Oral East Africa, Author at Orals East Africa

Poetry

Reincarnations

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

April 6, 2024

Brands

Soko ya kuoga; the only ad space that did not shrink in 2023

Last year, make up companies were the only ones who increased their advertising spend in a bid to fight for the only segment of the consumer market that has not shrunk.

April 2, 2024

Finance & Markets

Family Bank customer support keeps lid on defaults

The slower growth in the interest income was because the group chose not to pass the full cost of funding to the customers thereby cushioning them from the steep rise from interest rates

April 1, 2024

Brands

Women see prices overtaking brand loyalty

Consumers have become more pragmatic and are more inclined to buy products within their expected price range for a given category.

March 20, 2024

Finance & Markets

Absa smoothens transition year with 12 percent profit growth

Absa appointed Abdi Mohamed as CEO in May 2023, replacing Mr Jeremy Awori who left the lender after a decade that saw it switch brands from Barclay Plc. Last year was also the inaugural year for Absa executing its ambitious five-year strategy to win

March 18, 2024

Events & Travel

CSR budgets turned on worthy cause for International women’s day

International Women’s Day is celebrated to address pertinent issues that affect women such as gender equality, reproductive rights, violence and abuse against women and discrimination based on sex.

March 11, 2024

Brands

In mobile banking the brand is customer obsession

Family Bank was voted as the best tier two bank and overall third-best bank in customer satisfaction and digital banking experience in a 2023

March 11, 2024

Economy & Politics

Banks tap into small business tax compliance

Mixing personal and business transactions can lead to confusion, make accounting challenging, and may even have legal implications

February 22, 2024

Economy & Politics·Videos

We demand two thirds rule; waol gi uuwii!

Women make up only 15 percent of Kenya’s police force despite a constitutional mandate a balance with neither gender being over two-thirds in any government body.

February 19, 2024

Long Read·Project Unemployment·Videos

Kenyan Wordsmith who spoke Pan African scrabble into existence: Part III

As the government takes up at least 20 percent of payslips in deductions, and tax induced inflation takes up the rest, the disposable income that would go to savings is narrowing. It does not help when young Kenyans see that it does

February 13, 2024

Oral East Africa

Reincarnations

Soko ya kuoga; the only ad space that did not shrink in 2023

Family Bank customer support keeps lid on defaults

Women see prices overtaking brand loyalty

Absa smoothens transition year with 12 percent profit growth

CSR budgets turned on worthy cause for International women’s day

In mobile banking the brand is customer obsession

Banks tap into small business tax compliance

We demand two thirds rule; waol gi uuwii!

Kenyan Wordsmith who spoke Pan African scrabble into existence: Part III

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