Millennials, hands up if you spent a chilly night outdoors to make sure a cow doesn’t snack on her own placenta!
Oh, the things the boy child in my rural generation had to go through! It’s a wonder no fatalities or permanent disfigurements were recorded. The rough and tumble on a da...
The chilly mornings in the countryside inspire thoughtful reflections on eventual retirement
If it doesn’t presently hog your mind, the thought of retirement is a pensive moment for a lot of people. What is it like to have no work deadlines, board meetings and back-...
The various types of boda boda riders, from interesting to the irritating!
What’s it with the boda boda guys? They are sometimes a deplorable lot, morally decadent and vulgar loudmouths. Yet, an integral part of the social fabric that holds comm...
The Co-operative Bank jolts banking sector by a record Kshs. 5.1 Billion profit in first quarter 2020
The Co-operative Bank Group has an encouraging winning angle against the obstacles occasioned by the ravaging pandemic to report a Profit before Tax of Kshs 5.1 Billion for th...
Co-Operative Bank launches import finance product for MSMEs
Co-operative Bank has launched the Import Duty Finance to the rapidly evolving Micro, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya as it commits to remain innovative ...
This Valentine’s Day, don’t be the same insufferable idiot you were last year. Be smarter!
Well, getting dumped is fairly normal. It’s perhaps, inevitable, now and then. However, getting the axe on Valentine’s Day doubles the pain. What triples is the pain? Gett...
I am in love with three ladies, and I used this nifty trick to make them inseparable best friends – believe it or not!
I don’t suffer an exception. Alongside a million other upward-mobile individuals, I owe the modest progress I’ve made in this life to a small circle of influential ladi...
My college girlfriend saves the day as our first Valentine’s Day date almost turns to complete disaster
Plunging into the world of dating will quickly teach that it’s a treacherous path to navigate. This path is filled with mines. And it’s easier for a battle-hardened marine...
The bespectacled, mean clerk with a tight hair bun at the local coffee factory did finally retire….
My heart breaks each time I walk past the eternally-leaning, wooden gate to our local coffee factory. The place is deserted. The coffee bean drying terraces are overgrown with...
Did you know that the sound of an ATM machine dispensing cash ranks just below soul music in therapy? Find out now!
Kkkkkkkrrrrrrrr! Kkkkkkkrrrrrr! If therapy can be wholly packaged in a sound, then that sound would be the metallic sound an ATM machine makes, as it dispenses money. No ot...
A million reasons why the Co-op Bank Visa card should not be left behind during this festive season
The Co-operative Bank has more good news for her customers. It seems the basket of festive goodies is just opening up. This festive season is geared to be a memorable one, as ...
The easiest way to handle random party moments this December, with MCo-op Cash
There’s a reason festive December is the most loved time of the year. This month rolls out unexpected good moments like life depends on it. But, hey, sometimes it may depend...
Enjoying Christmas holidays in the village to the fullest, as Co-op kwa Jirani demystifies banking!
Have you ever wondered why everyone in urban areas crave their rural default setting once Christmas comes around? Crazy work schedules in town. Long hours in traffic. Diffi...
Co-op Bank scoops best bank award at EMEA Finance Awards in London
The Co-operative Bank has been named Best Bank in Kenya 2020 at this year’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Finance Awards. The EMEA Finance Awards recognise financ...
Three Co-op Bank Foundation students graduate at JKUAT with stellar performances
Every single graduate at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) 34th graduation held on Friday 29th November 2019, in Juja, has a story to tell. But th...
Co-operative Bank opens festive season for their clients by scrapping charges on bank balance inquiry
It’s the little things in life that make a difference. It’s a very fragile axis that a good day swings on. The little things around us. A baby’s toothless smile on ...
Co-operative Bank to support free cancer screening campaign
The recent surge of cancer-related health challenges facing the country has brought to the fore the need to ramp-up early cancer screening campaigns to help identify in good t...
Co-operative Bank Wraps Up its First Phase of MSME Customers Networking Forums
For the last seven months the Bank has been hosting customer networking forums for its Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) customers. The networking forums were h...
An Easy Win for Coop Bank in the 2019 ASK Mombasa Show
The Co-operative Bank has continued to support the agricultural sector and specifically farmers in all corners of the country. This is evident at the ASK Mombasa International...
The Eccentric School Bursar always flying solo, like a combat pilot !
The short steps to the deputy head’s office, who doubled as the official discipline master, didn’t strike as much reverence as a visit to the hallowed bursar’s office. ...
How The Discerning Parent Handles The Looming School Fees Dilemma Like a Boss!
To a large extent, Kenyan boy-band Sauti Sol owed their audience a disclaimer at the end of their hit track, Nerea. If a parenting newbie takes its content literally, the hard...
An Interestingly Simple but Puzzling Lesson on the Mechanics of Money
In my high school days, I met a very calm, patient lady. She was my languages teacher. She rocked black, horn-rimmed glasses, and had an eternal flowered scarf on her neck, an...
