Starting a YouTube channel on a budget in Kenya is realistic. You don’t need a studio, a proper camera, or thousands of shillings in gear before you upload your first video. Your smartphone, free editing apps, and a quiet corner of your house are enough to get started. This guide covers what to actually spend…
A local listing is what gets your business found when someone in Mombasa, or anywhere in Kenya, searches for what you sell. It’s an online directory entry with your business name, address, phone number and other details, and it’s often the very first thing a potential customer sees before they ever visit your website. If…
NSE trading hours in Kenya are Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 3:00pm East Africa Time (EAT). Regular trading, where orders match in real time, runs from 9:31am to 3:00pm. The market is closed on weekends and public holidays. Timing matters more than most new investors expect. An order placed at 3:30pm waits until tomorrow. A trade placed…
The CIC Insurance Group dividend for 2026 paid KES 0.13 per share on June 9, 2026, for the year ended December 31, 2025. It’s a small dividend on a low-priced stock, but it’s grown for two years running and is backed by a fast-improving profit line. CIC Insurance Group (NSE: CIC) is one of Kenya’s…
Turnover Tax (TOT) in Kenya is a simplified tax charged on your total sales, not your profit. If your business turns over between KES 1,000,000 and KES 25,000,000 a year, KRA almost certainly expects you to be paying it, whether you’ve registered for it or not. Many small business owners in Kenya either don’t know…
The ABSA NewGold ETF lets you invest in gold on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, without buying bars, coins or jewellery. It trades under the ticker GLD, and it’s the only gold-backed investment listed on the NSE. Gold has had an extraordinary run since 2025, and GLD’s unit price has followed it up. Here’s how the ETF…
Payouts for Standard Chartered vs Absa vs Stanbic dividend on NSE come from foreign banks and move in three directions. Meanwhile, one raised its interim sharply, one nudged it up modestly, and one cut it by more than half. If you’re choosing between these three for dividend income, the headline yield tells only part of…
The Car & General dividend 2026 story comes in two parts: a small but growing cash payout, and a share price that has turned heads across the whole NSE. Car & General (K) Plc (NSE: CGEN) paid a KES 1.00 interim dividend on September 10, 2026. That’s on top of a KES 3.12 final dividend…
Bamburi Cement dividend 2026 is not something you can buy into any more. Bamburi’s shares have been suspended from NSE trading since February 28, 2025, after Amsons took over the company. The cement maker is doing well. But it declared no interim dividend for the first half of 2026. Here is the current status, the…
Jubilee Holdings dividend 2026 puts KES 15 per share in shareholders’ pockets this year. That’s a KES 13 final dividend paid on July 24 and a KES 2 interim due on or about October 8. If you held shares on September 7, the interim is yours. Miss that date and your next chance is the…
