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Kenyan crypto startups eye shift to Mauritius, South Africa on steep capital rules

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- Kenyan cryptocurrency startups mull relocating their businesses abroad, spooked by the newly set minimum capital requirements that founders say are beyond the reach of many early-s... Read More


Kenya sisal export earnings dip to five-year low on drought

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- Kenya's export earnings dipped to a five-year low in 2025, analysis shows. It was hurt by a biting drought across main producing areas, the strengthening of the dollar in key expor... Read More


The IT guru following his father's footsteps into coffee farming

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- When Daniel Njiru's salary doubled, he did not change his lifestyle. Instead, he started looking for a way to turn the extra income into an asset that could keep growing. In 2022,... Read More


Why big-engine car owners are turning to cheaper autogas

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- Kenyan motorists are opting to converting their petrol cars to using cheaper Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). The process involves installing a gas tank in the back of the car, and ... Read More


Judge declines to lift suspension of Tata Chemicals Magadi operations

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- The High Court has declined to lift the suspension of Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited's mining operations over a licensing and compliance dispute with the government. The court said... Read More


Future of banking lies in ecosystems, not institutions

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- For a long period of time, businesses have operated within clearly defined industry boundaries. Organisations continue to operate independently within their own sphere of influence... Read More


The unspoken rule of infrastructure downtime

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- The modern digital economy is built on an extraordinary promise. Whether paying a merchant, settling a supplier invoice, transferring funds to a family member or authenticating an ... Read More


The fairy tale vs reality: What if your business story is radically wrong?

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- "You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy" wrote Eric Hoffer. Why is it that we can never get enough of stories? Is the story we tell about what happened ... Read More


Reimagining Kenya's next development model

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- Kenya is entering its most consequential long-term policy transition since launch of Vision 2030 in 2008. President William Ruto's Special National Address of July 30, which initi... Read More


Naftal Nyabuto: Serial techpreneur's lessons on turning failure into fortunes

Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- Naftal Nyabuto's first step into entrepreneurship was not in technology but in fashion. In 2008, the trained computer scientist opened a retail clothing boutique, sourcing stock fr... Read More