This month, Rwandans in Rwanda and the world over commemorate 30 years (Kwibuka30) after the ghastly genocide in which more than 1,000,000 Tutsi, were killed. But like the Rwandan President...
Stanbic Bank Uganda, Uganda’s largest bank and a subsidiary of the Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest banking group has said that it is still doing its own due diligence on...
In yet another solid step towards its 5-year growth and expansion strategy to become the “World’s Most Respected African Bank”, Access Bank Plc has announced that it has signed a...
Pius Ngugi is one of the wealthiest Kenyans. He was born in Kiambu on March 8, 1944. He is a proud polygamist and is married to Josephine Wambui Ngugi and...
The Anti-corruption court presided over by Her Worship Esther Asiimwe yesterday January 10th remanded Tarus Stephen Kipkiyeny to Luzira prison up to 18th January 2023 over falsification of export documents....
Harvests rarely come this big. Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) recently netted a big fish: a former Kenyan minister, Stephen Kipkiyeny Tarus, for smuggling 13 kg gold and potentially costing Uganda…
Four European Union member states — France, Germany, Italy, and Spain — join Japan and Singapore in boasting of the most powerful passports in the world, with their citizens able…
Few embody the spirit of Tanzania’s steady and relentless march towards increased prosperity like Mohammed Dewji, the country’s entrepreneur supreme – and Africa’s youngest billionaire – whose MeTL Group’s 150…
Intesa Sanpaolo and Investec Bank have successfully raised US$150m on behalf of CRDB Bank, Tanzania’s largest bank, in the form of a syndicated term loan facility. The transaction is a…
Businesses in Eastern Africa must act quickly to avert increasing cases of economic crimes and fraud that threaten their existence, the Global Economic and Crime Survey by renowned international audit…
More than 200 Ugandan private and public sector players are in Mombasa, Kenya for the 2nd Uganda-Kenya Coast Tourism Conference 2023. The conference that starts today (November 13) at the…
The Kenya Revenue Authority will be rebuilt to a service-oriented organization, President William Ruto has said. Ruto observed that KRA will no longer be a suppressive entity driving taxpayers into…
Behind Ruth Zaipuna’s calm demeanor lies a lady who is a fighter and strong willed strategist. Since becoming CEO of the NMB Bank in Tanzania in 2020, she has transformed…
Kariuki Ngari usually refers to himself as a village boy at heart. Born and raised on the slopes of Mt. Kenya, he has risen to become a global citizen, leading Kenya’s largest international bank, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB). Kariuki was born to a teacher and a homemaker, the only boy amongst seven sisters. His father imbued him with humility. “In…
The Goldenberg scandal in the early 1990s is Kenya’s largest documented gold fraud. The scheme involved Goldenberg International Limited, which pretended to export gold and diamonds, and in exchange received substantial…