Author: Lynet Awino

A Ghanaian fisherman, a talking fish, and a dream too stubborn to die. That is the premise of The Fisherman, and it arrives in East African cinemas on April 3, 2026. Written and directed by Zoey Martinson, the film opens simultaneously in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Lusaka, marking its East African theatrical debut following a run on the international festival circuit that began at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the UNESCO Fellini Medal. From Venice to Nairobi The Fisherman has collected recognition at several festivals where African cinema gets serious attention. It won Best Feature at the…

After five consecutive years of losses, UBA Kenya closed 2025 in the black. The bank posted a profit after tax of KES 426.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, reversing a loss of KES 586.8 million recorded in 2024. The turnaround came on the back of income growth and a sharp reduction in operating costs. Metric FY2024 FY2025 Change Profit / (Loss) After Tax (KES m) (586.8) 426.8 Turnaround Net Interest Income (KES m) 469.3 487.1 +3.8% Non-Funded Income (KES m) 712.4 1,100.0 +54.4% Operating Expenses (KES m) 1,800.0 1,100.0 -35.3% Total Assets (KES b) 13.7 21.8 +59.1%…

As the African continent asserts its leadership position in the world, a core aspect of its identity is the storytelling that informs Africa’s evolving culture. The academies producing Africa’s next generation of storytellers therefore have a critical role to play. At Africa’s leading film and television academies, the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF), this responsibility rests on the shoulders of three powerful women. Victoria Goro, Akaoma Onyeonoru and Mpimpa Moyo Mwenya are imparting critical creative skills leading the three MTF academies in Nairobi, Lagos and Lusaka, while also modelling executive excellence and championing sector transformation. Talent evolution All three share the…

“I Ran Away at 18 to Chase an Acting Career and Won a Kalasha With My First Film” — Rose K. Njoroge Her parents told her she was throwing her life away. They said art was a game for children. Rose K. Njoroge did not listen. From Kabuku village in Limuru to the front lines of Kenyan cinema, she has spent fifteen years building a career that moved between stages, film sets, and screenwriting desks — sometimes by choice, sometimes by necessity. In this conversation, she talks about the night she left home, what a Kalasha award actually does for…

Softcare earned Sh13.1 billion ($101.2 million) from Kenya in 2025, up 12% from Sh11.7 billion ($90.5 million) the previous year, making Kenya the company’s largest single market globally. The growth extends a four-year run: Kenya leads Softcare’s global markets Kenya outpaced every other country in Softcare’s portfolio, ahead of Ghana ($91.8M), Uganda ($51M), Tanzania ($50.4M), and Côte d’Ivoire ($46.2M). The company holds one of its nine factories in Kenya, with non-current assets of $25.8 million in the country, more than any other market. In 2025, Softcare launched a solar project at its Kenya facility it says will “reduce carbon dioxide…

I&M Group closed the year ended 31 December 2025 with net profit up 24% to KSh 19.8 billion, from KSh 15.9 billion a year earlier — driven by a 31% surge in non-interest income, a sharp fall in funding costs, and improving credit quality across all five markets where the group operates. Profit before tax reached KSh 24.2 billion (+22%), while total revenue grew 19% to KSh 60.3 billion. The board declared a final dividend of KSh 3.75 per share, the fifth consecutive annual increase, bringing total distributions to a record KSh 6.52 billion,  up 25% on the KSh 5.02…