Author: Khusoko

I first met Billy, March 10, 2010. Seated in a wheelchair in front of the Admin Block at Eshitari SS, he looked like the professor Emeritus with his light grey suit and blue tie. It was his smile and those warm, captivating eyes that drew me to this man. His welcome was genuine, and as he nudged his hand forward on the tray-table in front of him, I began to realize this was no ordinary person. In 2008, CES Kenya Director – Reverend Livingstone Nyanje recommended that our NGO adopt Eshitari SS as one of its schools. Two years later…

Morris Maina has joined TransUnion, an American consumer credit reporting agency, as its chief executive for the Kenyan office. Maina replaces Billy Owino who left TransUnion in October 2021 after heading its operations since March 2017. Transunion Kenya is one of the three credit bureaus in Kenya —together with Metropol, CreditInfo —and started operations in Kenya in February 2010. Maina will be responsible for growing the company’s increasingly broad range of fraud and risk solutions, leveraging its global expertise for the benefit of the local market. “The Kenya market forms a critical part of TransUnion Africa’s growth strategy. We believe…

The Angaza Awards: Women to Watch in Banking & Finance program has announced the list of Top 10 women who are steering and shaping Africa’s financial services sector. The list was compiled following a three-month entry period which saw dozens of professionals from Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe submit applications. Kenyan WallStreet and Kaleidoscope Consultants partnered together on the Awards to raise awareness of the seasoned women who are shaping and influencing the sector through their organizations. The Top 10 will be celebrated during a special ceremony in April this year.  “Globally, we need to…

Agricultural firm sasini Tea and Coffee will reward shareholders with a final dividend payout of KSh0.50 for every ordinary share after reporting back-to-back bumper profits in the financial year ended Sept. 2021. Sasini approved a final dividend of KSh0.50 a share, totalling KSh114 million, according to an exchange filing Tuesday. Sasini’s profit in the year through September surged 44.4 per cent to Ksh 573.2 million attributed to improved coffee prices, good weather conditions, depreciation of the Kenyan shilling and cost containment measures. Sasini exports tea, coffee, macadamia, avocado and other agricultural produce.  Sasini’s operations are located in Bomet, Nyeri, Mombasa,…

Kenya’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be meeting on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.to review the current policy stance.  The meeting will be held on a backdrop of softening inflation and continued economic recovery. Inflation eased to 5.73% in December from 5.80% a month earlier.  While risks are somewhat tilted to the downside, the prospect of overshooting the target remain largely muted. Meanwhile, the economy is on course for its fastest growth in years, as activity bounce back from the Covid induced shock.  In the third quarter, GDP expanded by 9.9%, with a broad-based increase in output, extending the recovery into…

The African Energy Chamber calls upon African states and the private sector to establish energy banks that fund African energy projects.