockefeller Foundation , SHOFCO

PROFILE: Jane Mutinda, career coach pulling down barriers that hinder women from leadership

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange I first met Jane Mutinda in 2012. She was the Human Resource Manager as I signed my employment contract to join the British Broa...

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Uchumi revives Lang’ata hub in new market concept

By Kepha Muiruri,

Uchumi has injected life back to its Lang'ata hub under a new market concept allowing businesses to lease out spaces. The move is targeting farmers...

Uchumi supermarkets

Google announces Ksh.1 billion grant to support Kenya’s post COVID-19 recovery

By PSCU,

American technology giant Google has announced a Ksh.1 billion package to support Kenya's post COVID-19 recovery efforts. The announcement was made...

Google , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenya Power targets 55,000 SME customers with smart meters

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Power has rolled out a smart metering project that will benefit 55,000 customers in the Small and Medium Enterprise sector across the country. ...

KENYA POWER

Hope for SMEs as Kenyan banks renew risk appetite

By Kepha Muiruri,

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are set to profit from the greater issuance of credit by commercial banks in 2021 as the lenders expand their thre...

loans , smes

Absa Bank partners with four-vehicle dealers in new package for customers

By Citizen Reporter,

Absa Bank Kenya PLC has enhanced its vehicle asset financing proposition by extending the repayment period to six years or 72 months, the longest teno...

Absa Bank

Treasury unveils SME credit guarantee program

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury has unveiled the long awaited small and medium enterprises (SME) credit guarantee scheme signalling relief for struggling small-...

National Treaasury , SME credit guarantee scheme

93% of SMEs miss out on govt backed loan restructures

By Kepha Muiruri,

93 per cent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) or about nine out of every 10 businesses have reported missing out on loan restructures offered by ...

CBK , smes

Banks put on the spot for mimicking ‘rogue’ digital lenders

By Kepha Muiruri,

Commercial banks have been put on the spot for resembling digital lenders by saddling Kenyans with exorbitant mobile loans. This is as the traditio...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , fuliza , Kenya Bankers Association (KBA)

Stanbic Bank Kenya announces Ksh.3.6B profit after tax

By Citizen Reporter,

Stanbic Bank Kenya has announced a Ksh. 3.6 billion after-tax profit for the period ended September 30, 2020 underpinned by solid balance sheet growth...

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OPINION: From Survive to Thrive; working together for a better Africa

By Guest Writer,

By Chen Lei Technology is getting us through the pandemic, and technology can also drive our continent’s recovery in the post-pandemic era, w...

Free cash transfers take Ksh.6billion from Safaricom’s M-Pesa purse

By Kepha Muiruri,

The roll out of free mobile money transactions has punched a Ksh.6.1 billion revenue hole in Safaricom's M-Pesa service in six months to September 30....

coronavirus , free cash transfers , M-pesa , Safaricom

Safaricom launches Skiza mobile advertising platform to support SMEs reach customers

By Sponsored,

Safaricom has announced the launch of a new Skiza Advertising platform that aims to provide SMEs the opportunity to advertise their services. The n...

Safaricom , smes

Women in Business: Rose Mwebi fights to stay afloat amid COVID-19

By Dorcas Wangira,

Rose Mwebi, 42, steels herself everyday to keep her business ventures in Kenya's Kisii County afloat at the time of a global pandemic. She cannot a...

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