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Death of goodwill: Why Sh12m shops in Nairobi's prime streets remain vacant

Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- A few years ago, securing a shop in Nairobi's central business district (CBD) was akin to striking gold. A prime location meant steady foot traffic, visibility, and the potential f... Read More


Kenya's trade deficit widens as the gap between imports and exports grows after two-year decline

Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- The gap between Kenya's imports and exports widened and reversed a two-year fall as rising overseas shipments outpaced sales of tea, flowers and vegetables to foreigners. Data fro... Read More


Kenya offers to buyback Sh64 billion Eurobonds

Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- Kenya is offering a price premium of up to 5.5 percent to buy back up to half a billion dollars (Sh64.5 billion) of its existing two Eurobonds in efforts to ease financing pressure... Read More


Kenya's trade deficit widens two-year decline as overseas shipments surge

Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- The gap between Kenya's imports and exports widened and reversed a two-year fall as rising overseas shipments outpaced sales of tea, flowers and vegetables to foreigners. Data fro... Read More


Education paradox facing African founders

Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- "Wisdom is not sold in the marketplace; it is earned in the field." Africa is now producing more graduates than at any time in its history. Degrees, MBAs, professional certificati... Read More


Kenya's sand boom needs smarter, community-led regulation

Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- The sun is rising in Kenya's Kajiado county, just outside Nairobi, and a truck is rumbling over dusty ground towards a riverbank. Young men guide the driver to a parking spot and t... Read More


Court sanctions bank to recover Sh864 million from Buzeki

Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- The High Court has backed a bid by I&M Bank to recover Sh864.7 million from Buzeki Enterprises Limited, a logistics company associated with businessman and politician Zedekiah Kipr... Read More


How CEOs respond to external activists, community pressures

Nairobi, Feb. 17 -- A new global study by Francois Neville, Alessandra Rizzi, and Jeffrey Lovelace, that is taking organisational behaviourists by storm in the past week, provides great insight into h... Read More


Is Kenya's Singapore dream within reach given current realities?

Nairobi, Feb. 17 -- The name Lee Kuan Yew may not be instantly recognisable to many, yet for more than half a century he was one of the most influential figures on the global stage. He served as the ... Read More


Commercialising smallholder farming

Nairobi, Feb. 17 -- Meaningfully increasing rural incomes means, at least in part, commercialisation of small holder agriculture. Value addition of agricultural produce, tourism and the digital econom... Read More