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How NCBA Bancassurance Cyber Insurance Helps Businesses Protect the Legacy They Are Building

Every entrepreneur dreams of growth, but growth also creates exposure. The more customers trust your systems, the more payments move

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 9, 2026
How NCBA Gold Banking Helps Customers Build, Grow and Protect Their Legacy Through Bancassurance

The first time Miriam sat down with her NCBA relationship officer, she did not begin with figures. She began with

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 9, 2026
What Are Special Funds?

Kenya’s capital markets space has seen a shift in investments with Capital Markets Authority Quarterly reports on Collective Investment Schemes

Soko Directory Team · Jul 9, 2026
Why Kenya’s Investors Are Looking Beyond Money Market Funds

Imagine a big jar where many people put their coins together. One person may bring KES 1,000, another may bring

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 9, 2026
Peter Ndegwa’s Biggest Legacy May Not Be M-Pesa, It’s Taking Safaricom Beyond Kenya

When Safaricom shareholders gather in Nairobi—or log in virtually, for the company’s Annual General Meeting on 31 July, much of

Soko Directory Team · Jul 8, 2026
Investment

Investment

Riva Petroleum Marks 30-Year Partnership With Vivo Energy Kenya

Riva Petroleum Dealers Limited has marked 30 years of partnership with Vivo Energy Kenya, an alliance that demonstrated Riva Petroleum

Soko Directory Team · Jul 9, 2026

Investment

I&M Bank Introduces Mastercard World Elite Metal Card To Kenya’s Premium Banking Segment

I&M Bank has announced the launch of the Mastercard World Elite Credit Card, marking a significant expansion of its premium

Soko Directory Team · Jul 9, 2026
Investment NSE Posts Best Quarter in Over a Year as Safaricom Deal Reshapes the Market

Kenya’s stock market closed the second quarter of 2026 on a high note, with the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) shrugging

Soko Directory Team · Jul 8, 2026
Investment Tanzania and Kenya Top Africa in Financial Services Returns, BCG Research Finds

Tanzania and Kenya have emerged as Africa’s top-performing financial services markets, delivering Total Shareholder Returns (TSR) that surpass both the

Soko Directory Team · Jul 8, 2026
Investment Family Bank Eyes 100-Branch Milestone After Opening 97th Outlet in Kawangware

Family Bank has expanded its branch network to 97 branches with the opening of a new outlet in Kawangware Mlango

Soko Directory Team · Jul 8, 2026
Investment Kenya National Police DT SACCO named Kenya’s Top Deposit-taking SACCO At Ushirika Day Awards

Kenya National Police DT SACCO has been named the Best Performing Deposit-Taking (DT) SACCO in the country after scooping the

Soko Directory Team · Jul 7, 2026
Investment Airtel Africa Saves 9.1 Million Litres Of Diesel, Reaffirms Commitment To Responsible Business Growth

Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across 14 African countries, saved 9.1 million litres of

Soko Directory Team · Jul 7, 2026
Investment NCBA Deepens Diaspora Banking Push, Engages Over 300 Kenyan Investors Across the U.S.

NCBA Bank has successfully concluded a series of targeted diaspora activations across the United States, bringing together over 300 investors,

Soko Directory Team · Jul 7, 2026
Government & Policy
The Court Has Spoken: Justice Hellen Wasilwa Was Right, And The Attacks On Her Integrity Were Unfair

There are moments when the law does more than settle a dispute. It restores a name. It places the truth

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 9, 2026
The 14 Resolutions That Could Reshape Safaricom’s Governance

Safaricom shareholders woke up to an Annual General Meeting notice that, at first glance, looks like the kind of legal

Soko Directory Team · Jul 8, 2026
Safaricom AGM to Decide Landmark Governance Overhaul in Major Board Shake-Up

Safaricom PLC shareholders will vote on a sweeping governance overhaul at the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 31,

Soko Directory Team · Jul 8, 2026
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
Opinion
The Survival Of Kenya’s Coffee Sector Depends On Investment In Next Generation Coffee Professionals

Kenya produces some of the finest coffee in the world, but beneath the reputation lies a sector under quiet, mounting

Soko Directory Team · Jul 8, 2026
Can Your Security Firm Afford to Secure You?

What if I told you that the greatest threat to private security firms is not external, but financial? This is

Soko Directory Team · Jul 8, 2026
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
Latest News

Government and Policy

The Court Has Spoken: Justice Hellen Wasilwa Was Right, And The Attacks On Her Integrity Were Unfair

There are moments when the law does more than settle a dispute. It restores a name. It places the truth

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 9, 2026

Investment

Riva Petroleum Marks 30-Year Partnership With Vivo Energy Kenya

Riva Petroleum Dealers Limited has marked 30 years of partnership with Vivo Energy Kenya, an alliance that demonstrated Riva Petroleum

Soko Directory Team · Jul 9, 2026
Investment I&M Bank Introduces Mastercard World Elite Metal Card To Kenya’s Premium Banking Segment

I&M Bank has announced the launch of the Mastercard World Elite Credit Card, marking a significant expansion of its premium

Soko Directory Team · Jul 9, 2026
Market News Kenya’s Bond Auction Sends A Loud Message: Investors Want Safety, But They Are Pricing Risk

Kenya’s latest Treasury bond auction is a powerful window into what investors are thinking. On the surface, the numbers look

Soko Directory Team · Jul 9, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner How NCBA Bancassurance Cyber Insurance Helps Businesses Protect the Legacy They Are Building

Every entrepreneur dreams of growth, but growth also creates exposure. The more customers trust your systems, the more payments move

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 9, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner How NCBA Gold Banking Helps Customers Build, Grow and Protect Their Legacy Through Bancassurance

The first time Miriam sat down with her NCBA relationship officer, she did not begin with figures. She began with

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 9, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner What Are Special Funds?

Kenya’s capital markets space has seen a shift in investments with Capital Markets Authority Quarterly reports on Collective Investment Schemes

Soko Directory Team · Jul 9, 2026
Entrepreneur's Corner Why Kenya’s Investors Are Looking Beyond Money Market Funds

Imagine a big jar where many people put their coins together. One person may bring KES 1,000, another may bring

Steve Biko Wafula · Jul 9, 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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