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<news:title><![CDATA[Stillness and Stuckness: Founder’s seasons ]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The mind has to accept which season it is in, instead of insisting on the one it prefers. The heart has to grieve what the last season took, or the grief will make tomorrow's decisions.]]></image:caption>
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<news:title><![CDATA[How we can scale smart payment infrastructure to last mile of retail]]></news:title>
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<news:title><![CDATA[Kenya must pivot away from peripheral sprawl]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Duke’s central message is: good management is not about always making the right decision. It is about making the best decision possible with the information available, then learning from the outcome.]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-14T12:30:00Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Regulate AI, but please, don’t rush the machinery]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Transparency, labelling, public-sector disclosure, sandboxes and guidance could come first; punitive enforcement for high-risk systems should follow once the data, compute, assurance, procurement and regulatory machinery is in place.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/advisors-to-earn-sh575m-from-quickmart-ipo-5631736</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-14T11:53:24Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Advisors to earn Sh575m from Quickmart IPO]]></news:title>
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<loc>https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/enterprise/-ankole-luxury-the-business-that-built-a-global-brand-using-kenyan-craftsmanship-5631714</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-14T08:00:00Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[ Ankole Luxury: The business that built a global brand using Kenyan craftsmanship]]></news:title>
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<news:title><![CDATA[Road ministry cuts contractors’ pending bills by Sh68.6bn]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers recarpet a section of Ngong Road on May 3, 2022.]]></image:caption>
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<news:title><![CDATA[Why the Africa Credit Rating Agency matters]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The African Union has launched the Africa Credit Rating Agency in Mauritius, creating the continent's first pan-African credit-rating institution in a move aimed at improving how African risk is assessed, priced and understood by global capital markets]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-13T16:23:55Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Focus on funding as energy transition push builds up ]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Electricity customers connected through Kenya Power reached over 10.27 million households and businesses as of 2026, data from the Energy Department said.]]></image:caption>
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<news:title><![CDATA[China’s CRBC bags Sh3.2bn deal to upgrade Old Mombasa Road ]]></news:title>
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<news:title><![CDATA[Kenyans learning German up 95pc with eye on jobs, business abroad]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Linet Ambani in her 30s, is a Kenyan mortgage and protection advisor based in London, she has lived and worked in the UK for four years.]]></image:caption>
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<news:title><![CDATA[State seeks to extend VAT relief on fuel to mid-December]]></news:title>
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<news:title><![CDATA[Kenya’s economy to grow slightly faster in 2027 on lower inflation]]></news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-13T15:30:00Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Court declines to enter Sh28m judgement against London Distillers]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[ London Distillers,Tradall SA,Tradall ,Jerome Costa Domingues,Nicolas Tschanun]]></news:keywords>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A section of the London Distiller Plant.]]></image:caption>
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