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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


Kenya should tax AI agents just as it does human employees

Nairobi, Oct. 13 -- Today in Business Talk, we continue our miniseries on businesses preparing for the artificial intelligence take-over of almost all office jobs within five years. It will not be lar... Read More


AI revolution's breakneck pace tests the future of work in Kenya

Nairobi, Oct. 6 -- Rush rush rush and if you blink, you might miss it. The world is rapidly changing right before our eyes. While the first industrial revolution from 1760 saw a global transition from... Read More


East Africa must future-proof its citizens against AI species

Nairobi, Sept. 22 -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) now represents a new species, albeit silicon-based, not biological-based. Last week's Business Talk article generated a lot of buzz and debate as we u... Read More


Rogue agents: Is AI becoming a new species?

Nairobi, Sept. 15 -- News headlines around the world this week scream alarmingly about the prospective need for regulations around slowing down the rate of development of artificial intelligence (AI).... Read More


When politicians invest in insurers, trust gap widens

Nairobi, Sept. 8 -- As we continue on our Business Talk expose of politically exposed firms within the financial services sector in Kenya, let us now switch from banking to the insurance industry. Do ... Read More


In Kenya, power protects banks, rarely borrowers

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- Last week in Business Talk, we commenced a multi-part series on financial services firms in Kenya with politically exposed people owning or controlling substantial shares in the co... Read More


Lessons for Kenya's financial sector from the 2008 crisis

Nairobi, Aug. 25 -- Looking back in time to the 2008 financial crash that rocked much of the Western world, especially countries like the US, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, and Ireland,... Read More


Agentic convergence: What is the value of AI if everyone has it?

Nairobi, Aug. 18 -- It seems like professionals across East Africa cannot make it through a single day without discussions mentioning artificial intelligence. AI has become nearly as ubiquitous in the... Read More


Why Kenyan executives excel globally, but struggle locally

Nairobi, Aug. 11 -- As Kenyans we proliferate as commensurate professionals. Go to any major global city and you are likely to find at least two types of Kenyan professionals: accountants and NGO lead... Read More