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She quit a 30-year banking career to make leather bags

Nairobi, Oct. 21 -- Doris Wanjiku was tired of handbags that cracked and lost their shape within months. So she designed one built to last and ended up trading a banking career for a leather business.... Read More


Kenyan start-ups build AI powered tourism ventures

Nairobi, Oct. 21 -- George Ralak and his friends had looked forward to touring Watamu for the longest time. They had made the plans and saved the money. Only on arrival did the question catch up with ... Read More


Inside the business making champions out goats

Nairobi, Oct. 21 -- In Kisumu, Musa Juma has turned a single buck valued Sh110,000 into the anchor of a dairy goat enterprise that earns from two streams: premium breeding stock and goat milk. Mr Jum... Read More


Electronic waste now an unlikely source of industrial wealth, says report

Nairobi, Oct. 21 -- Discarded mobile phones, chargers, computers and household appliances are becoming an unlikely source of industrial wealth in Kenya, where the metals embedded in electronic waste w... Read More


Kenya's fish earnings jump 39pc on bigger production

Nairobi, Oct. 21 -- The value of fish produced in Kenya jumped 38.53 percent to Sh54.86 billion in 2025, rising from Sh39.62 billion the previous year, lifted by higher production. Fresh data by the ... Read More


How a farmer breeds Saanen goats that fetch Sh110,000 each

Nairobi, Oct. 21 -- In Kisumu, Musa Juma has turned a single buck valued Sh110,000 into the anchor of a dairy goat enterprise that earns from two streams: premium breeding stock and goat milk. Mr Jum... Read More


How to tell effort from effectiveness and reward each

Nairobi, Oct. 20 -- Managers love hard workers. Employers across East Africa routinely praise those employees who they see arriving early, leave the office later than others, responds to emails at al... Read More


Vodacom to keep 55pc Safaricom stake as court hears appeal

Nairobi, Oct. 20 -- South Africa's Vodacom Group says it will retain its controlling 55 percent stake in Safaricom as an appeal of a High Court judgement nullifying its acquisition of an extra 20 perc... Read More


NCBA shares suspended for 9 days as Nedbank takes control

Nairobi, Oct. 20 -- The shares of NCBA Group will be suspended from trading for nine days starting Wednesday to facilitate the transfer of a 66 percent stake in the Kenyan bank to South Africa's Nedba... Read More


Judge quits Sh18bn dispute between KBC pension scheme and lawyer

Nairobi, Oct. 20 -- An Employment and Labour Relations Court judge, Hellen Wasilwa, has stepped aside from a Sh18.4 billion dispute between the Board of Trustees of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation ... Read More