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Investors bet on the next Kangundo Road property frontier

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- Masokani, an emerging settlement on Kangundo Road, is shaping up as the next property frontier in Nairobi's satellite town. When the BDLife recently visited, the transition was ha... Read More


New Zealand, US tourists biggest daily spenders in Kenya

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- Tourists from New Zealand, the US and Canada are the biggest daily spenders in Kenya, pointing to the tourism source points of high economic value to the country. A new survey by ... Read More


Inside a 500 species collector's garden

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- Lydia Kang'ethe grew up on a farm where her mother taught her to arrange flowers. "I think I picked up the art of flower arrangement from my mother," she says. "From when I was ab... Read More


Enjoyment dividend: The art of spending on joy in pursuit of wealth

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- Building wealth is often presented as a discipline of postponing gratification. Earn, save, invest, repeat. But as incomes grow and financial goals become more ambitious, another q... Read More


How revenue diversification strategies are shifting in Kenya's banking sector

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- Kenyan banks are broadening earnings beyond the traditional lending spread, but durable value depends on the quality, stability and customer relevance of each revenue stream. For ... Read More


Record Sh99bn September loans signal strong private sector credit growth

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- Commercial banks disbursed a record Sh99.4 billion loans in September, marking the highest monthly lending in at least five years and underlining the strong recovery of private sec... Read More


PhD graduates decrease 17pc on funding crunch

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- The number of PhD graduates fell 16.6 percent last year amid a crunch in research funding, which could worsen the faculty shortage of professors. New disclosures from the Commissi... Read More


The Netherlands' Embassy fails to block cook's labour suit on diplomatic immunity

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- The Netherlands' Embassy in Kenya has lost a bid to block a former cook from suing and claiming Sh2.7 million from the mission while citing diplomatic immunity. The ambassador of ... Read More


Record Sh99bn September bank loans signal strong private sector credit growth

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- Commercial banks disbursed a record Sh99.4 billion loans in September, marking the highest monthly lending in at least five years and underlining the strong recovery of private sec... Read More


China restrictions keep Sh45bn SGR fares idle

Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- A restrictive clause in the standard gauge railway (SGR) loan agreement has left Sh44.6 billion collected from passenger fares and freight charges sitting idle in several accounts ... Read More