Kenyan beverages giant East African Breweries recently refinanced an existing KES 11 billion corporate bond through a medium-term note priced at 11.8%, marking the first issuance under its newly approved…
In business, disputes are inevitable. They can slow down growth, strain partnerships, and tie up capital in costly litigation. For Kenyan businesses, the stakes are high, but Nairobi is quietly…
There is an uncomfortable truth many business owners avoid confronting. You can post every day. You can boost ads. You can reply instantly. You can even offer discounts. And still,…
On the outskirts of rural Ethiopia, a farmer tests a new seed variety under erratic rainfall. She is not watching policy documents or global summits. She is watching her harvest.…
Repeatedly renewing short-term contracts over a long period of time, without transitioning an employee to a more secure employment arrangement, may amount to a violation of their constitutional right to…
I’ve had countless conversations over the past few months with policymakers and exporters navigating impossible uncertainty about contracts and commitments they entered into in good faith. What I’ve come to…
For years, foreign companies trying to enforce contracts in Kenya have relied on a well-established understanding that local registration under the Companies Act was not required to pursue a legal…
Sammy Ndolo, Managing Partner at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) Kenya, examines how the Draft Companies (Annotation and Rectification) Regulations, 2025 aim to bring greater clarity and consistency to the correction…
The recently held elections in Tanzania have ignited widespread protests, as demonstrators voice their disapproval of the government’s decision to bar prominent opposition leaders from vying for the presidency and…
Can a contractor pursue insolvency proceedings where the debt is disputed and an arbitration clause exists? This was the central issue before the Court of Appeal in Kwale International Sugar…