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The CEO who kept a promise he made at five

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- A red Datsun 120Y, year of manufacture 1973. Registration KDV 780. Charming it was, but fast it was not. It was the kind of car most of the established men those days had owned on ... Read More


Bank of Baroda, borrower fight for control of industrial park

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- A long-running dispute between Bank of Baroda (Kenya) and Infinity Industrial Park has escalated into a legal battle over the control of a multi-billion shilling industrial project... Read More


Kenya Airways first pilot CEO flies away with unfulfilled dreams

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- George Kamal was not prepared to lead Kenya Airways (KQ), even on an interim basis. But when the call came on December 15 last year to take over from Allan Kilavuka, he accepted it... Read More


Kenya cuts thermal power usage to avert steep electricity prices

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Kenya has reduced expensive thermal power on the national grid to avoid burdening consumers with steep electricity prices even as fears deepen over Kenya Power's ability to meet a ... Read More


Bitter Tata-government fights scuttle Sh3.6bn Magadi expansion

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- A bitter dispute between Tata Chemicals Magadi Ltd and the Kenyan government has put a Sh3.62 billion expansion of the soda ash plant in doubt, threatening an investment that aimed... Read More


Kenya eyes Sh400bn investor deals as jobs pressure mounts

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Kenya has raised its investment target by more than 80 percent, citing more aggressive campaigns to court investors to bring in capital to start and expand businesses in a bid to c... Read More


Puzzle of Airtel's licence status as CA issues new notice

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Questions have emerged over the status of Airtel Kenya's licence a month after the telecoms operator said it had received a 25-year permit, with new disclosures by the regulator sh... Read More


When county laws catch telephone farmers

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- In case you're new to this column, when I'm not nitpicking about corporate governance, I wail and gnash my teeth over my sheep farm. As I have written here many times before: if yo... Read More


Why more women are being diagnosed with stroke

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- One afternoon in September 2022, Hellen Wahonya and her husband, Sam Okello, had just returned from a meeting when she suddenly blacked out. In her book, My Stroke Attack, publish... Read More


How recruiters are catching job seekers cheating with AI

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- The rise of AI-generated CVs, fake portfolios, real-time interview assistants and deepfake identities is making employers extra keen to verify that the person on the screen is the ... Read More