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Safaricom widens mobile market lead over Airtel

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- Safaricom increased its share of Kenya's mobile subscriptions to 69.8 percent in the three months to June, widening its lead over Airtel, which gained ground in broadband and mobi... Read More


EAC regulators eye common insurance supervision rules

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- Insurance regulators from six East African countries are moving towards common supervision rules in a push to create a more harmonised insurance market and ease compliance for com... Read More


The CEO who swore by bow ties and bold decisions to stand out

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- Before answering, Donald Wangunyu pauses. His eyes shoot up to the left, searching the corners of his brain, looking for the right words. When he finds them, it's an avalanche, a ... Read More


Ruto's Sh42bn Bomas complex races against time

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- The government is in a race against time amid uncertainty whether the construction of the Sh42 billion Bomas International Convention Centre (BICC) will meet its completion target... Read More


Kenyan industrialist Vimal Shah, scorched by forex fraud, fights to recover hundreds of millions of shillings

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- When Bidco Africa chief executive Vimal Shah walked into a Nairobi courtroom last Monday, he was not there to discuss cooking oil, detergents or the manufacturing business that ha... Read More


Telco jobs rebound as industry expands digital services

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- Kenya's mobile network operators increased their workforce by 46 percent to 11,660 in the year to June 2026, reversing the previous year's decline as demand for digital services e... Read More


Nairobi plans Rwanda-style arena in sports, conferences race

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- Nairobi is set for a 10,000-seater indoor sports and entertainment arena as part of a $294.49 million (Sh38.14 billion) Railway City project in the race for major sporting, busine... Read More


Kenyan investors miss out on Dangote's Sh200bn IPO

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- Kenyan investors will miss out on Africa's biggest ever initial public offering (IPO) as Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery listing is restricted to its domestic market. Local invest... Read More


What Cadbury got right that Magadi didn't

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- In 1879, the Cadbury brothers, George and Richard, decided that the industrial smog of central Birmingham was simply no place to craft fine cocoa. Being devout Quakers with a deep... Read More


NSE reclaims Sh4trn valuation on Friday rally

Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) recouped some of its losses on Friday after large bank stocks rallied on the day to push investor wealth back to the Sh4 trillion level. Mar... Read More