With growth expected to come in around 6 per cent in 2017 and 2018, the World Bank has called Kenya ‘one of the bright spots in sub-Saharan Africa’. Sustained economic growth, increasing...
The first country in the region to set up a smart city, Konza Techno City, Kenya is way ahead in East Africa’s ICT development race. John Tanui, CEO of the Konza Technopolis Development Authority,...
Winner of the 2015 Global Financial Inclusion Award, Kenya Co-op Bank directly and indirectly impacts the lives of 20 million Kenyans, from MPs and high court judges to farmers and rural families. Having...
Looking beyond the balance sheet and focusing on building businesses, communities and partnerships for more than 120 years has made the top-rated Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) one of the EAC’s strongest...
Mombasa County’s government recently launched its ambitious urban development plan, Mombasa Vision 2035, to boost infrastructure, industry and investment in the county and transform it into a...
Kenya is undoubtedly the financial center of the East African Community (EAC), however as Cabinet Secretary at the National Treasury Henry Rotich explains, it aims to extend beyond the EAC’s borders...
The deep-rooted links between Kenya and the UK are gaining strength commercially thanks to efforts by the British Chamber of Commerce Kenya to connect businesses in both countries. The Chamber’s...
ICT regulators letting “innovation lead, and regulation follow” has created a dynamic telecom sector in Kenya and enabled operators to advance and flourish. Bob Collymore, CEO of Safaricom,...
Banking the ‘unbankable’ has led Equity Bank to become home to more than 50% of all bank accounts in Kenya, and have a $5 billion balance sheet piquing the attentions of investors worldwide....
The dramatic transformation in how sub-Saharan Africans live and work is creating huge potential for the expanding insurance market. Jadiah Mwarania, Managing Director of Kenya Reinsurance Corporation...
As East Africa’s financial services hub, Kenya is a strategic dual listing gateway to not only East African capital markets but also as a strategic ‘jump-off’ point into the rest of...
Naushad Merali is the chief architect of the astonishing success that is the Sameer Group today – his vision and unfailingly astute business sense has helped build the largest economic force in...
