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1 Feb 2026
Data Protection as a Strategic Advantage for Corporates
A strong foundation of trust in the collection, use, and protection of personal data is central to Kenya’s ambition to sustain its position as the Silicon Savannah. Mobile money has transformed fin...
23 Jan 2026
From Kampala to Dar to Nairobi: East Africa’s New Election Playbook
Uganda’s recent election was not just a political contest; it was a demonstration of a regional playbook for managing outcomes in the digital age. Across East Africa (EA), elections are increasingl...
23 Jan 2026
AGOA’s Three-Year Reprieve: What the Extension Means for Kenya, and What Comes Next
The United States has extended the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for three years. This offers Kenya temporary relief, but it is also a clear test of whether preferential market access can ...
23 Jan 2026
ODPC’s Draft Guidance Note for Private Security
Rarely do we pay attention to the use of our personal data when a security guard at a building reception asks for our identification and issues a visitor’s badge. The same occurs when we register an...
16 Jan 2026
Kenya’s Financial Services Sector in 2026: Policy, Power, and the Battle for Trust
In 2026, Kenya’s financial services sector is no longer merely evolving but is poised for deliberate and far-reaching re-engineering. The system that earned global acclaim for leapfrogging tradition...
16 Jan 2026
Global Flashpoints and the Battle for Influence: What 2026 Could Hold
President Donald Trump’s military operation in Venezuela and the capture of the country’s Head of State, Nicolás Maduro, early this year, were dramatic and unprecedented. U.S. forces carried out ...
16 Jan 2026
Financing Kenya’s Infrastructure: Lessons from Public Input on the Safaricom Partial Divestiture
The call for change, boldness, and innovation featured prominently in President William Ruto’s State of the Nation Address on November 20, 2025, centred around four national priorities: transport an...
8 Jan 2026
Second hand electronics boom deepens Kenya’s e-waste dilemma
Benjamin Karanja sits behind a glass counter stacked with refurbished smartphones and laptops in a small electronics shop on Kimathi Street in Nairobi. His business imports close to 2,000 second hand ...
19 Dec 2025
The 2025 Policy Year in Review
Introduction The year 2025 was characterised by heightened policy activity in Kenya amid persistent economic strain, accelerating digitalisation, and growing public scrutiny of how regulatory power ...
19 Dec 2025
Policy Outlook 2026: Key Issues to Monitor
Introduction As the world heads into an AI-driven 2026, there are several critical things to watch for, both risks and missed opportunities. China is pushing ahead with chip-making after elim...
12 Dec 2025
Supreme Court Reprieve in Digital Payments: Analysing Implications of Decision in Absa Bank Kenya vs. Commissioner for Domestic Taxes
Kenya has established itself as one of Africa’s most sophisticated digital financial ecosystems, earning Nairobi the moniker “Silicon Savannah”. Over the past decade, high mobile penetration, a ...
5 Dec 2025
Fortune Favours the Bold: Kenya’s Strategic Turn in Fiscal Governance
There are moments in a nation’s economic journey when circumstance ceases to be negotiable, when the only way forward is through reinvention. Kenya stands precisely at such a juncture. The country...
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