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Investors Push for Deeper Capital Markets Linkages as Kenyan Startup Funding Falls

Investors are urging deeper engagement between startups and full-service investment banks to unlock advisory support for capital raising, due diligence,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
TEF, Partners Begin Verification of 1,000+ Women Entrepreneurs Driving Africa’s Green Economy

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), in partnership with the European Union (EU), the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Why Emotional Decisions Destroy Kenyan Businesses Faster Than Competition;

In Kenyan entrepreneurship, emotions can finish a business faster than competition. A delayed cheque can trigger an angry message. A

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 8, 2026
Why Stamina, Humility and the Ability to Live With Uncertainty Matter More Than Motivation

Entrepreneurship is not for you if uncertainty destroys your peace Bro to bro: entrepreneurship in Kenya can be deeply rewarding,

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 8, 2026
5 Things to Consider Before Investing in a Special Fund in Kenya

Kenya’s investment landscape has grown far beyond the traditional money market fund. Over the past few years, “Special Funds” —

Soko Directory Team · Sep 8, 2026
Investment

Investment

Dangote’s $1.6 Billion ‘IPO for the People’ Meets a Kenyan Wall — Just as His Next Refinery Heads to Lamu

There is something almost poetic about the way Aliko Dangote has sold this IPO. He has called it an “IPO

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 9, 2026

Investment

A Hospital Cannot Grow on Good Intentions Alone

A hospital can be full every day and still be struggling to grow. The waiting room may be crowded, the

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Investment When the Sun Starts Paying the School Bill

For a Kenyan school, solar power can mean more than lower electricity costs. It can mean steadier learning, fewer interruptions,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Investment What Kenyan Businesses Need to Know About Tax Disputes with KRA

Sometimes you see a KRA tax assessment coming, and sometimes you don’t. When KRA officers have been on your neck

Soko Directory Team · Sep 8, 2026
Investment ABC Bank Connects Customers to 190+ African Banks Through PAPSS Payment Network

African Banking Corporation Limited (ABC Bank) has gone live on the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), enabling customers to

Soko Directory Team · Sep 3, 2026
Investment CFAO Mobility Kenya Fuels the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon with KES 2 Million Sponsorship

CFAO Mobility Kenya, the country’s leading mobility solutions provider, has been unveiled as the official mobility partner of the Standard

Soko Directory Team · Sep 3, 2026
Investment Inside Moments Villas, A Home Built on Wellness, Nature and Small Arrivals

The first thing the house does is stop you. Not with scale, though there is plenty of it further in,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 3, 2026
Investment UBA Kenya’s 762% Loan Growth Signals Bigger Financing Push for Kenyan Businesses

When a bank’s loan book grows more than eight-fold in a single year, it’s worth asking what that really means

Soko Directory Team · Sep 3, 2026
Government & Policy
Nairobi Cannot Be Run on Excuses

Every morning, Nairobi performs a small miracle. Before sunrise, traders lift their shutters, matatus begin their first routes, nurses report

Soko Directory Team · Sep 8, 2026
TSC Releases New Guidelines And Interview Scores For 2026/27 Teacher Promotions

Teachers hoping to climb the ranks in the 2026/27 financial year will be playing by a very different rulebook. The

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 8, 2026
Kenya To Crack Down On Foreigners Running Small Businesses, Sets New Requirements

The government has spelled out exactly who’s in the crosshairs as it moves to enforce President William Ruto’s order against

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 8, 2026
KNEC Releases KCSE And KJSEA Exam Reports, Marking Schemes

Schools, teachers and learners now have access to a fresh batch of official examination materials after the Kenya National Examinations

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 7, 2026
KRA Defends Legal Basis for Cargo Clearance Rules

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has moved to address mounting concerns from clearing agents and motor vehicle dealers over cargo

Soko Directory Team · Sep 7, 2026
Opinion
List of High-Risk El Niño Counties As Health Ministry Rolls Out Preparedness Plan

The Ministry of Health has launched an El Niño preparedness plan covering 18 counties classified as high-risk, as the country

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 9, 2026
El Niño Now Almost Certain To Persist Through Early 2027, WMO Says

The World Meteorological Organization, WMO, has sharply revised its confidence in El Niño’s staying power, now putting the odds at

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 3, 2026
Kenya Met Forecasts Below-Average September Rains In The Following Regions

Farmers in several of Kenya’s most productive agricultural counties have been put on alert after the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 3, 2026
Building People Is The Best Part Of Building A Business

By Rajul Malde I have had the privilege of watching Pwani Oil Products Limited grow almost from the beginning, and

Soko Directory Team · Sep 1, 2026
From Fisherman to Cane King: How a Siaya Farmer Built a 480-Acre Empire

The shores of Lake Victoria are beautiful, but for fisherman Radido Otieno Peter, they were also unforgiving. For six years,

Soko Directory Team · Aug 31, 2026
Kenya Must Not Belong To Evil

There comes a moment in the life of a nation when silence stops being caution and becomes surrender. Kenya is

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 31, 2026
Ruto Cannot Lead Kenya To 2060; A President Trapped In Yesterday Has No Business Designing Tomorrow

Nursery: I want to be a police officer. Class 1: I want to be a teacher. Class 2: I want

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 28, 2026
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Opinion

List of High-Risk El Niño Counties As Health Ministry Rolls Out Preparedness Plan

The Ministry of Health has launched an El Niño preparedness plan covering 18 counties classified as high-risk, as the country

Getrude Mathayo · Sep 9, 2026

Investment

Dangote’s $1.6 Billion ‘IPO for the People’ Meets a Kenyan Wall — Just as His Next Refinery Heads to Lamu

There is something almost poetic about the way Aliko Dangote has sold this IPO. He has called it an “IPO

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 9, 2026
Investment A Hospital Cannot Grow on Good Intentions Alone

A hospital can be full every day and still be struggling to grow. The waiting room may be crowded, the

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Investment When the Sun Starts Paying the School Bill

For a Kenyan school, solar power can mean more than lower electricity costs. It can mean steadier learning, fewer interruptions,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Pinned Category Global Grain Prices Are Surging Before The Next Major Weather Shock. Kenya Must Prepare Before The Warning Becomes Hunger.

MAIZE +20.75% RICE +23.14% WHEAT +31.40% The numbers are no longer whispering. They are shouting. A global commodity price table

Steve Biko Wafula · Sep 9, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner Investors Push for Deeper Capital Markets Linkages as Kenyan Startup Funding Falls

Investors are urging deeper engagement between startups and full-service investment banks to unlock advisory support for capital raising, due diligence,

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner TEF, Partners Begin Verification of 1,000+ Women Entrepreneurs Driving Africa’s Green Economy

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), in partnership with the European Union (EU), the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States

Soko Directory Team · Sep 9, 2026
Investment What Kenyan Businesses Need to Know About Tax Disputes with KRA

Sometimes you see a KRA tax assessment coming, and sometimes you don’t. When KRA officers have been on your neck

Soko Directory Team · Sep 8, 2026
East Africa
Aubrey Capital Management marks busy summer with Edinburgh office move to Melville Street

While August is traditionally a quieter month for the investment industry, Aubrey Capital Management (“Aubrey”), the Edinburgh and London-based specialist

Soko Directory Team · Sep 3, 2026
New DHL-Absa Partnership Opens Global Trade Opportunities for African Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME)

DHL and Absa Group have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand DHL’s GoTrade programme across Sub-Saharan Africa

Soko Directory Team · Sep 2, 2026
African Development Bank and AXIAN Launch Digital Finance Programme to Support 34,000 Women-led Businesses in Africa

AXIAN Group and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) have launched a major women’s financial inclusion programme to expand access to

Soko Directory Team · Sep 2, 2026
Government of Gabon Joins The Nature Conservancy and Enduring Earth to Mobilize US$200 Million for Transformative Community and Conservation Outcomes

The Government of Gabon, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Enduring Earth and partners, today announced the formal

Soko Directory Team · Aug 31, 2026
Somalia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Urges Businesses to Capitalise on EAC and AfCFTA Opportunities at EABC–SCCI–GIZ CEO–Trade & Investment Roundtable

In his remarks at the CEO–Trade & Investment Roundtable, organised by the East African Business Council (EABC), in collaboration with

Soko Directory Team · Aug 24, 2026
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