Kenya can Dream that Big again.
Kenya Once Made Ambition Feel Ordinary. Can Its Institutions Do It Again?
Kenya we want · 7 Sept 2026 · 11 min read
First Reading
Draft provisions, consultations and appointments: read before a final rule exists, so operators know what is actually changing.
Kenya Wants a Bigger Cut of Corporate Profits. Should KRA Start Acting Like a Shareholder?
As Kenya considers extracting more revenue from highly profitable companies and top earners, this feature challenges the adversarial relationship between the tax authority and private enterprise. It argues that if government shares directly in corporate profits through taxation, KRA should behave less like an external enforcer and more like a partner in business growth, potentially taking a formal role in corporate governance to improve compliance, reduce disputes and align tax policy with the profitability of the companies expected to fund the state.
Tax & Regulation · 6 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
Doage Wants to Help African InsurTechs Turn Funding Into Growth.
African InsurTech startups have attracted more than US$300 million in funding over the past five years, but capital is only the beginning of the commercial journey. Doage is building a platform around what comes next, helping ventures secure insurer partnerships, enter new markets, strengthen distribution and turn promising products into sustainable revenue.
Insurtech · 2 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Housing Levy: Kes206 Billion Later, No One Can Trace a Payslip to a Front Door
Kenya's Affordable Housing Levy has raised Sh206.46 billion in three years. What the public record does not show is where it went, when it ends, or what a contributor is owed.
Housing Levy · 1 Sept 2026 · 11 min read
Kenya’s Aviation Strikes Expose the Cost of Settling Flights Before Settling the Dispute.
Repeated walkouts across Kenya’s aviation system have shown that restoring operations at JKIA is not the same as resolving the labour disputes beneath them. With tourism earnings at KSh500 billion and the airport carrying most of the country’s international arrivals and air cargo, the unresolved bargaining failures at KCAA, KAA and Jambojet have become a wider economic risk: reliability is now part of Kenya’s tourism product, and another temporary return-to-work deal will only defer the next disruption.
Economy, Labour, and Worker's rights · 31 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
The engineer who built NCBA for scale, and now faces its biggest integration yet.
John Gachora has spent three decades moving from electrical engineering and Wall Street securitisation to African banking, culminating in the merger that created NCBA. With Nedbank now seeking control of the group, he faces a familiar but larger problem: how to connect two complex financial systems without losing the local judgment, culture and operating discipline that made NCBA valuable.
CEO Spotlight · 28 Aug 2026 · 17 min read
TransUnion’s Morris Maina Says Kenya’s Credit Problem Is Access, Not Borrowing Appetite.
TransUnion Kenya CEO Morris Maina argues that Kenyans have a strong appetite for credit but face an affordability and access gap worsened by conservative lending and government borrowing that competes with the private sector for capital. With 96% of the country’s credit accounts now digital, Maina sees the next opportunity in better risk assessment, responsible credit use and fintechs that move beyond standalone loans to build differentiated financial services around the customer.
CEO Spotlight · 23 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Nancy Masila Is Building Jasiri Network Into a Bridge Between Africa’s Diaspora Talent and Home.
What began as Nancy Masila’s effort to create community for African professionals living abroad has grown from about 100 to more than 2,000 members, attracting engagement from the Kenya High Commission and taking her to platforms including Buckingham Palace and the London School of Economics. Jasiri Network is now pursuing a larger ambition: turn the African diaspora from a story of brain drain into a network through which talent, experience, relationships and opportunity can move between global markets and the continent.
Thought Leaders · 23 Aug 2026 · 9 min read
Qucoon CEO Yinka Daramola Bets on Kenya as the Nigerian Tech Firm Expands Beyond Its Home Market.
Yinka Daramola built his career across banking, engineering and technology before turning to entrepreneurship, and now sees Kenya as a key part of Qucoon’s regional expansion. With the company’s Kenyan operation reaching break-even in its first year, Daramola is betting on local talent, public-sector demand and partnerships to grow a business that competes on cloud, software and AI services while navigating the cultural and competitive differences between East and West Africa.
CEO Spotlight · 20 Aug 2026 · 16 min read
From Zimbabwe Debate Club to Microsoft, Otilia Phiri Built a Cross-Border Legal Career at the Edge of Technology
Otilia Phiri’s path from construction law in Dubai to leading Microsoft’s commercial legal support across much of Africa, Egypt, the Levant and Pakistan was shaped less by a fixed plan than by a series of calculated pivots across countries, industries and legal disciplines. Her rise reflects the growing importance of lawyers who can operate across technology, regulation and emerging markets — and the value of being willing to learn outside one’s original area of expertise.
Thought Leaders · 20 Aug 2026 · 6 min read