Technology and innovation must grow responsibly AI adoption is moving faster than the governance structures needed to support it.
Securing East Africa’s digital economy in artificial intelligence age Cybersecurity can no longer be treated as a technical issue left to IT departments. It is increasingly a business continuity, economic resilience and consumer trust issue. The
Healthcare dignity should not depend on age or circumstance Kenya’s healthcare conversation is evolving because Kenyan families themselves are changing.
PRIME Dangote refinery puts Kenya’s oil in focus With a refinery next door, we have a place to refine our Turkana crude, which should improve the bankability of Lokichar.
SEZs hold huge potential to push Kenya toward its industrial goals A successful SEZ regime should not depend exclusively on attracting multinational investors.
Banks should shift to continuous Know Your Employee checks A background check captures a point in time. It cannot, by definition, tell an institution everything that may become relevant later.
PRIME Kenya refinery: The founder's train For Kenyan founders, the work starts now. Map the value chain before the tenders open. Get certified to the standards a refinery demands.
Does your company pass the trust test? Firms should start every brief with one question: what can we prove? Messages built on verifiable facts travel further through earned media and hold up under scrutiny.
New documentation rules signal tougher imports compliance Failure to produce or retain the required export documentation could result in disallowed costs for corporate income tax claims relating to imported goods as well as additional tax assessments...
The workplace will shape next competitive edge Many offices across East Africa still operate much as they did a decade ago. They were designed for a different era, with fixed layouts, traditional ways of managing building and spaces built...
Beyond credits, trust unlocks the true value in carbon markets A company can purchase thousands of credits, but that investment becomes difficult to defend if the underlying project is later found to have overstated its actual impact.
Use Agoa extension to rethink US trade ties African exporters still contend with high energy and logistics costs, limited trade finance, infrastructure gaps, standards challenges, weak supplier networks and productivity constraints.
Closing health care continuity gap essential to improve patient safety WHO estimates that 1.6 million people between the ages of 30 and 70 die prematurely each year from one of the major NCDs in the African Region, accounting for 63 percent of all NCD-related deaths.
From UN to Brics: China through a lasting African partnership lens To appreciate China's development story, and to understand why the China-Africa partnership carries weight today, it helps to remember where China began.
PRIME Lessons for Lamu from Dangote’s court battles A refinery serves that interest when it is one pillar of supply. It undermines it when it becomes the only one. The task, then, is to legislate what Nigeria is now litigating.
What quality African businesses are looking for in an investor Today, a quality African business can have several financing options on the table at the same time.
The billion-shilling cost of promoting the wrong leaders Poor leadership directly impacts organisational performance and costs. Contrast this with organizations that have embraced holistic leadership selection.
Comesa’s expedited merger review structure Under the Comesa Regulations, the CCCC is required to issue a decision on a notified merger within 120 days of filing.
PRIME Not fit for purpose: Kenya has a scale-up, not start-up problem As businesses begin generating consistent revenues, their financing needs become more sophisticated.
A stronger MICE is Kenya’s next tourism frontier According to the International Congress and Convention Association, more than 11,000 international meetings were held globally in 2024.
Africa cannot secure agentic AI with yesterday's security model For African businesses, autonomous AI is no longer a distant prospect.
Organisations are transforming with sustainability implementation Organisations are embedding sustainability into the development of new products and services, including innovation across existing ones
PRIME Kenya has a chance to turn clean cooking into a business opportunity The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum estimates that 9.1 million Kenyan households, about 69 percent, rely primarily on traditional cooking fuels.
PRIME When a board outvotes the owner The logic is that entities big enough to matter to the financial system should meet public-market disclosure standards, including published quarterly results and shareholders who can ask questions.
Pension sector’s next growth frontier is member engagement The next decade of pension sector growth will come from deliberate, sustained initiative of helping ordinary Kenyans understand, actively participate and trust their own retirement planning.
