Nairobi, April 4 -- Out of all the business films I've watched, Wall Street 2 has to be among my top 10. Superb acting, quotable one-liners, it's always a joy watching. Unnecessarily long though (logs... Read More
Nairobi, March 28 -- A 2023 International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper; spillovers to Emerging Markets from US economic News and Monetary Policy, had some interesting findings. That "economic new... Read More
Nairobi, March 22 -- It's roughly three months since the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning recently gazetted the Capital Markets (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2023... Read More
Nairobi, March 15 -- Borrowed: If God had given Moses a boombox and CDs to inspire the Jews on their exodus out of Egypt, the score would have been their anthem. Their rushed footsteps were in sync wi... Read More
Nairobi, March 8 -- Dark clouds loom over Kenya's financial sector following the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) decision to add the country to its so-called "grey list" of countries. The listing... Read More
Nairobi, March 1 -- Warren Buffett on Saturday released his annual letter to shareholders. As always, my custom has been to try to unpack any insights therein. This time, his remarks over the past yea... Read More
Nairobi, Feb. 23 -- Extreme see-saws in the shilling have cast a positive light on the need to expand our derivatives offering. The volatile nature of international capital flows exacerbated by our ru... Read More
Nairobi, Feb. 16 -- Nasir "Nas" Jones wears a lot of hats. He is a musician. He's an actor. He's also the owner of Mass Media Company. Yet, while his poetic prowess is legendary, Nas's business acumen... Read More
Nairobi, Feb. 9 -- The US dollar is having its best run in years. That's great news for Kenyans exporting overseas because a favourable exchange rate gives them more bang for the buck. It's not such g... Read More
Nairobi, Feb. 2 -- Sometime in 2016, a former Bank of England governor, warned Britain that it was reliant on the "kindness of strangers" to finance its current account deficit with the rest of the wo... Read More