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Quickmart IPO: Who is next?

Quickmart’s proposed IPO could boost its expansion and give Kenyans a stake in a homegrown retailer, but investors must weigh its growth prospects.
By XN Iraki 2026-10-13 06:30:00
Quality sells and customers define quality in their own way. Reliability and durability win for cars.
By XN Iraki 2026-10-07 08:00:00
Recent media reports that public service jobs in teaching, policing, and defending the country from external aggression can be sold were not surprising.
By XN Iraki 2026-10-06 08:00:00
Dangote has given Panafricanism an economic lifetime. Pan-africanists thought that with political freedom, economic prosperity would follow. Evidence seems to suggest otherwise.
By XN Iraki 2026-10-04 08:00:00
Is lack of courtesy a natural output of capitalism? Kenya’s early encounter with capitalism killed courtesy.
By XN Iraki 2026-09-30 09:30:00
Innovation often comes from observing and adapting natural systems.
By XN Iraki 2026-09-29 06:00:00
The capitalist system in Kenya drives even politics, where parties have proliferated. They aim to get the economic power that comes with political power.
By XN Iraki 2026-09-27 08:30:00
A road trip through Murang’a becomes a reflection on how infrastructure has transformed the region while exposing the deeper challenges of moving from subsistence farming to entrepreneurship.
By XN Iraki 2026-09-23 06:00:00
It’s perplexing why Burundians were the focus of the crackdown on foreigners working or running small businesses in Kenya, but we need to know why Kenya?
By XN Iraki 2026-09-22 06:00:00
The private sector employs more people than the public sector, which is funded through taxes and levies.
By XN Iraki 2026-09-19 20:00:00
The rising popularity of traditional brews is not just about hard economic times. It's about new identities. 
By XN Iraki 2026-09-16 06:43:00
Trust should be recognised as a crucial factor of production because its presence lowers the costs of supervision, compliance, fraud prevention and enforcement.
By XN Iraki 2026-09-15 06:00:00