PRIME BIKO INTERVIEW: Secret man who set me on path to success She owns the spas in Wadi Degla Club, Movenpick Hotel, Norfolk, Fairmont the Norfolk, and Lake Elementaita Mountain Lodge.
PRIME Taking over a sector dogged with many hurdles The manufacturing sector is currently hit by woes, as evidenced by Sh133.2 billion worth of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the year ended December, making it the second biggest defaulter behind...
PRIME BIKO INTERVIEW: I turn men into kings 'You have to have a purpose and a reason for your kingdom. You must also have the values and foundations of what you want in that kingdom.'
Top 40 Under 40: Women make inroads in specialised career fields A close look at this year’s profile reveals the stable rise of smart women who can stand on their own and make an impact in male dominated sectors.
PRIME BIKO INTERVIEW: How I left a well paying job in South Africa 'Consultancy was rough at the beginning but then I got so many referrals I couldn’t handle it.'
PRIME Maina Wanjigi: Kenyan with indomitable can-do attitude Honouring the late Maina Wanjigi for his good deeds is redemptive.
PRIME Work cut out for ex-IMF official leading Kenya debt audit team President William Ruto appointed her to lead a team of nine to provide the first-ever forensic audit of public debt.
PRIME Michael Waweru, the unlikely tax czar who secured Kibaki’s plans By the time he left, the revenue had soared from Sh180bn in 2002 to Sh635bn in 2011.
PRIME BIKO INTERVIEW: The CEO with nothing on his desk George Odenyo is the CEO of American Tower Company (ATC), the American real estate investment firm that owns, develops, and operates wireless and broadcast communication infrastructure.
PRIME Ode to JB Wanjui, the ultimate billionaire He was worth billions of shillings, and his shareholding in blue-chip companies was epic.
PRIME Mary Wamae: Iron lady that has shaped Equity Group’s recent success exits As she charts the next path after leaving the board of directors of Equity Group Holdings, Mary Wangari Wamae will be opening a fresh chapter in her rich personal story.
Veteran journalist Mutegi Njau has died Veteran journalist Mutegi Njau has died, his family has confirmed.
PRIME BIKO INTERVIEW: ‘Why I’m seen as a woodpecker’ Ann Kinuthia-Otieno, the Chief Executive of Airtel Money, is straight-shooting, driven, and determined.
PRIME Architect who died before steering Family Bank to become a tier-1 lender Few people have graduated from being bank customers to being directors.
PRIME BIKO INTERVIEW: Ipsos Kenya boss’ confusing 40s Chris Githaiga relocated to Nigeria for work and almost never came back.
PRIME Allan Kilavuka gets another chance to steer Kenya Airways into profitability Observers must have expected Allan Kilavuka, the chief executive at Kenya Airways, to exit the corner office of the troubled national carrier.
PRIME BIKO INTERVIEW: Martin Ochieng’s midlife excellence At 55 years of age and with numerous notches on his career belt, Mr Ochieng is undergoing what he calls Midlife Excellence
PRIME Kenyan tycoon who won Sh1.8bn after eight-year battle with Heineken Two weeks ago, Kiuna Ngugi Kiuna became Sh1.8 billion richer.
PRIME BIKO INTERVIEW: Clothing brand owner who owns and wears only one T-shirt Fady Rostom won’t reveal himself easily. He hides behind a curtain of withering self-deprecation and truly atrocious dad jokes.
PRIME A lawyer who became first Kenya female to head a global entity Binaifer was once denied an opportunity to join a Kenyan university because her last name was Nowrojee.
PRIME How I became a wealth lawyer 'My childhood was a typical rural upbringing, as the fourth of five siblings. I've always been adaptable, a trait I still carry as a typical middle child.'
PRIME The Caribbean girl leading top Kenyan hospital 'Nobody talks about the power that the continent harbours. I’m struck by the beauty of Kenya, and the warmth of the population.'
PRIME The woman who took on supermarkets giant Carrefour —and won The mother of two previously worked for Coca-Cola and Reckitt Benckiser, the latter as manager for sub-Saharan Africa.
PRIME BIKO INTERVIEW: A career diplomat’s long walk to freedom Maarten Brouwer, the outgoing Netherlands Ambassador to Kenya, has left the building, possibly even the country.
PRIME Kimani Kuria in the eye of another storm amid new tax proposals Molo MP Francis Kimani Kuria is coming out as the poster child of the unpopular bread and vehicle circulation taxes.