Bolt has appointed Takura Malaba as the new Regional Manager for East and Southern Africa, effective January 1, 2023. In his new role, Takura will drive operational excellence in the region while expanding Bolt’s footprint within the East and Southern Africa markets. “Honoured to be entrusted with the greater responsibility and looking forward to adding more value across the two regions,” said Takura. Takura takes over from Kenneth Micah, who has been the regional manager for Eastern Africa since October 2019. “Bolt is delighted to have Takura take on the role of regional manager for East and Southern Africa,” said…
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Khusoko provides market insights into Africa's business investment as well as global trends that impact East African businesses.
Tatu City, a mixed-use satellite city development, launched a luxurious lakeside-living project dubbed ‘Kofinaf Tatu Residences’. The development sits on a 200-acre piece of land within Kofinaf Estate located in Tatu City, Kiambu County. The project will comprise serviced plots starting from 1 acre and above, with a selling price of Ksh 135.0 million per acre. Kofinaf Tatu Residences will allow investors to develop their own houses with three proposed architectural designs, including a Traditional Farmhouse design entailing simple and traditional materials with slate roofing, thus depicting an agrarian lifestyle. Two, the Country House design will embody a modern outlook…
As we start the new year, I want to share some trends we can anticipate in the coming months. Most of these trends began to take shape in 2022. More Data Protection Signups More countries signing up for Data Protection regulatory framework across Africa and the globe, with examples of Zambia and Zimbabwe. This is an indication of increased seriousness around data protection matters. Global partnerships Many organizations will be getting into collaborations to facilitate trade, and international data flows. For example, the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) partnership between Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore and Chinese…
The Competition Authority of Kenya announced on Tuesday the appointment of Dr Adano Wario as Acting Director-General following the end of Mr Wang’ombe Kariuki’s tenure. Dr Wario is the CAK’s Planning, Policy, and Research Director. “In order to ensure business continuity and uninterrupted service delivery, the Board of the Competition Authority of Kenya has appointed Dr Adano Wario to serve in the capacity of acting director-general following the end of Mr Wang’ombe Kariuki second and last term,” said CAK chairman Nelson Ndirangu in a statement. Dr Wario has said he will prioritise deepening competition in sectors such as the digital economy,…
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He will be taking over from Peter Gitonga, who retires from the company on December 31.