The owners of SMART TV will not face any  legal action from the government as none of the collapsed broadcaster’s subscribers has raised any claims for compensation. Mohammed Nyaoga, the chairman of Transmex which owns Smart TV, said most of their subscribers were issued with the decoders for free in a promotion…

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics is expected to release February’s Inflation numbers on February 29th.  Inflation slowed to 18.3 percent in January from 18.9 percent a month earlier, and is expected to drop even further this week, riding off the strengthening shilling.

Applying for jobs is a daunting process so Patricia Gieskes seized this opportunity and has introduced a successful women-run recruitment agency in the DRC, giving job seekers a competitive edge in the marketplace. Most people looking for jobs send out their CVs and apply in person. In the Democratic Republic…

Oprah Winfrey Founder of Harpo Productions Inc. Founded: 1986 “I don’t think of myself as a poor, deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew she was responsible for herself-and I had to make good.”-Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey…

Emma Nganga used to work in the corporate world. She used to suit up every day and head into Nairobi’s business district where she was a PR associate and represented large enterprises in multi-million dollar deals. You wouldn’t know that by looking at her now – she wears gumboots and…

Kenyan’s and Money I love Kenyans and I love being Kenyan, we are hard working, toiling for between 8 to 12 hours a day or even longer, looking for cash. The average Kenyan will start hustling at an early age. Wafula who just completed his high school education in Western…

Its mid week, you are tired of your work and all you can do is wish that the weekend would come a little bit earlier. We’ve all been there; if everyone loved their job, they probably wouldn’t call it work. The lucky ones are those guys who have figured out…

In 1993, Equity Building Society in Kenya was declared technically insolvent; in 2010 it is a fully fledged bank, listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and claims more than half of Kenya’s banked population as its customers. In 2006 alone, its customer base grew 82,5% and its deposits grow 80% a year. What is the secret of its success? The innovative and efficient provision of financial services to low- and middle- income groups at a good price.

Health Focus is a serialization of stories on the effect of Health issues on a family and individual. While many take health for granted, the lack of it can lead to an enormous cost for a family. Often the cost is not just financial but emotional as well. How do…

Nairobi and its environs were hit by a fuel shortage despite assurances by the industry that there were enough supplies for the long weekend. Most filling stations in the city centre ran out of petrol but had plenty of diesel. Out of the 11 petrol stations the Nation team…