Christmas Blues: Father-in-Law’s Text Message That Broke My Heart
I married the firstborn in a huge family. My wife is often the de facto parent. The uncelebrated head of a chaotic chain of command. Always, she's either an emissary of goo...
Adults and Food: Embarrassing Moments at an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
I got my first buffet experience when I was twelve. It was mildly embarrassing, but served serious lessons on humanity and social skills. My father took us for a Chrismas D...
Co-op Bank marks 38% Profit Growth with Ksh22.7 Billion Profits Before Tax in 3rd Quarter
Co-op Bank Group is pleased to report a Profit Before Tax of Kshs. 22.7 Billion for the third quarter of 2022. That's a commendable 38% growth compared to Kshs. 16.5 Billio...
Trade Finance: The Secret to Grow, Revive a Struggling Business!
Trade Finance refers to an external source of working capital finance. It is a form of short-term credit typically used by companies that export or import goods. It's usual...
My Hustle: To Quit High-Salary Job to Almost Starve in a New Business
What's your opinion on the perfect job? While people desire and actively chase different jobs it's all grounded on the premise of stability and financial goals. How do y...
Co-op Bank Named Best Overall at Kenya Bankers’ Association Award Gala
Co-operative Bank celebrates winning a prestigious award, recently being named Overall Winner at the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) 2022 Sustainable Finance Catalyst Awards. ...
Car Shopping: Do you Pick Manual or Automatic Transmission?
When making the choice to purchase a particular car, the gear set up plays a huge role. The choice plays between a manual and automatic transmission. Each choice has advant...
Buying a Secondhand Car? The 10 Key Points to Check Before Purchase
Let it be that time comes - as it always will - that you get to own a car. It's a milestone of sorts, often achieved with great sacrifice and meticulous planning. A bit of ...
Thrown From the Nest: Moving out Ignited Business Spark for Car-wash Entrepreneur
While human beings are generally wired differently, Tony believes the Creator went a yard further on him. From childhood, his mother would often remark of him 'being too grown...
My Campus Hustle: How Greed For Smokies Made My Business Fail
My first business venture came around in campus, second year. It was nothing meticulous, or well thought-out. I just chanced upon a couple of seniors disposing stuff weeks to ...
Sportpesa is back! Betting firms receive permits
After an uncertain month of operations, several betting companies have finally received their permits for the 2022/2023 trading period, among them giant sports investors such ...
The Kenya Airlift Program: How We’ve Sent over 50 Kenyan Students Abroad on Scholarship
A relatively rural ward with an easy-to-forget name is rapidly becoming an household name, thanks to the stellar exploits of her representative at the Meru County Assembly. Th...
Pate Island in Lamu: Proof That Lobster Soup is a Vitality Booster
Some friends referred me to a travel agent, but I was hesitant. How do I trust an agent with zero presence on social media? He's old school, they said. I visited his office...
Msanii Foreman Breaks Trend: US-based Kenyan Artist Ditches Secular for Gospel Music
It’s not an easy time to be a gospel artist in Kenya. The gospel niche comes with a strict code of societal expectations. Fans hold gospel idols to a high moral standard. As...
Story of Koko: The Illiterate Beach Boy Fluent in Six Foreign Languages
I feel the grit of warm, fine sand in the soft spots between my toes. Curiously, a blurred image of the planet's diced cross-section in elementary Geography crops up. It sh...
Heartbreak, Tattoos and my inspiration for business
I remember the very first time I fell inlove with ink. I think that’s how cool kids refer to tattoos. I was young and I loved watching wrestling. My favourite wrestler was t...
Facing off with Sharks: The Fearless Art of Spear Fishing on Wasini Island
For enthusiasts ticking off destinations on their travel bucket list in Kenya, there are two must-visit places in Kenya. The first spot is Iten - famous as the ‘Land of Cham...
How Do You Know it’s Time to End a Long Friendship?
The tired phrase "We’ve known each other a long time” is not a good reason to stay friends with someone. In a way, you never end a friendship, the friendship fizzles ou...
KWS Surgeons Save Iconic Lion Injured in a Warthog Attack From Jaws of Death
Like a fruit that doesn’t fall far from the family tree that delighted in a generational line of teachers - I studied education in college. However, on the hustling trail...
Delivery Boy: Kenyans are Annoyingly Poor in Giving Directions
It was fun learning colors back in elementary school. Remember belting out that catchy tone "Richard Of York Gained Battle In Vain"? That's to name the color spectrum on the r...
The thriftiest business: Making millions na luku kali kali
It goes without saying that Nairobians love to look good. That is why songs are sung about how fresh one's drip is. It's also why people like Nairobi West Nicur have been maki...
Celebrating DJ Afro: Super Commentator Helped me Get a Wife!
When people meet DJ Afro Amigos for the first time, they pause. Unspoken questions hang in the air like clouds before a downpour. Is this really DJ Afro? Is this the super ...
My First Flight: Of Getting Lost in Wilson Airport Looking for My Plane!
If I could live to a ripe old age, say three hundred years, one memory would stick. The memories of my first flight. The irritable dementia may blur names and faces of family ...
My Lesson from a Difficult Ruracio: Patience is Not Necessarily a Virtue!
Life will conspire and shatter basic tenets that kept you grounded on the straight and narrow. This is what ‘adulting’ is all about. As I write, I’m trying not to ...
Co-op Bank celebrated as East Africa’s Regional Bank of the Year
The 16th edition of the African Banker Awards Gala Ceremony took place on 25th May 2022 at the Kempinski Hotel, in Accra, Ghana. The event was held under the High Patronage...
Breakdown of Co-op Bank’s virtual 14th Annual General Meeting
Co-operative Bank of Kenya today virtual held its 14th Annual General Meeting. This is the third time the meeting has been held virtually following amendments to the law go...
