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7 Nov 2025
The Promise and Peril of the Kenya Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill, 2025
Kenya’s Draft Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill, 2025, marks a turning point in how the country proposes to manage, invest, and preserve national wealth. Behind its technical clauses lies a profound fiscal...
7 Nov 2025
When Silence Speaks: Media Blackouts and Elections
Last week, during the general elections, Tanzania went dark. There was a nationwide internet blackout, a power outage, and foreign media correspondents and international election observers were also p...
7 Nov 2025
The Politics Behind Africa’s Sovereign Wealth Funds: Lessons for Kenya
The National Treasury recently published the 2025 Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) Bill, sparking considerable discussion among financial and governance analysts. The fund is expected to comprise three mai...
7 Nov 2025
Changing Guard at the EAC: What’s Next for Regional Unity?
President William Ruto’s tenure as Chairman of the East African Community (EAC) is drawing to a close. His one-year term ends in November 2025, marking a pivotal moment for the regional bloc. Th...
31 Oct 2025
Operationalising Integrity: Europe’s Next Frontier in AML/CFT Regulation
How Accountancy Europe’s seven principles seek to reshape the architecture of compliance in the digital era. Globally, there is an ongoing push to strengthen Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the...
31 Oct 2025
IP-Backed Finance: From Hidden Value to Bankable Asset
NCBA made headlines this week for collaborating with artists to co-create a new credit product aimed at financing artists and the creative industry, which contributes about KSh110 million to the econo...
31 Oct 2025
From Code to Capital: AI as a Corporate Financial Asset
“Forget artificial intelligence. In the brave new world of big data, it’s artificial idiocy we should be looking out for.” – Tom Chatfield Blindly delegating critical human judgment to syste...
31 Oct 2025
Celebrating a Silver Jubilee of Innovation as Safaricom Turns 25
Last week, Safaricom celebrated its Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years since its official launch on 23rd October 2000. This week, Safaricom announced its partnership with Meta to bring the second submar...
24 Oct 2025
Rethinking Investment Approvals: Kenya’s Push for Faster and Predictable Development
Kenya has taken a decisive step toward reshaping its investment landscape by designating the Two Rivers International Finance and Innovation Centre (Trific) as a strategic national project. The new st...
24 Oct 2025
Understanding the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025
Despite Kenya’s efforts to bolster the cybersecurity space, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) reported 2.54 billion cyber threat incidents in the first quarter of 2025. This represents a 20...
24 Oct 2025
Double-Edged Sword: How AI Can Become a Risk for Businesses
“AI will be a force for good most likely, but the probability of it going bad is not zero per cent.” – Elon Musk, 2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept; it’s a cu...
16 Oct 2025
Democracy and the Policy Paradox: Reflecting on Raila’s Legacy
The death of Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, Kenya’s long-standing opposition leader and former Prime Minister, marks the end of an era. His generation fought to define the meaning of democracy in Kenya. D...
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