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Once a pioneer in Kenya’s telecom revolution, Telkom now lingers as a faded signal, outpaced by rivals, trapped in bureaucratic inertia, and silent as the digital future races ahead.
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📡 Telkom Kenya : A Fading Signal
By Chelsy Maina

Once a pioneer in Kenya’s telecom revolution, Telkom Kenya now trails as a faint echo in a sector dominated by Safaricom and Airtel’s roaring competition. Its shrinking market share, outdated infrastructure, and failure to crack the mobile money gold mine have left it limping in a high-speed race.
Years of investor uncertainty, bureaucratic delays, and underwhelming leadership have hollowed out its strategic edge; leaving even its own employees disillusioned and stuck. As 5G dreams take flight and digital wallets become mainstream, Telkom’s silence on the frontier is both deafening and damning. Read more…
📈 The Exuberant Trading Floor
By Harry Njuguna

The Nairobi Securities Exchange has added over KSh 600 billion in investor wealth this year, continuing a 20-month rally that shows no sign of fatigue. Sameer Africa is the market’s unlikely star, soaring 82.3% in a month on the back of a 461% profit surge and a cleaned-up balance sheet.
Kapchorua Tea, battered by a global tea glut, managed to charm investors with a hefty dividend, proving that shareholder loyalty still moves markets. All major indices are firmly in the green, with the NASI up 30.5%, the clearest signal yet that Nairobi’s bulls are charging. Read more.
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🔚 The Final Bow : ECP Kenya
By Brian Nzomo

ECP Kenya, once a polished outpost of Washington-backed private equity in Nairobi, has filed for voluntary liquidation, quietly drawing the curtain on its decade-long presence in the region. Its unraveling follows a costly tax dispute linked to a high-profile exit deal that regulators didn’t quite see as clean, and a court appeal that faltered before it even found its voice. Read more
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