Shifting the Burden of E-waste

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In today's newsletter edition, electronic waste in Kenya has been surging and now the gov't intends to make producers and importers responsible for it. How will they do it?

Also, Co-op bank has announced its profit for the first nine months of the year and finally…offered shareholders their first interim dividend…

Shifting the Burden of E-waste

By Brian Nzomo

Kenya’s new e-waste rules promise a quiet revolution in accountability: from now on, the cost of discarded electronics will fall not on the state, but on the companies that sell them.

The draft regulations by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) would compel manufacturers and importers to collect, recycle, or fund the disposal of their own devices. It’s a bureaucratic phrase with radical implications: a market where responsibility scales with profit.

For years, the country's e-waste has piled up in informal dumps and workshops, stripped by hand for copper and recyclable parts, the rest left to burn. The new framework suggests that in the digital age, what we throw away may finally become part of the price we pay to consume.

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“Approach With Caution!” — IMF Tells Kenya 

By Brian Nzomo

Kenya’s experiment with shifting US$3.5 billion of Chinese loans into yuan has drawn a cautious nod from the IMF. The move promises cheaper repayments and fiscal breathing room, but it also ties part of the country’s debt to a currency few African treasuries yet dare to trust. Behind the optimism lies the quiet arithmetic of risk: the yuan’s strength, the dollar’s dominance, and Kenya’s dollar-linked exports. As officials in Nairobi tout financial ingenuity, the Fund reminds them that creativity in debt management is never free of consequence.

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The First Interim Dividend from Co-operative Bank

By Harry Njuguna 

Co-operative Bank of Kenya has reported a 12.3% rise in nine-month profit to KSh 21.56 billion, marking another strong performance and, for the first time in its history, an interim dividend of KSh 1.00 per share.

Financial Snapshot:

🟢 Net interest income surged 22.8% to KSh 45.28 billion.

🟢 Shareholders’ equity rose 24.5% to KSh 164.16 billion.

🔴 Gross non-performing loans climbed 12.7% to KSh 78.93 billion, prompting a 31.9% rise in loan loss provisions.

🔴 Non-interest income dipped marginally by 0.8% to KSh 22.11 billion.

In an era where Kenyan banks are redefining capital discipline and investor signaling, Co-op’s payout could be the first step in a new cycle of strategic maturity.

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Kenya Power on the Parliamentary Grill

By Harry Njuguna

Kenya Power faces scrutiny over a history of inefficiency: 23 percent of electricity lost in transmission, more than 21,000 unfinished customer connections, and government agencies owing KSh 26 billion in unpaid bills. Yet the utility is showing signs of recovery, with recent profits and shrinking deficits hinting at a cautious turnaround. Lawmakers have questioned the firm's forex losses, procurement lapses, and lingering governance gaps. The challenge now is whether Kenya Power can transform decades of mismanagement into lasting stability.

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Kenya’s Best Employers of 2025: Where Employees Are Happy to Work in… 

In a country when job satisfaction often feels like a luxury, The Kenyan Wall Street and WORKL have named the companies getting it right. The Best Places to Work Awards, now in their most competitive year yet, drew nearly 150 entries, ranking employers through WORKL’s data-driven assessment of culture, engagement, and leadership. From Boston Consulting Group to Africa Uncensored, the winners reflect a shifting corporate ethos: that treating employees well is not a soft ideal but a strategic necessity.

“A people-first strategy is the smartest investment any organisation can make,” said TKWS CEO Andrew Barden.

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