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Wainaina Wambu

Kenneth Mbae: Intern who rose to manage Sh24b property portfolio

Few have handled multi-billion transactions before hitting age 35. Mr Kenneth Mbae is among these few.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Kenneth Mbae: Intern who rose to manage Sh24b property portfolio

Tom Mulwa: How I steered Liaison from an SME to a continental firm

Tom Mulwa: How I steered Liaison from an SME to a continental firm

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Naiparq: Firm easing parking in Nairobi with click of a button

Naiparq: Firm easing parking in Nairobi with click of a button

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Bottoms up! KBL toasts to turning 100... and more

Bottoms up! KBL toasts to turning 100... and more

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Aiming high: From teacher to a manufacturer

After five years in the teaching profession, classroom walls could no longer contain Noah Ochola.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Aiming high: From teacher to a manufacturer

Ben Woodhams: The man who inspired Kenya's malls boom

Ben Woodhams acknowledges that the ones he found in the market hadn’t been designed as malls and weren’t laid out that well.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Ben Woodhams: The man who inspired Kenya's malls boom

Firm seeks liquidation of Myspace Properties

A contractor — Teams Construction — has filed an insolvency petition against Myspace Properties over Sh110.7 million debt.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Firm seeks liquidation of Myspace Properties

Women who control Sh95 billion portfolio

Enterprise spoke to top female executives from Jubilee Insurance who head the Life business, controlling Assets Under Management (AUM) worth Sh95b.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Women who control Sh95 billion portfolio

Kenya Power turnaround efforts take toll on workers

Kenya Power workers are facing increased pressure as its management institutes reforms to pull the firm from the brink.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Kenya Power turnaround efforts take toll on workers

Muthaiga: Inside one of Kenya’s elite golf clubs

Muthaiga Golf Club boasts a rich history. It’s where some of the biggest business deals are cut.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Muthaiga: Inside one of Kenya’s elite golf clubs

Lobbies call for policy to cut harmful fats from food chain

Lack of a national and regional policy regulating trans-fatty acids (TFAs) in the food supply chain is putting millions of lives at risk.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Lobbies call for policy to cut harmful fats from food chain

Centum hands over Two Rivers luxury apartments to buyers

Centum Real Estate has handed over the keys to 60 buyers of its luxury apartments located at the Two Rivers mixed-use development.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Centum hands over Two Rivers luxury apartments to buyers

How local firm bagged franchise deals with global fast food giants

UK-based Chicken Cottage Ltd recently signed a franchise agreement with Express Kitchen Ltd following a similar deal with Papa John's Pizza.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

How local firm bagged franchise deals with global fast food giants

Saccos plan collaboration as new regulations take effect

Hundreds of Saccos to be under Sasra’s oversight as new regulations take effect.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Saccos plan collaboration as new regulations take effect

Knight Frank appoints new MD for Nairobi office

Knight Frank Kenya Managing Director Ben Woodhams will be stepping down on April 1 after 19 years at the helm of the real estate company.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Knight Frank appoints new MD for Nairobi office

Kippra calls for more stimulus packages to jumpstart economy

The government should increase targeted fiscal injections to various sectors of the economy to generate jobs, protect vulnerable households - Kippra

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Kippra calls for more stimulus packages to jumpstart economy

Scangroup hires Ithau as new boss

Marketing firm WPP Scangroup has replaced long-serving Chief Executive Bharat Thakar, who resigned in March 2021 amid a gross misconduct probe.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Scangroup hires Ithau as new boss

Digital lender unveils flexible credit option

Mobile lending platform Tala has unveiled a flexible credit option that will allow customers to repay loans matching their income cycle or salary pay

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Digital lender unveils flexible credit option

Firm eyes sewer treatment business with new plants

Megapipes Solutions, a Ruiru-based firm, has introduced facilities used to treat sewage water.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Firm eyes sewer treatment business with new plants

Businesses cut output as economy suffers worst hit

The Kenyan economy suffered its worst decline yet in January, forcing firms to cut output due to a lack of customers.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Businesses cut output as economy suffers worst hit

Let your fingers do the walking: How Yellow Pages reinvented itself

Yellow Pages is still alive and in business, especially here in Kenya.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Let your fingers do the walking: How Yellow Pages reinvented itself

Secrets of the wealthy

Kenya’s rich have diverse business interests spanning agriculture, transport, manufacturing, clothing and real estate.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Secrets of the wealthy

Ghostly luxury apartment, ownership of Yaya Centre dog Nicholas Biwott in death

Alnoor Kassam is the man behind Trade Bank, one of the country’s most innovative and popular banks of the 80s and 90s.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Ghostly luxury apartment, ownership of Yaya Centre dog Nicholas Biwott in death

Trade Bank caused 'Tax Czar' emotional pain, ulcers

In a chapter of his recently released memoirs, Waweru recalls this time when he worked for global audit firm, Ernst Young.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Trade Bank caused 'Tax Czar' emotional pain, ulcers

Inside the fraud charges that rocked Kassam’s flashy boat

Alnoor Kassam fled Kenya in a cloud of suspicion with claims that he had carted away billions.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Inside the fraud charges that rocked Kassam’s flashy boat

Alnoor Kassam’s fight with Biwott and the fall of Trade Bank

Information gathered by The Standard reveals that it was in Biwott’s best interest for Trade Bank to remain solvent.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Alnoor Kassam’s fight with Biwott and the fall of Trade Bank

Flashy banker now living among Buddhist monks

However, life in the fast lane for Alnoor Kassam changed three-and-a-half years ago when he arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, broke, with only a travel bag

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Flashy banker now living among Buddhist monks

Confessions of a rogue, shrewd exiled banker

His flight from Kenya, where he lost a multi-billion business empire that he’d created as a young man, has haunted him and his family up to this day.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Confessions of a rogue, shrewd exiled banker

How my chapped lips gave rise to my thriving lip balm product line

Budding entrepreneur is taking on international brands with locally made brand after a bad experience with their products.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

How my chapped lips gave rise to my thriving lip balm product line

KTB boss: How pandemic has changed tourism marketing

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March last year, tourism has not only been one of the most battered sectors but one of the most resilient.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

KTB boss: How pandemic has changed tourism marketing

Data privacy concerns stall unmasking of secret firms

Conflicting privacy requirements have been blamed for delay in unmasking the owners of companies involved in government and public-private partnership

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Data privacy concerns stall unmasking of secret firms

Sweet victory for Ugandan firm as it clinches Mumias lease deal

Sarrai Group wins four-months bidding battle despite coming in third with a Sh11.5 bid, Receiver manager says agro-manufacturer offers best bet

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Sweet victory for Ugandan firm as it clinches Mumias lease deal

She makes a tidy sum from 3-D signs

Yvone Odongo quit her job, took time to not only rejuvenate but also position her brand. This included taking a short course on entrepreneurship.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

She makes a tidy sum from 3-D signs

How a chama grew into a listed firm

Trans-Century had started as a chama and went on to list at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). The firm owns companies such as East African Cables

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

How a chama grew into a listed firm

How debt-fuelled expansion dimmed Trans-Century’s star

EA Cables, sold to Trans-Century by the shrewd late billionaire Naushad Merali, was one of the investment firm’s biggest moneymaker.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

How debt-fuelled expansion dimmed Trans-Century’s star

Investors re-imagine the business of selling coffee

The escarpment’s viewpoints are dotted with curio shops which have been trading there for decades and are part of a wider Community-based org.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Investors re-imagine the business of selling coffee

Construction of Sh20b housing project kicks off in Athi River

The price of houses will range between Sh1 million and Sh8 million, with priority set to be given to locals.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Construction of Sh20b housing project kicks off in Athi River

Kenya Power bosses say major reforms to reboot utility firm

The firm’s chair Vivienne Yeda said dirty procurement scams and unviable projects had run down the power utility firm.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Kenya Power bosses say major reforms to reboot utility firm

Local SMEs to benefit from new enterprise hub

The Nairobi centre will serve as a platform to scale globally the most successful local and regional entrepreneurial initiatives.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Local SMEs to benefit from new enterprise hub

Big win for estranged Simba Corp billionaire’s heir at last

The patriarch made his fortune through Simba Corp, a business conglomerate cutting across key sectors of the economy, including motor assembly.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Big win for estranged Simba Corp billionaire’s heir at last

Kenya's brand value up by 8pc in one year on UK trade deal

Kenya’s brand value has risen eight per cent to $67 billion (Sh7.4 trillion) in the last one year, a new report shows.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Buses, restaurants and bars to profit from end of curfew

The lifting of the curfew yesterday by President Uhuru Kenyatta has come as a reprieve for many businesses.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Buses, restaurants and bars to profit from end of curfew

Local lubricant makers push for bigger market share

Currently, Yana serves about four top local oil marketers, but they are still not operating at maximum capacity.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Local lubricant makers push for bigger market share

Binance steps up crypto currency training

Global cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance has stepped up its foray into Africa.

By Wainaina Wambu 2 years ago

Binance steps up crypto currency training

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