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When ownership changes, boards must adapt

Nairobi, Aug. 11 -- Something significant has been happening around East Africa's established businesses. Regional and international groups have been acquiring controlling interests or increasing subs... Read More


Why Kenya's AI ambitions will fail if we ignore customer experience

Nairobi, Aug. 11 -- Kenya is embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) at remarkable speed. Banks are rolling out AI-powered assistants, telecommunications companies are automating customer support, reta... Read More


How networks of small firms could drive our next industrial revolution

Nairobi, Aug. 11 -- Kenya has no shortage of engineering ingenuity. Across the country, small enterprises fabricate metal products, repair machinery, install renewable-energy systems, build constructi... Read More


Making sense of Kenya-China trade discrepancy

Nairobi, Aug. 11 -- Recent media reports indicated that goods worth approximately Sh629 billion exported from China to Kenya do not appear in Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) import records thereby under... Read More


Kenya taps Sh220bn loans to pay salaries and debts

Nairobi, Aug. 11 -- The Treasury borrowed Sh207.7 billion to pay salaries, debt repayments and other recurrent expenditure in the year ended June, in continued breach of the public finance management ... Read More


Proposed law targets trusts in war against dirty money

Nairobi, Aug. 11 -- Kenya is betting on a public register of people who ultimately own or control trusts to help stem the flow of illicit money and boost its chances of exiting the global money launde... Read More


Taxpayers face higher threshold in KRA tax disputes

Nairobi, Aug. 10 -- Taxpayers challenging the tax assessment against them by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) now face a higher threshold after the High Court placed the burden on them of ensuring in... Read More


Sh64bn edible palm oil probe stalls as witnesses stay away

Nairobi, Aug. 10 -- Parliamentary investigations into the possible loss of Sh64 billion through misdeclared imports of edible palm oil has stalled after the National Assembly Committee on Finance and ... Read More


Africa should invest in narrative capital

Nairobi, Aug. 10 -- When China Media Group (CMG) Africa hosted the sixth season of "The Bond" on July 28, many saw a cultural event built around films and TV. What they may not have seen is something ... Read More


Beyond national plan promises: How African economies can actually grow

Nairobi, Aug. 10 -- Every year, Africans are told their economies are growing. Governments announce industrial parks, roads, digital hubs and investment deals. National plans promise manufacturing, va... Read More