Co-operative Bank’s chief executive, Gideon Muriuki, earned Sh260.3 million in bonus last year, the largest in the banking industry, under the bank’s performance-based reward system for […]
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Britons On Kenya’s Payroll Since 1963 Independence Puts Treasury On The Spot
years ago but continue to earn pension at Kenyan taxpayers’ expense are still alive. The pensioners served in the British colonial administration and retired before […]
Obi Cubana: Lessons in Entrepreneurship, Afro-capitalism?
Obi Cubana has created a national sensation but what lessons can we learn from this about entrepreneurship and how Africans live capitalism? On Sunday 18th […]
GTBank wins Africa’s Best Bank In The 2021 Euromoney’s Awards For Excellence
Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence are the awards that matter to the banks and bankers who matter. They were established in 1992 and were the first […]
Q&A with Ramsay Rankoussi, Vice President of, Development, Africa & Turkey, Radisson Hotel Group
1. What does the Radisson Hotel Group African portfolio currently include? Our African portfolio currently consists of almost 100 hotels in operation and under development […]
39 African Winners of World Bank Africa Blog4Dev 2021 Competition Emerges
On the occasion of the World Youth Skills Day, World Bank is pleased to announce the winners of the Blog4Dev 2021 competition. Launched in 2014 […]
Africa’s Top 100 Brands in 2021- Brand Africa 100
Now in its 11th year, Brand Africa 100 is a consumer-led survey which seeks to establish brand preferences across Africa. Conducted in 28 countries covering all economic regions […]
Ex-SafeBoda Executive Babajide Duroshola Joins M-KOPA to Lead Expansion Into Nigeria
Nairobi-based lender M-KOPA is expanding into the Nigerian market, and have hired an ex-Andela executive for the job. Kenya’s M-KOPA, which offers underbanked customers finance […]
Three Countries in West Africa Join High-Speed Network
Three more African countries, Benin, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire, have connected to the specialised internet network for research and education enabled by the West […]
Huge 1,174-Carat Diamond Unearthed in Botswana
An enormous 1,174-carat diamond has been unearthed in Botswana, a mining company has said, the second massive diamond to be found in the country in […]