The tourism sector has lauded the arrival of the inaugural TAAG Angola Airlines direct flight from Luanda to Nairobi as a great opportunity for the destination to grow trade and tourism between the two regions, further opening up the country to the larger Southern Africa market. The flight, which was received yesterday at the Jomo…
Landlords of the Qwetu and Qejani brands of hostels or purpose-built student accommodation (PBSAs) have more reason to smile after signing more partnerships that have stabilized rents. Latest regulatory filings show that Acorn, the developer and manager of the Qwetu and Qejani PBSAs, signed more partnerships in the first six months of 2025, which boosted…
In a quiet village on the outskirts of Karatina, Nyeri County, Ndima Kanini Academy is proving that education and sustainability can go hand in hand. Long celebrated for its strong academic record, the school is now drawing attention for its bold embrace of clean energy solutions through KCB Bank’s Clean Energy Schools Project. With over…
State House, led by President William Ruto, who has big dreams of turning Kenya into Singapore, has come under sharp scrutiny after a new report by the Controller of Budget (CoB) flagged massive withdrawals amounting to Sh3.6 billion in just 42 days for travel, hospitality, fuel, and vehicle maintenance. The revelations, contained in the CoB’s…
Today’s headlines are screaming. Raila Odinga saves Johnson Sakaja from being impeached. And this has kept me thinking: Is Raila Odinga the enabler of bad and corrupt governance in Kenya? What if Baba has been hiding in plain sight when all along he is one of the problems we should fix? Let us face it. Raila…
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has given unemployed teachers across the country until Monday, September 9, 2025, to submit their applications for the recently announced 24,000 internship positions in junior schools. TSC officially advertised the vacancies on August 24, 2025, and simultaneously activated its online recruitment portal, opening a two-week application window for eligible candidates.…
Hybrid work and creative projects no longer belong to the sidelines. The tools we rely on now define how effectively we can move between meetings, travel, study, and collaboration. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra is built to match that new rhythm. A Screen That Feels Like a Workstation The Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra features…
The past few decades have witnessed a rise of the middle class in Kenya, reshaping the country’s economic landscape. Over the years, their financial needs have evolved, and many have found that conventional banking no longer matches the complexities of their financial aspirations. And this is where the banking industry has been called to step…
Little Pesa began as a modest promise and matured into a standard the rest of Kenya’s digital credit market should emulate. Founded in 2018 as a non-deposit-taking microfinance institution, it officially launched lending in 2019, firmly rooted in Nairobi’s Westlands. Its DNA was always different: not just another faceless app but an institution that insists…
The cost of a 90-kilogram bag of beans in Kenya continues to vary widely across different markets, with prices ranging anywhere between Ksh 6,000 and over Ksh 16,000 depending on the bean variety and prevailing supply and demand dynamics. This price fluctuation has become a key concern for traders, farmers, and consumers, particularly as beans…