Union cautions Ayacko as nurses’ strike spreads

Seth Panyako, Kenya National Union of Nurses secretary-general. [File, Standard] The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) has cautioned Migori Governor Ochilo Ayacko against alleged intimidation of health workers participating in the ongoing strike affecting 15 counties KNUN Secretary-General Seth Panyako... Read more »

Jaiz Bank targets N100bn capital base in 2026

Jaiz Bank Plc has announced plans to raise its capital base to a minimum of N100 billion within the next one year, after already meeting the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) current... Read more »

Not Uber. Not Danfo. Along is somewhere in between

Across Nigeria’s public transport—whether its minibuses, okadas, shared taxis or danfos—affordability, rather than comfort, determines how people get from point A to B. In the past decade several ride-hailing and ride-sharing companies... Read more »

Co-op Bank posts Sh14.1b profit amid branch, digital expansion

Co-op Bank MD Gideon Muriuki. [Courtesy] Co-operative Bank of Kenya (Co-op Bank) has reported an 8.4 per cent growth in profit after tax for the first half of this year, driven... Read more »

Why lower governance costs may not change much in Nigeria

There has been long-standing debate about Nigeria’s high cost of governance. The World Bank’s Nigeria Development Update (NDU) heatmap, covering December 2022 to April 2025, shows the country firmly in the “red... Read more »

How Trump’s migrant crackdown has strained Kenyan households, economy

Millions of Kenyan families face a new financial crisis as Trump Migrants’ crackdown hits vital diaspora remittances A growing financial crisis looms over millions of Kenyan households and the embattled economy,... Read more »

Nigerian businesses should prioritise continuous training for long-term success- Business leader

Tara Fela Durotoye, founder of House of Tara has urged Nigerian manufacturing businesses to prioritise continuous training as people are key to business operations needed for innovation and sustainability. She noted this... Read more »

IM Bank eyes organic growth as half-year profit hits Sh11.7b

From left: I&M Bank Group CFO David Ngata, Regional CEO Kihara Maina, I&M Bank Kenya CEO Gul Khan and Gauri Gupta during the release of the FY2024 results in Nairobi,... Read more »

It’s time to awaken the sleeping East African giant on trade » Capital News

By Tobias Alando One November afternoon in 1999, three presidents—Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, Ali Hassan Mwinyi of Tanzania, and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda—met in Arusha to sign the Treaty establishing the... Read more »

PRH Unveils African Billionaire Prateek Suri’s First Book ‘Gateway To Africa’

Penguin Random House (PRH), the world’s largest and most influential publishing house, has officially confirmed the release of ‘Gateway to Africa’, the debut autobiography of Indian-born entrepreneur and African billionaire, Prateek Suri.... Read more »