AI, Data Centres & Kenya's Potential | Business Redefined
Artificial Intelligence is disrupting our day-to-day lives, from commerce & financial services to healthcare & medicine to learning & education.
A discussion with Africa Data Centres CEO, Adil El Youssefi on AI, data centres & Kenya's promise in this revolution.
We will be looking at a raft of issues including Kenya's AI Strategy 2025 - 2030 & the AI-Sustainability nexus.
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AI, Data Centres & Kenya's Potential | Business Redefined
Artificial Intelligence is disrupting our day-to-day lives, from commerce & financial services to healthcare & medicine to learning & education.
A discussion with Africa Data Centres CEO, Adil El Youssefi on AI, data centres & Kenya's promise in this revolution.
We will be looking at a raft of issues including Kenya's AI Strategy 2025 - 2030 & the AI-Sustainability nexus.
November 5, 2025
Deepening Pensions & Insurance | Business Redefined
Deepening pensions & insurance coverage in Kenya with Equity Bank's Life Assurance MD, Angela Okinda.
On the discussion:
- Curating products, both pensions & insurance, for Kenya's vast informal economy
- Pensions sector regulatory landscape & the impact of the NSSF Act of 2013
- Pensions sector concentration in fixed income assets & pathways towards diversification
- Insurance industry trends: Loss ratios, gross premiums & the 2.45% penetration rate
- From IFRS4 to IFRS17 & implications for the insurance sector's competitive landscape
Africa Climate Investment Summit 2025 | Business Redefined
Big week ahead as we get ready for the Africa Climate Investment Summit 2025 taking place between the 28th & 30th in Nairobi. The key agenda will be how Africa, & the Global South, can widen the pipeline of bankable projects that tap into the bucket loads of climate finance that often accompany lofty policy pronouncements. A sit down with the CEO of Kenya Climate Innovation Center, Joseph Murabula to unpack this & a lot more.
October 29, 2025
Kenya - Türkiye Bilateral Ties | Business Redefined
We look into the US$296.0 Million trade flows between Kenya & Türkiye. We speak to the Principal Secretary State Department for Investment Promotion, Abubakar Hassan Abubakar, about Kenya's quest to even the trade imbalance. Also, we discuss how uncertainty around preferential access to the US market under AGOA has made Türkiye top priority for Kenya when it comes to textiles & apparel.
October 28, 2025
Tax Reforms in Africa | Business Redefined
We take a look at the tax reforms landscape across Africa with a focus on Nigeria & the overhaul of the country's tax regime effective Jan 1st, 2026. We speak to the Chairperson of the Committee overseeing Fiscal & Tax Policy reforms in Nigeria, Taiwo Oyedele, for a deep dive into key lessons & emerging issues around tax base expansion in the continent.
October 22, 2025
Kenya's Banking Sector Update | Business Redefined
What a season for the banking sector.
- The Risk Based Credit Pricing Regime has been overhauled, the market regulator tells us one lender has already submitted its new formula
- The Central Bank has been on an unrelenting unwind of monetary policy, 8 straight cuts with the benchmark at its lowest since Q1/2023
- Profit centers are shifting, conventional banking's funded income core seems to be ceding ground to new engines
European Investment Bank In East Africa | Business Redefined
In August, the East Africa Hub of European Investment Bank (EIB) backed a green affordable housing project in Nairobi with €21.5 Million (Kes 3.3 billion). We engage the Head of the East Africa Hub, Edward Claessen, to discuss the DFI, patient capital & its role in catalysing enterprise in the region.
October 7, 2025
Kenya's Investment Landscape | Business Redefined
A look at the investment landscape in the country with Britam EA Asset Managers CEO, Barack Obatsa.
On the agenda:
- Declining yields & implications for Money Market Funds. Is the party over?
- The rise of Special Funds as an asset class, AUM up 31.0% to Kes 113.39 billion between Q1 & Q2 2025 alone.
- Good times at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Is the equities mojo finally back?
- The government's delicate yield curve play on the domestic market. Does it signal the end of fund managers' 'free lunch'?
Customs & International Trade | Business Redefined
Finance Act 2025 amended the Tax Procedures Act via Sec44a to provide that all inbound consignments imported into Kenya will be accompanied by a Certificate of Origin issued by a competent authority from the country of origin.
As the 90 days transition window between July 1st & September 30th draws to a close, we have sits down with PwC Africa's Corazon Ongoro to discuss what this means for the country's customs & international trade starting Oct 1st.
September 24, 2025