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AFIS 2026 to Bring Africa’s Financial Leaders to Luanda for Landmark November Summit

The Africa Financial Summit – AFIS, the leading platform for African finance, announces its annual summit will be held on

Soko Directory Team · Sep 28, 2026
Old Mutual revamps savings products to deepen long-term financial wellness

Old Mutual Life Assurance Kenya (OMLAK) has revamped its life and savings solutions to strengthen long-term savings, education planning, and

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
NCBA Chief Tells Wall Street: Africa’s Real Opportunity Lies in Financing the Systems, Not the Sectors

Addressing the opening panel of the Bullish Africa Summit in New York, NCBA Group Managing Director John Gachora told global

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Absa Kenya Launches Absa Next Digital Ecosystem with Loans of up to KSh1 Million

Absa Bank Kenya PLC has launched Absa Next, a fully integrated digital finance solution designed to meet the evolving needs

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Family Bank Programme Trains 30 Women-Led Agri-SMEs, Unlocks KES70.5m in Financing

30 women-led Agri-SMEs have completed a six-month programme designed to strengthen their business management capabilities, enhance financial literacy, and build

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Investment

Investment

Too Close for Comfort: Kenya’s Banks and Their Government Debt Habit

Article by Paul Kariuki – Investment Analyst & Dealer at Jubilee Asset Management Limited   There is a particular kind

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026

Investment

Victoria Commercial Bank Marks Five Years And Kes 5.75M Of Support For Faraja Cancer Trust

Victoria Commercial Bank PLC (VCB) marked five years of partnership with Faraja Cancer Support Trust at this year’s Be Bold

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
Investment NCBA and TransAfrica Motors Launch Vehicle Financing Solution as Demand for Commercial Fleets Rises

NCBA Group and TransAfrica Motors Limited have signed a strategic partnership to finance FAW commercial vehicles, simplifying vehicle acquisition through

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
Investment Crown Paints Expands Mlolongo Footprint with New Xperience Centre for Construction Market

Crown Paints has opened a new Xperience Centre in Mlolongo, Machakos County, seeking to deepen its presence in the rapidly

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
Investment From Access to Participation: Safaricom Deepens Focus on Disability Inclusion

Accessing a mobile service is a routine part of everyday life for the average person. But for persons with disabilities,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 26, 2026
Investment Borrowers Face Higher Loan Costs As CBK Tightens Rules For Banks

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has floated new regulations aimed at Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), the handful of

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 25, 2026
Investment Minet plants 18,000 more trees in Kiambu as it strengthens 500,000-tree climate commitment

Minet Kenya has planted an additional 18,000 trees at the Matathia Block of Uplands Forest in Lari Constituency, Kiambu County,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
East Africa From Classroom to Career: KPC’s Inuka Tech Fellowship Cracks the Code on Youth Unemployment, Landing 30% of its First Cohort in Jobs

Kenya Pipeline Company PLC (KPC PLC) hosted the inaugural cohort of its Inuka Tech Fellowship at its headquarters on 22nd

Soko Directory Team · Sep 24, 2026
Government & Policy
TSC Teachers’ Salaries And Allowances Under The 2025–2029 CBA

A teacher’s pay at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) comes down to three things: their T-Scale grade, where they sit

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 28, 2026
Uasin Gishu Stakeholders Urge Parliament to Review Tobacco Bill Licensing, 100-Metre Rules

Stakeholders in Uasin Gishu County have called on Parliament to deliver a balanced tobacco law that strikes the balance between

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
KUPPET Warns Of 2026 Exam Boycott Over Delayed Teachers’ Allowances

Teachers could sit out this year’s national examinations altogether if the government doesn’t move to raise what it pays them

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 25, 2026
Stakeholders Call for Review of Proposed Tobacco Bill as Public Participation Commences

Stakeholders drawn from Kenya’s retail, harm reduction, and entertainment sectors have called for a review of select provisions contained in

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
Why Supporters Want Edwin Sifuna in the Presidential Race; It Is About What Kenyans Want & They Want Sifuna, PERIOD

Sifuna’s greatest mistake would be settling for the deputy presidency. For us, the destination is State House, and we will

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 25, 2026
Opinion
Why Kenya Should Make Room for the Future Gibson Munene Could Build

Kenya has good reason to celebrate a young person who develops the ability to solve ordinary problems. Gibson Munene Njine’s

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 29, 2026
Kericho farmer wins KSh26.9 million SportPesa Jackpot with his own football picks

Kericho farmer Richard Kimutai Ngetich has become SportPesa’s latest Midweek Jackpot winner after correctly predicting all 13 matches and walking

Soko Directory Team · Sep 28, 2026
Affordable Housing Is Not Industrialisation: Why President Ruto cannot rewrite the fundamentals of economic transformation

President William Ruto is entitled to defend affordable housing as a social and construction programme. He is not entitled to

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 28, 2026
Sifuna Must Run Because We Did Not Order a Deputy, PERIOD. Its Either Sifuna, Edwin Or Watenya

Let me put our position on the table before somebody arrives with a seating arrangement: for those of us backing

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 25, 2026
The New Social Club: Why Book Clubs Are Becoming the Places to Be

For years, the book club was easy to picture: a small group of friends, often women, meeting in someone’s home

Soko Directory Team · Sep 22, 2026
Heavy Rains, Strong Winds Forecast Across Kenya as El Niño Intensifies

Kenyans in several parts of the country should brace for a wet, windy week ahead, according to the latest forecast

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 22, 2026
How Gibson Munene Could Help Raise the Next Generation of Kenyan Builders

A beginner’s first programming error can feel unnecessarily personal. The instructions look right. The screen disagrees. A missing bracket sits

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 18, 2026
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Investment

Too Close for Comfort: Kenya’s Banks and Their Government Debt Habit

Article by Paul Kariuki – Investment Analyst & Dealer at Jubilee Asset Management Limited   There is a particular kind

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026

Investment

Victoria Commercial Bank Marks Five Years And Kes 5.75M Of Support For Faraja Cancer Trust

Victoria Commercial Bank PLC (VCB) marked five years of partnership with Faraja Cancer Support Trust at this year’s Be Bold

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
East Africa As UNGA Puts Africa’s Critical Minerals At The Centre Of The Global Development Debate, African Leaders And U.S. Investors Ask: Who Will Finance The Value Chain?

As world leaders gathered in New York for the 81st United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations launched a

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
Investment NCBA and TransAfrica Motors Launch Vehicle Financing Solution as Demand for Commercial Fleets Rises

NCBA Group and TransAfrica Motors Limited have signed a strategic partnership to finance FAW commercial vehicles, simplifying vehicle acquisition through

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
Investment Crown Paints Expands Mlolongo Footprint with New Xperience Centre for Construction Market

Crown Paints has opened a new Xperience Centre in Mlolongo, Machakos County, seeking to deepen its presence in the rapidly

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
Technology 2 in 3 Moringa Graduates Move to Higher Income Brackets as Employers Face Digital Skills Gaps

Kenya’s technology sector is producing more skilled talent and opening new career pathways, but employers are still struggling to convert

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
Market News Bond Markets Sound The Alarm: US 10-Year Yield Hits 5.16% as Investors Bet on a Fed Rate Hike

Just a few years ago, markets spent their days debating how quickly central banks would cut rates. This week, the

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
Opinion Why Kenya Should Make Room for the Future Gibson Munene Could Build

Kenya has good reason to celebrate a young person who develops the ability to solve ordinary problems. Gibson Munene Njine’s

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 29, 2026
East Africa
As UNGA Puts Africa’s Critical Minerals At The Centre Of The Global Development Debate, African Leaders And U.S. Investors Ask: Who Will Finance The Value Chain?

As world leaders gathered in New York for the 81st United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations launched a

Soko Directory Team · Sep 29, 2026
Paulo Gomes, Former World Bank Executive Director for Africa and AfroChampions Co-Chair Joins African Collaborations Group (ACG) Advisory Board to Advance Sport and Entertainment Districts Across Africa

African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), a strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa

Soko Directory Team · Sep 28, 2026
African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) and Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative Convene Partners to Advance Financing for Women Entrepreneurs

The African Development Bank Group’s (https://www.AfDB.org) Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) kicked off a four-day learning event

Soko Directory Team · Sep 26, 2026
CEM Africa Awards 2026 set to recognize Africa’s leading Customer Experience (CX) talent and innovation

Customer experience professionals, teams and organisations across Africa have just days remaining to enter the 2026 CEM Africa Awards, with

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
National Geographic Society and De Beers extend Okavango Eternal Partnership for Five More Years

The National Geographic Society and De Beers Group today announced the renewal of the Okavango Eternal partnership for an additional

Soko Directory Team · Sep 25, 2026
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