Author: David Indeje

For most of its existence, Oraimo solved a specific problem. Your earbuds died. Your phone ran out of charge. Your cable stopped working. The brand built its continental reputation on products that fixed those problems quickly and affordably. That clarity of purpose served it well across 60 markets. The company’s Innovation Gala 2026 in Nairobi changed the conversation entirely. Two product lines announced at the event, oraimo home and oraimo baby, sit nowhere near the accessories category. Together they represent the most deliberate strategic turn the brand has made since launching in 2014 and raise a straightforward question: can a…

KSh 97.3 million. That is what Britam Holdings paid out to 402,681 farmers and pastoralists across East Africa in 2025, people whose crops drowned, whose livestock died, and whose livelihoods climate change placed directly in the crossfire. For a financial institution, it is a business model built around the assumption that climate risk is no longer an edge case. Britam’s 2025 Sustainability Report, the group’s third annual disclosure and the first to bring all seven markets under a unified ESG framework, arrives at the Green Ledger carrying two distinct stories. One documents a Nairobi-listed insurer quietly constructing some of the…

Kenya’s private sector shrank for a third consecutive month in May as surging costs squeezed businesses and pushed customers to pull back on spending, a closely watched survey showed on Thursday. The Stanbic Bank Kenya Purchasing Managers’ Index dropped to 46.6 from 49.4 in April, marking the steepest deterioration in business conditions since July 2024. Any reading below 50.0 signals contraction; the further it falls, the harder the ground. New orders declined at the fastest pace since mid-2025, with businesses across construction and services recording falls in both output and sales. Manufacturing stood apart as the only sub-sector to grow,…

Kenya’s High Court has issued conservatory orders barring the government from admitting, receiving, or facilitating the entry of any person exposed to or infected with Ebola under its arrangement with the United States. The matter returns to court on June 2, 2026, for further directions. The ruling delivers the Katiba Institute’s first legal victory in what has rapidly become one of the most consequential public health cases Kenya’s judiciary has handled in recent years. The petition was filed just days ago under a certificate of urgency. The court acted within hours. Yet even as the orders took effect, events on…

A Nairobi-based constitutional rights organisation has rushed to court to block the establishment of an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility for American citizens on Kenyan soil, arguing that the government agreed to the arrangement without public participation, parliamentary oversight, or any transparent legal framework. A facility agreed to in secret The White House confirmed on Wednesday that the United States plans to build a treatment centre in Kenya for Americans exposed to the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to a US administration official, the facility would allow infected Americans to receive care close to the outbreak…

Spotify hosted its third Investor Day in New York on May 21, 2026, and the message from its new leadership was direct: the company that spent twenty years building the world’s dominant audio platform now wants to become something considerably larger. Co-CEOs Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström took the stage together for the first time at an investor event since taking charge in January 2026, following the departure of founder Daniel Ek, who stepped down after nearly two decades as CEO. Presenting alongside their global leadership team, they mapped out a business that now reaches 761 million active users across…