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Mansa-X H1 2026: The Fund Turning Market Discipline Into Double-Digit Investor Returns

Markets reward discipline long before they reward noise. In the first half of 2026, Mansa-X Special Fund delivered a performance

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 6, 2026
Why Banks Are Becoming Business Schools

By Shameer Patel In towns across Kenya from Thika to Eldoret, many Kenyan SMEs face the same problem.  For instance,

Soko Directory Team · Jul 6, 2026
Africa’s Most Downloaded Finance Apps in 2026: Why M-Pesa’s Rise Matters More Than the Rankings

In 2026, Africa’s fintech revolution is no longer a prediction but a lived reality. Millions of Africans now use mobile

Soko Directory Team · Jul 6, 2026
Ten Non-negotiable Business Practices That Determine Whether A Business Grows Or Survives Long Enough To Become Great

Most businesses do not collapse because the founder lacked ambition. They collapse because ambition moved faster than financial discipline, operational

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Why The Hardest Part Of Investing Is Not Finding The Perfect Asset, But Becoming The Person Who Can Keep Building Capital Through Every Milestone

Investing is a series of firsts. The first time you buy a share, a Treasury bond, a money-market fund, a

Steve Biko · Jul 5, 2026
Investment

Investment

The Market Is Loud But Wealth Is Made In Silence

Modern earphones are sold with one feature that sounds almost magical: noise cancellation. They do not stop the world from

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026

Investment

Invest Kenya And Jumia Kenya Agree To Strengthen Kenya’s E-Commerce

Invest Kenya and Jumia Kenya have agreed to work together to strengthen Kenya’s e-commerce sector, with a shared goal of

Soko Directory Team · Jul 3, 2026
Investment Nairobi Gears Up to Welcome 1,000+ Business Leaders for Premier Business Summit

More than 1,000 entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors and innovators from across Kenya are expected to converge at Karen for the

Soko Directory Team · Jul 1, 2026
Investment Kenyan Traders Among Investors Eyeing Tanzania Market Opportunities in Trade Mission

More than 50 delegates from across Africa, Europe and North America are in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for a five-day

Soko Directory Team · Jul 1, 2026
Investment Construction Begins on Tatu City’s Jabali Towers: CRBC to Deliver 2,000-Job Mixed-Use Landmark in Tatu Central

Tatu City has appointed China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) as the main contractor for Jabali Towers, marking the commencement

Soko Directory Team · Jul 1, 2026
Investment SKL Plc Holds First AGM as New Facility Remains on Track

Shri Krishana Overseas (SKL) Plc, a leading provider of packaging solutions, today announced that the new state-of-the-art packaging facility in

Soko Directory Team · Jun 30, 2026
Investment Why the Nairobi Securities Exchange Deserves A Place In Every Serious Long-term Wealth Plan

For years, many Kenyans have treated wealth as something that happens somewhere else. We watch banks announce record profits, Safaricom

Steve Biko Wafula · Jun 27, 2026
Investment Bamburi Cement Advances Sustainable Manufacturing Through ISO 50001 Energy Management Certification Audit

Bamburi Cement recently hosted the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and the ISO audit team for a certification audit of

Soko Directory Team · Jun 25, 2026
Government & Policy
Bungoma Is Not a Family Estate: Why Kenya Must Retire the Politics of Kinship Power

The front page of The Standard was not merely a newspaper cover. It was a political X-ray. It showed the

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 6, 2026
Illegal Power Links Blamed After Migori Pupil Is Electrocuted

By Robai Ludenyi, A Grade Six pupil is receiving treatment at Awendo Sub-County Hospital after suffering an electric shock from

Soko Directory Team · Jul 6, 2026
Tension Rises in Tanzania as Protest Fears Grow

By Robai Ludenyi, Heavy police deployment and widespread fear have overshadowed calls for anti-government protests in Tanzania on Tuesday, with

Soko Directory Team · Jul 6, 2026
Corruption Does Not Just Steal Money, It Kills People, Destroys Lives And Ruins Futures

Data anchors behind the argument Measure What the number says Source anchor Kenya cancer burden, 2022 44,726 estimated new cancer

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Kenya’s Most Expensive Lie: Performing Prosperity While Living One Emergency from Ruin

The most stressed person in Kenya today may not be the person who knows they are poor. It may be

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
Opinion
Kiambu Is Eating Its Future: Stop Burrying Kenya’s Food Security Beneath Concrete

Kiambu is not just another county sitting next to Nairobi. For generations, it has been one of the capital city’s

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 5, 2026
The Rise Of Aspirational Marketing In East Africa

Across East Africa’s consumer economy, businesses are discovering that pricing and product quality alone are no longer enough to secure

Soko Directory Team · Jun 29, 2026
A Presidency Written In Tears: How Kenyans Will Remember Ruto

Presidents are not remembered by the slogans they repeated, the motorcades they commanded or the applause arranged around them. They

Steve Biko Wafula · Jun 27, 2026
Why Kenyans Spend Billions On Treatment but Hesitate To Buy Insurance

A Kenyan family rarely begins a medical emergency by asking which investment to liquidate. It begins with a phone call.

Soko Directory Team · Jun 25, 2026
Fashion At The Center Of Africa’s Creative Economy, Investment, And Growth

In a workshop in Lagos, a designer adjusts a seam just before sunrise. The fabric on the table carries patterns

Soko Directory Team · Jun 24, 2026
When Children Go Missing: Kenya’s Growing Crisis

By Irene Opondo Cases of missing and found children have become increasingly common across the country, leaving many families in

Soko Directory Team · Jun 24, 2026
Here Is What Fatherhood Teaches Us About Security

When we think about fathers, we often think about the lessons they teach us. This June, as the world celebrates

Soko Directory Team · Jun 24, 2026
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Market News

Safaricom Block Trade Ignites the NSE as Banks Extend the Market’s Green Run

The Nairobi Securities Exchange closed the week with conviction, not caution. By the final bell, the market had finished firmly

Soko Directory Team · Jul 6, 2026

Market News

Kenya Money Market Holds Its Nerve as Investors Chase Short-Term Yield and the Shilling Finds Fresh Support

Kenya’s money market sent a calm but powerful signal this week: liquidity was not in panic, investors were still willing

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 6, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner Mansa-X H1 2026: The Fund Turning Market Discipline Into Double-Digit Investor Returns

Markets reward discipline long before they reward noise. In the first half of 2026, Mansa-X Special Fund delivered a performance

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 6, 2026
Government and Policy Bungoma Is Not a Family Estate: Why Kenya Must Retire the Politics of Kinship Power

The front page of The Standard was not merely a newspaper cover. It was a political X-ray. It showed the

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 6, 2026
uncategorized Equity, AfricaNenda and Gates Foundation Partner to Accelerate Africa’s Digital Public Infrastructure as Dr. James Mwangi Named Continental DPI Champion

Equity Group Holdings, AfricaNenda Foundation and the Gates Foundation have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and

Soko Directory Team · Jul 6, 2026
uncategorized Is This Africa’s Best Chance Yet At A World Cup Semi-Final?

By Elisha Kamau, The question has followed African football for decades. Every four years, the World Cup arrives wrapped in

Soko Directory Team · Jul 6, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner Why Banks Are Becoming Business Schools

By Shameer Patel In towns across Kenya from Thika to Eldoret, many Kenyan SMEs face the same problem.  For instance,

Soko Directory Team · Jul 6, 2026
Government and Policy Illegal Power Links Blamed After Migori Pupil Is Electrocuted

By Robai Ludenyi, A Grade Six pupil is receiving treatment at Awendo Sub-County Hospital after suffering an electric shock from

Soko Directory Team · Jul 6, 2026
East Africa
Afreximbank Boosts CARICOM Financing Cap To $5B to Drive Regional Transformation

Afreximbank has announced a major expansion of its engagement with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), increasing its regional financing limit from

Soko Directory Team · Mar 4, 2026
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
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