Category: Business Daily

Festive spending fuels counterfeits surge

The festive season is a time when Kenyans travel more, spend more, and buy more. The season is defined by generosity and urgency in equal measure.

Yet it is also the period when counterfeit goods find their easiest entry into the market-hidden behind discounts, speed, and the pressure to deliver joy quickly.

Many Kenyans may not relate to technical concepts such as intellectual property. But everyone understands authenticity.

Closing construction skills gap through training, policy and partnerships

The local and global labour markets are experiencing rapid changes. These changes have been brought about by developments such as digitisation, globalisation, demographic changes and climate change, including the green transition.

New occupations are emerging while others are changing or becoming obsolete. In response to this, the government, in its efforts to fulfil the constitutional provisions on relevant education and employment, worked in collaboration with stakeholders to develop the National Skills Development Policy 2023.

The overall goal of this policy is to promote sustainable socio-economic development by developing a skilled workforce that is employable, productive, enterprising, innovative, adaptable and competitive.

Consumers kept in dark over tariff for new Sh40bn power lines

Kenyan authorities have failed to disclose the electricity tariff that consumers will pay for the two high-voltage lines to be built at a cost of Sh40.4 billion under a public-private partnership (PPP) to ease capacity hitches on the national grid and evacuate power to western Kenya.

Why Vitamin D deficiency is becoming common in sunny Nairobi

For many years, vitamin D deficiency has been associated with long winters and places where families spend months without sunshine. So, how is it that children growing up in sunny places like Nairobi are increasingly being diagnosed with low vitamin D levels?

According to Consultant Paediatrician Dr Varsha Vekaria-Hirani, the assumption that sunny regions are automatically protected is misleading. A worrying rise in deficiency cases among Kenyan children is now driving urgent conversations around lifestyle, nutrition and outdoor play.

Globally, vitamin D deficiency is rising particularly among children and adolescents. Locally, a study from a Nairobi hospital found that 12 percent of children had vitamin D deficiency, while 11 percent had insufficiency.

Why corporate reporting is critical to organisations and stakeholders

Corporate reporting (financial and non-financial) for organisations is about communication, but, more importantly, is geared towards an outcome that builds trust with an organisation’s stakeholders across society.

For too many organisations, corporate reporting has been sidelined as merely a compliance obligation. Data shows that the quality of an organisation’s reports affects how its management is perceived.

Organisations must view corporate reporting as a critical component for achieving long-term success. To achieve this, management must break free from the past and begin reimagining corporate reporting for their organisations.

Nuclear energy key to Kenya’s First World bid

As Kenya sets its sights on becoming a First World country in the near future, the pursuit of reliable, sustainable, and scalable energy is no longer an option -it’s a necessity.

A blend of solar, wind, and geothermal power has positioned Kenya as a leader in renewables, generating more than 90 percent of its energy from green sources.

However, the missing piece in this mix is nuclear energy. Thankfully, steady strides are being made towards addressing this gap with plans at advanced stage to set up the first nuclear plant in the country.

Biting shortage of spare parts slows down aviation industry

Since the global supply chain disruptions of 2020, the aviation industry has grappled with a severe shortage of aircraft parts. This year, the impact has been most consequential for Kenyan carriers, nearly half of which are ending the year with at least one aircraft grounded and signaling more disruptions going into 2026.