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The Explainer: Safaricom Valuation Is Neither Outdated Nor Undervalued

The assertion that the government’s proposed sale of a 15 per cent stake in Safaricom is based on an “outdated

Soko Directory Team · Jan 15, 2026
NCBA Signs Landmark 95% Tractor Financing Partnership With Inchcape Kenya

NCBA Group and Inchcape today announced a strategic partnership aimed at making agricultural mechanisation more accessible and affordable to farmers

Soko Directory Team · Jan 14, 2026
KUCCPS Announces 36 KMTC Programs for Form Four Leavers, How To Apply

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has released detailed information outlining 36 Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC)

Getrude Mathayo · Jan 14, 2026
The Uncomfortable Law of Money: Those Who Have More, Will Be Given More. Those Who Have Little, The Little Will Be Taken Away

Those who have more will be given more, and those who have little, even the little will be taken away.

Steve Biko Wafula · Jan 14, 2026
If You Have Money and You’re Not in Mansa X, You’re Actively Choosing Financial Stress

Money rarely disappears loudly. Most of the time, it leaks quietly through indecision, fear, and badly chosen “safe” options. People

Steve Biko Wafula · Jan 14, 2026
Investment

Investment

Proto Launches An LPG Pump To Drive Clean Mobility Growth

Proto Energy, through its OTO Gas brand, has entered into a strategic partnership with OLA Energy to introduce automotive Liquefied

Soko Directory Team · Jan 14, 2026

Investment

M-Pesa Partners With UAE Firm to Bring Stable Coin Payments to Kenya

By Robai Ludenyi M-Pesa has taken a major step toward the future of digital finance by partnering with a UAE-based

Soko Directory Team · Jan 14, 2026
Investment Kenya’s Private Sector Ends 2025 on a High as PMI Hits Four-Year Peak and Hiring Accelerates

Kenya’s private sector economy recorded another solid upturn in the final month of 2025, as business activity was again boosted

Soko Directory Team · Jan 6, 2026
Investment I&M FX Direct: Where Transparency, Speed, and Control Redefine Forex Trading

For over five decades, I&M Bank Kenya has grown alongside Kenyan enterprise, evolving from a trusted financial institution into a

Soko Directory Team · Jan 5, 2026
Investment Lifting Schools, Securing Futures Through Inua Shule

Education remains the most reliable bridge to a better future, but crossing that bridge is rarely easy. For many learners

Soko Directory Team · Jan 5, 2026
Investment How The Kenyan Private Sector Can Stay Resilient In 2026

Kenya enters 2026 with a cautiously optimistic economic outlook, but also with a sharper-than-ever need for resilience. The World Bank

Soko Directory Team · Dec 20, 2025
Investment Safaricom Champions Kenya’s Mobility Workforce

Safaricom, in partnership with taxi-hailing companies, hosted drivers and riders to an event focused on empowering the transport sector to

Soko Directory Team · Dec 18, 2025
Investment African Development Fund Mobilises A Historic $11 Billion

The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional financing arm of the African Development Bank Group, has secured a record $11

Soko Directory Team · Dec 18, 2025
Government & Policy
TSC To Start Posting 9,159 Teachers, List Of Documents Required For Verification

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced that it will begin posting a total of 9,159 newly recruited teachers to

Getrude Mathayo · Jan 16, 2026
PwC Appoints Kang’e Saiti as Senior Partner for Kenya and East Africa

Professional services firm PwC has appointed Kang’e Saiti as its new Regional Senior Partner for PwC Eastern Africa and Country

Soko Directory Team · Jan 15, 2026
Ballots and Borders, How Uganda’s Election Is Shaking Kenyan Businesses

By Robai Ludenyi, As Uganda approaches a critical election, a cloud of uncertainty is spreading across East Africa’s trade corridors,

Soko Directory Team · Jan 14, 2026
KNEC Announces Free CBA Training Portal For Teachers

Teachers have been handed a major boost in professional development after the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) unveiled a free

Getrude Mathayo · Jan 14, 2026
TSC New Hardship Allowances For Teachers Per Job Group

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has structured teachers’ allowances into clearly defined categories that are pegged on specific job groups,

Getrude Mathayo · Jan 13, 2026
Opinion
Politicians Who Normalize FGM Must Be Stopped

Recently, Kisii Woman Representative Dorice Donya Aburi was caught on video linking Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to “taming” girls’ behaviour.

Soko Directory Team · Jan 12, 2026
CBC Is Killing The Minds Of Kenyan Children: Why Parents, Students & Workers Must Rise Up & Force A Radical Reset

Kenya is being quietly marched into an intellectual slaughterhouse, and many people are clapping while it happens. Under the Competency-Based

Soko Directory Team · Jan 9, 2026
MSMEs Are Best Placed To Solve Kenya’s Joblessness Problem

Every year for the next decade, nearly 1 million young people will enter Kenya’s labour market, many fresh from universities,

Soko Directory Team · Jan 8, 2026
Kenya’s Roads Are a Killing Field Because We Normalised Lawlessness And Something Needs To Be Done Now

Kenya does not have a “road accident problem.” Kenya has a governance problem that is expressed through speed, impunity, corruption,

Steve Biko Wafula · Jan 7, 2026
Unlocking Kenya’s Next Phase of Growth

By Mercy Mwelu and Mercy Kano Kenya’s private sector has long been celebrated as the heartbeat of the nation’s economy

Soko Directory Team · Jan 6, 2026
Adapt or Miss Out: Why African Businesses Should Embrace Digital Payments

By Paul Mutethia The face of businesses across Africa is slowly changing, driven by the need to digitize operations. From

Soko Directory Team · Jan 6, 2026
Did President Ruto Lie About Not Borrowing More Money Once Key Strategic Assets Are Sold To Raise The Needed Funds?

William Ruto has mastered a particular political art form: saying two things that cannot both be true, then daring the

Steve Biko Wafula · Jan 6, 2026
Latest News

Government and Policy

TSC To Start Posting 9,159 Teachers, List Of Documents Required For Verification

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced that it will begin posting a total of 9,159 newly recruited teachers to

Getrude Mathayo · Jan 16, 2026

Lifestyle

Shock in Kwale After Armed KWS Ranger Kills Police Officer, Injures Two in Violent Incident

By Robai Ludenyi Police officers in Kwale County are investigating a murder incident in which a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)

Soko Directory Team · Jan 15, 2026
Technology Kenyan Pharmacies Get AI-Powered Inventory Intelligence

Microsoft has partnered with Kenyan health-tech startup Zendawa to deploy an AI-powered solution that is helping independent pharmacies across Kenya

Soko Directory Team · Jan 15, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner The Explainer: Safaricom Valuation Is Neither Outdated Nor Undervalued

The assertion that the government’s proposed sale of a 15 per cent stake in Safaricom is based on an “outdated

Soko Directory Team · Jan 15, 2026
Government and Policy PwC Appoints Kang’e Saiti as Senior Partner for Kenya and East Africa

Professional services firm PwC has appointed Kang’e Saiti as its new Regional Senior Partner for PwC Eastern Africa and Country

Soko Directory Team · Jan 15, 2026
Lifestyle I&M Foundation and Palmhouse Foundation Deepen Education Partnership with Largest Scholarship Cohort Since 2020

The I&M Foundation has reaffirmed its partnership with the Palmhouse Foundation by announcing KES 30 million in scholarships to support

Soko Directory Team · Jan 14, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner NCBA Signs Landmark 95% Tractor Financing Partnership With Inchcape Kenya

NCBA Group and Inchcape today announced a strategic partnership aimed at making agricultural mechanisation more accessible and affordable to farmers

Soko Directory Team · Jan 14, 2026
Government and Policy Ballots and Borders, How Uganda’s Election Is Shaking Kenyan Businesses

By Robai Ludenyi, As Uganda approaches a critical election, a cloud of uncertainty is spreading across East Africa’s trade corridors,

Soko Directory Team · Jan 14, 2026
East Africa
Africa Finance Corporation Raises Record US$524m in Dual-Currency Samurai Loan Facility

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has closed a landmark US$524 million equivalent dual-currency Samurai term

Soko Directory Team · Dec 4, 2025
African Development Bank Group Loans $500 Million To Support Economic Governance

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), meeting in Abidjan, approved a $500 million loan to

Soko Directory Team · Nov 27, 2025
Dr. George Elombi Takes Over As Afreximbank’s Fourth President

African Export-Import Bank on Saturday in Cairo, Egypt, swore in Dr. George Elombi as the Bank’s fourth President and Chairman

Soko Directory Team · Oct 28, 2025
Africa Finance Corporation Secures USD 100 Million Facility from FinDev Canada

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, has secured a USD 100 million, 10-year term loan

Soko Directory Team · Oct 23, 2025
CRDB Bank Signs Three Landmark Partnerships to Advance Inclusive Finance and Sustainable Development across Africa

CRDB Bank has entered three landmark partnerships with leading development finance institutions, FinDev Canada, DEG (KfW Group, Germany), and Shelter

Soko Directory Team · Oct 23, 2025
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