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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
This Valentines; the wild within
Kisumu city starts and ends in nature. Backed up by the lake, the city extends from the papyrus at Dunga, plush greenery of Milimani into the central business district. Here street photography is easier, you do not have to literally look over
