Kenya Eyes Lusaka Logistics Hub

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Kenya Eyes Lusaka Logistics Hub

 By Fred Obura

Kenyan manufacturers want to sell more goods in Southern Africa, but the real problem is not demand. It is the cost of getting products there. A plan to create a shared warehouse in Lusaka would allow small exporters to combine shipments, cut transport costs, and deliver goods more reliably. For many SMEs, the difference between profit and loss is not the price of the product but the price of the journey. If the plan works, it could quietly make African free trade feel real for small businesses, not just for big companies.

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Breaking Down The Virtual Assets Regulations 

By Maryanne Njuguna 

Kenya’s draft VASP rules are turning into a fight over three very practical issues: licensing fees, capital requirements, and the sheer weight of compliance. Smaller crypto firms fear that renewal fees tied to turnover and capital thresholds running into hundreds of millions of shillings could lock them out before they even scale. At the same time, the industry is pushing for tiered licensing and clearer standards to fix the long-standing problem of banks refusing to work with digital-asset companies. What is really at stake is whether the rules will create a professional, trusted market or one that only the biggest players can afford to enter.

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The Copper Gambit

By Fred Obura  

Kenya has decided that if the world is going to fall in love with copper again, it might as well be Tharaka Nithi that gets the first date. The government’s new tender for the Kamacabi block is not simply a routine mining notice. It is a wager on the future of electric cars, data centres, and the great metallic hunger of artificial intelligence. Somewhere between the geophysical anomalies and the promises of “on-site beneficiation,” you can sense a country trying not merely to dig ore but to dig itself into the global supply chain. Whether this turns into a copper boom or just another beautifully worded opportunity will depend on the one mineral that is never listed in tenders: competence.

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OPINION : Lessons from Japan's Keiretsu in Building Sophisticated Kenyan Conglomerates

By Nicasio Karani Migwi

Kenya keeps asking how to grow faster, but the more uncomfortable question may be how to grow bigger companies, not just more companies. The old Japanese formula where banks, industry, and suppliers are locked into long-term loyalty feels almost radical in a country that celebrates hustle but rarely builds corporate empires that last. If Safaricom, Equity, or KCB ever begin to behave less like successful firms and more like economic ecosystems, the structure of the entire economy could quietly shift with them. What looks like nostalgia for Japan’s miracle years is really a bet that Kenya’s future will be written not by start-ups alone, but by a few companies large enough to change the country around them.

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