Author: Khusoko

Gaming is expected to hit $1.4 billion in 2021. Gaming is a competitive online video gaming involving humans and audiences. In Kenya, the gaming craze has caught on with a growing number of talented Kenyan professional gamers who initially turned to games as a way of socializing. Researchers say that Africa’s gaming market will grow 12 per cent by 2025 fueled by the huge youthful population. This has led to an increase in the demand for gaming devices. It has also led to increased innovations among device makers. Initially, gamers preferred the use of a computer/laptop to play. With time,…

While mental health is not an often spoken subject, the events of the last two years have brought it to the fore. Unsurprisingly, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a considerable increase in the number of agitated, nervous, or bereaved Kenyans owing to a sense of isolation caused by remote work, job insecurity, and health care. With one in every four Kenyans suffering from a mental illness, mental health and family protection should be a responsibility shared by everyone, including family, friends, coworkers, and employers. For businesses, a healthy workplace is one in which employers and employees work together to…

Provide Support to Fund Managers: We believe that the regulator, Capital Markets Authority (CMA), needs to include market stabilization tools as part of the regulations/Act that will help Fund Managers meet fund obligations during times of distress – such as mass withdrawals. We do commend the regulator on its role in protecting investor interests. However, since Fund Managers also play a key role in the capital markets, the regulator should also be able to protect the brand image of various fund managers in the industry. We believe that working together with industry players to resolve matters rather than alienating and…

Before COVID-19 came along, tuberculosis (TB) was a primary focus of health authorities in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2019, approximately 1.4 million people were diagnosed with TB in the region, but epidemiologists estimated that 1 million more had TB but were neither diagnosed nor treated. The scope and intensity of the global TB epidemic is fueled by antiquated and inadequate TB drugs, most of which were developed more than 50 years ago. But, given how contagious TB is, we need to find and treat many more people. It is a disease that strikes impoverished communities the hardest, and those same communities…

Wapi Pay co-founder Eddie Ndichu stepped down as board member of the Association of Fintechs in Kenya (AFK) pending formal investigations into allegations that he assaulted a woman in Nairobi’s Ole Sereni hotel. The Board of the Association of Fintechs in Kenya in a statement issued Tuesday said it had taken note of the unfortunate allegations made against him “now subject to public discourse, particularly on social media platforms.” “The Board takes this opportunity to state that it regrets the current circumstances and does not in any way condone gender-based violence or violence of any kind,” Mr Ali Hussein, AFK…

Human rights lawyer, Davis Malombe has been named the Kenyan Human Rights Commission executive director, a position he was serving in the interim.  He replaces Mr George Kegoro who left the organisation in 2020 to serve as the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) executive director. In a statement by the organisation’s board chairman, Prof Makau Mutua, “His (Davis Malombe)  leadership will be especially critical as we enter the electioneering period.” “Malombe has been an integral colleague at the KHRC as Program Officer and Deputy Executive Director. He is well known in the NGO sector where he has distinguished…