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OPINION: Reimagining homeownership for new generation beyond the payslip

For decades, housing finance has largely been designed around a predictable reality: formal employment, monthly salaries, and conventional measures of creditworthiness.

OPINION: Role of our Security, Intelligence and Defence Forces in securing the Kenya we want to build by 2060

Security and development are not competing forces but complementary priorities in the economic transformation of any progressive society.Worldwide, security provides a stable environment for development. In contrast, inclusive and sustainable development strengthens the foundations of national secur...

OPINION: Beyond the Stage: Kenya's arts are now a core economic engine

To meet this demand, leading education systems worldwide are undergoing radical transitions. Singapore and South Korea are overhauling curricula to abandon rote memorisation for personalised, problem-solving models.

OPINION: To lead in e-Commerce, Kenya must get policy right

The country has built one of Africa’s strongest digital foundations, with a population of 57 million, internet penetration of 48%, more than 42 million smartphones in use, and 45 million mobile money subscriptions. E-commerce is growing at an estimated 16–18% annually, supported by a young, connecte...

OPINION: Development planning cannot pause in favour of polarising politics

It is for this reason that President William Ruto’s assertive call for Kenyans to review and reflect on their development journey thus far, and to cast their sights yonder to a prosperous, modernised and developed future, has to be appreciated.

OPINION: Millions of people know Binance. Far fewer know the woman who helped build it.

From a newly launched exchange to global blockchain business, Yi He has been integral in driving Binance's extraordinary rise, powering the strategy, culture and fiercely user-focused philosophy that defines it today. As Co-CEO, she oversees HR, marketing, communications and customer support, spanni...

OPINION: Kenya’s AI regulation must catch up with innovation

The conversation about AI regulation in Kenya must become more deliberate.

OPINION: As Washington retreats from foreign aid, Africa is rewriting who gets to lead

Whether large institutional funders, the multilateral banks and legacy foundations that still control the bulk of global development capital, are prepared to follow that shift remains an open question. Many have spent decades building systems designed around control and measurable compliance, not th...

OPINION: The Africa mindset reset young Africans are seeking

Last week, close to 1,000 people across Africa joined the Africa Mindset Reset Forum X Space to debate a provocative question: who must reset first, leaders, institutions or citizens? Dr Julie Gichuru shares five lessons from a conversation that turned out to be less about blame and more about align...

OPINION: Kenya’s Guangzhou gateway and the rise of RMB transactions