Orals East Africa

GNP+ the HIV lobby that saw Trump cuts coming, is leading PLHIV leaders out of the fog of the funding crisis

April 15, 2025

The one thing that primarily stands out for me is the why we are doing what we are doing, and we have our why very clear, and that it is for people living with HIV. To get every person living with HIV who needs treatment on treatment and to end AIDS deaths, that's why

Betting on abbreviations: Absa wows customers and peers with financial engineering

It was intriguing to see how Absa Bank has nurtured the ETF market and invested in the stories

Walking with raised skirts over Kisumu’s drainage problem

The infamous violent evening storms with forked streaks of lightning splintering over the great lake INyanza, that rage

Banks get in on insurance action with improved risk models

Kenya is witnessing a burst of Bancassurance business as bankers

Younger credit profiles could open financial access to youth bulge

As Kenyan banks move their lending models from a blanket

Long Read

Long Read

IWD: Absa Women executives write the story of the future of female finance

March 11, 2025

In the tone of a friendly elementary teacher, Ms Vuyo took us through her bag of trick words, Total Return Swaps, Repos, Buy and

Long Read

Kenya’s largest data leak reveals Empire Kenyatta

March 4, 2025

Enterprise Kenyatta or ENKE, is the known Kenyatta business sitting at the tip of the empire, and owns at least 30 companies straddling agriculture,

Long Read

Life of the Armitage’s the aristocrats who own Kenyatta firm’s

February 25, 2025

But I could not stop thinking whether Michael Armitage was an expected product of his circumstances, one of affiliation with political plutocrats and an

Long Read

Senior citizens denied Kes2000 Govt stipend by Safaricom’s demand for Fuliza, Hustler Fund

February 18, 2025

When they came to have their lines registered some were told the money had been sent to old lines, which had either been transferred

Long Read

Kenya’s politics of ID cards is creating poverty and exclusion

February 11, 2025

For Kenyans who lack ID cards it is not a matter of mere votes, it is a matter of access to socio-economic well-being and

Photography

Outdoor·Photography

Kenya’s inexpensive Christmas

January 3, 2025

Held over a week to Christmas at Che's Bay Hotel, Isambo means celebration, for the Manyala tribe on the shores of the great lake INyanza.

Ol school RnB is queen of Kisumu parties

November 30, 2024

It is clear that this show can fill a stadium

From Vinyl Addiction to R&B Brunches, Kisumu Catches the Old School Fever

October 6, 2024

The second edition of Vinyl Addiction took place on Saturday,

Party after party to end the year in Kisumu

October 4, 2024

Events like Kisumu Old School Brunch and Vinyl Addiction had

Events & Travel

Events & Travel

Does literacy month help Kenyans balance Easter celebrations and Back to school

April 23, 2025

This season, several institutions are beginning to reimagine how financial literacy can show up in daily

Events & Travel

Walking with raised skirts over Kisumu’s drainage problem

March 26, 2025

The infamous violent evening storms with forked streaks of lightning splintering over the great lake INyanza,

Events & Travel

The Olympus at Kaptagat

February 24, 2025

His humility is infectious, he sat down on the grass to receive Absa’s wisdom on money

Events & Travel

Running in the winds of Absa Sirikwa classics

February 23, 2025

The young boys and girls some even barefoot stood proudly adorned with medals elated by legends

Events & Travel

Cruise ship, conferences attract a record 2.4 million tourists into Kenya

February 20, 2025

Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) category accounted for a significant 27 percent (643,595) of the

Fiction & Non Fiction

Fiction & Non Fiction·Non Fiction

Rethinking the Place of Dowry in Today’s Marriages

May 10, 2024

Initially, the ‘token of appreciation’ was in the form of cattle or other livestock, and, or farm produce, however, the bahasha phenomenon has taken precedence, where a certain amount of money much more like a priced good in the market is set

Fiction

The vinyl thief

May 7, 2024

The vinyl had been replaced by the tape, the tape by the CD, by the flashdisk, memory stick, now everything's in the cloud. What chance did they have against virtual storage, but some few eccentrics and lost souls.

Fiction & Non Fiction·Non Fiction

How to tour Diani in local hands

April 9, 2024

If they would throw him in the middle of it, he could navigate his way to shore. Floating like driftwood as the current sailed back on familiar tide.

Poetry

Killing a god

April 6, 2024

They will come to you Son When the world Is at a precipice They will be desperate And you, Clueless Keep this wisdom That history grants you That when money’s power is at a zenith Tyrannical And they are unable to control

Poetry

Reincarnations

April 6, 2024

My gods Look at me Like gelded phantoms From the ruins of their tombs As I supplicate to foreign gods And they serve me well Maybe better My deities toss and turn Trying to catch my attention Managing momentary accessibility In my

Fiction·Fiction & Non Fiction

they cut off her wings right before she could fly

February 2, 2024

I could tell it was serious business by the way it was talked about in low tones. Rukiya was placed before the adults in the wide sitting room and she looked squeamish on the seats like she could fall over and disappear

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