James Oundo

How to build a business without quitting your day job

Build a business without quitting your day job: Most people prefer to quit their day job in order to build their new businesses. This is a plan that oftentimes fails. Instead of quitting your job, you can build your...

How Kenya’s real estate has turned into the auctioneers’ paradise

Property Auction in Kenya: It is no longer a secret. Kenya's real estate sector is in soup. Developers are facing imminent collapse and the auctioneers' hammer for failing to pay back the loans they took to set up their...

Late Kirubi’s Centum posts Sh. 662 million loss in six months

Centum Q2 2021 Financials: Centum Investments has reported a net loss of Sh. 662.1 million for the second quarter of its current financial year. This was reduction by 66 per cent from the net loss of Sh. 1.98 billion the...

What I learned after quitting Safaricom job to start my househelp agency

Househelp Agencies in Nairobi: “My name is Grace Wanjiru. I used to be a customer care agent with Safaricom. I had worked with the company for just under a year, having joined them in May 2011 when I was...

Digital lenders to be banned for revealing borrowers to friends, contacts

Mobile lenders in Kenya shame their borrowers by leaking their details to friends, relatives, and people in the contact list. This tactic is used to have the borrower pay up to avoid further shaming. But this might be a...

How Uganda gave up Entebbe Airport to China to get multi-billion debt

Shocking reports have emerged on how Uganda could end up losing Entebbe Airport over a multi-billion loan it got from China. China has however stated that it is not interested in taking over Entebbe Airport. The big question all...

Co-op Bank gets Sh. 6.3 billion from EU bank for lending to SMEs

The Co-operative Bank has received Sh. 6.3 billion from the European Investment Bank for onward lending to small and medium businesses. The mega fund is aimed at helping small and medium enterprises recover from the pandemic faster. According to Co-op Bank...

Why Co-op Bank was named best bank in Kenya in 2021

In October 2021, EMEA Finance announced that the Co-operative Bank had won the coveted prize of best bank in Kenya during the 2021 edition of the  African Banking Awards. The award rode to Co-op Bank on the bank of Co-op...

Urithi investors ask Uhuru to stop Family Bank from auctioning their land

Urithi Auctioning: Members of the Urithi Sacco have called on president Uhuru Kenyatta to stall and rescue their land from the auctioneer's hammer. This is after the High Court authorized Family Bank to auction 104 acres belonging to Urithi...

Businesses to start advertising on M-Pesa in new upgrade

Businesses are set to start advertising on M-Pesa. This follows upgrades that telecommunications firm Safaricom has carried out on the M-Pesa app, which are aimed at offering additional services to money transfers and withdrawals. The advertising features will follow those...

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