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How The 52-Week Challenge Can Boost Your New Year’s Savings Goals
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How The 52-Week Challenge Can Boost Your New Year’s Savings Goals

Whenever we welcome a new year, it is a common tradition for people to set annual financial goals, specifically aiming to save a certain amount of money so as to achieve certain objectives, by the time the year ends. However, given the…

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Louis Vuitton to Leverage 130-Year Monogram Milestone in Global Brand Push
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Louis Vuitton to Leverage 130-Year Monogram Milestone in Global Brand Push

Louis Vuitton is set to launch a year-long marketing and product offensive to commemorate the 130th anniversary of its signature monogram, a move aimed at reinforcing the brand’s dominance in the luxury leather goods sector as the industry…

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Central Bank of Kenya in Switch Bond Auction As 2026 Begins
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Central Bank of Kenya in Switch Bond Auction As 2026 Begins

Central Bank of Kenya(CBK)is offering a Treasury Bonds Auction switch from a 10 year treasury bond first sold in 2016 to a reopened 18 year treasury bond first sold in 2022, targeting up to KSh 20.0bn through a multi-price auction from 9th…

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KenGen to Upgrade Masinga Dam, its Largest Hydro Power Plant
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KenGen to Upgrade Masinga Dam, its Largest Hydro Power Plant

KenGen(Kenya Electricity Generating Company) plans to raise the Masinga Dam’s spillway by 1.5m, increasing the reservoir storage by 170hm3. Masinga Dam is the main component of the Seven Forks Dam infrastructure. This undertaking comes…

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Cooperatives Sector: Missed Opportunities and Outlook in 2026
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Cooperatives Sector: Missed Opportunities and Outlook in 2026

Cooperatives sector players and stakeholders in Kenya is still holding its breath into the new year, while glancing at what they missed or achieved in 2025 and what remains as unfinished business. This publication takes a bird’s eye view…

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Explainer: Why HELB Semester 2 Column Has Not Updated Yet
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Explainer: Why HELB Semester 2 Column Has Not Updated Yet

Thousands of university and TVET students in Kenya are facing uncertainty as the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has yet to update the “semester 2” column on its student portal, leaving many without confirmation of their second…

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NSE to Open Doors Wide for Retail Investors Via Ziidi Trader App
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NSE to Open Doors Wide for Retail Investors Via Ziidi Trader App

NSE (Nairobi Securities Exchange) retail investors can look forward to a more streamlined experience starting January 2026, as Safaricom’s Ziidi Trader feature allows buying and selling shares directly via M-Pesa. This innovation aims to…

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WPP ScanGroup Joins List of Firms that Have Issued Profit Alert
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WPP ScanGroup Joins List of Firms that Have Issued Profit Alert

WPP ScanGroup, listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE), has joined a list of firms that issued a profit warning, an indication of a sluggish business condition for many companies. The advertising firm joins Williamson Tea, Kapchorua…

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Sidian Bank Upgraded to Medium-Size Status by CBK: Facts and Figures
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Sidian Bank Upgraded to Medium-Size Status by CBK: Facts and Figures

Sidian Bank, a 50-branch lender closely associated with the late tycoon Chris Kirubi, has been officially reclassified as a middle-sized lender by the Central Bank of Kenya(CBK). This is after it registered strong growth in large corporate…

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CBK to Raise KSh60Bn for Budgetary Spending in January 2026
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CBK to Raise KSh60Bn for Budgetary Spending in January 2026

CBK (Central Bank of Kenya) has gone into the primary bond market, where the fiscal agent seeks to raise KSh 60.0billion through sale of two reopened 20-year and 25-year Treasury Bonds. These two debt instruments have a maturity of 13.20…

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Diageo UK Plc Finally Exits East Africa’s Beer Market
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Diageo UK Plc Finally Exits East Africa’s Beer Market

Diageo Plc UK, a global brewing giant has sold its entire stake in East African Breweries Limited(EABL) in a deal that will see it pocket some KSh 296.6 Billion (US$2.3 Billion) from the sale to Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings. Diageo is also…

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SACCO Loans for Land and House Purchases fall to KSh32.7Bn In September
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SACCO Loans for Land and House Purchases fall to KSh32.7Bn In September

SACCOs (Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies disbursed loans to members seeking to purchase land or a house totalling to KSh 32.7 Billion according to a recent third quarter report by the SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority(SASRA) for…

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Safaricom Secures US$138m from Standard Bank for Its Ethiopian Subsidiary
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Safaricom Secures US$138m from Standard Bank for Its Ethiopian Subsidiary

Safaricom Plc, a leading telecommunications firm, has sealed a $138m funding deal with South Africa’s Standard Bank, to assist the operator’s drive to rollout digital infrastructure and its services in Ethiopia, one of East Africa’s…

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Jubilee Health Insurance Shines at Marketing World Awards 2025
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Jubilee Health Insurance Shines at Marketing World Awards 2025

Jubilee Health Insurance has emerged as one of the standout performers at the Marketing World Awards (MWA) 2025, securing two top honours and further cementing its growing influence in the region’s competitive marketing space. The insurer…

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How Technology Can Minimize Sale of Counterfeit Spare Parts
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How Technology Can Minimize Sale of Counterfeit Spare Parts

By Shrinivas Torvi Due to the high demand for cheaper alternatives, the operations of criminal networks and weaknesses in regulatory frameworks, the counterfeit spare parts trade has lately become a big issue in Kenya. Often smuggled…

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KenGen Assures of Stable Electricity Supply During Festive Season
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KenGen Assures of Stable Electricity Supply During Festive Season

KenGen (Kenya Electricity Generating Company) has assured Kenyan households and businesses that the country has adequate electricity supply during the festive season that runs into January 2026. This is despite failure of the long rains in…

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Hollywood fears job cuts as opposition to Netflix-Warner deal grows
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Hollywood fears job cuts as opposition to Netflix-Warner deal grows

Hollywood is bracing itself for more belt-tightening and job losses if Netflix’s $83bn deal to acquire Warner Bros goes through, as entertainers and the industry’s powerful unions urge regulators to block the transaction. The Hollywood…

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