Dominic Omondi

3 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Dominic Omondi

Sandeep Madan, the chief executive officer of The Partnership Africa, might have stumbled upon a career in advertising and marketing, but snatching Airtel Africa from WPP-ScanGroup was far from a fluke. When news emerged that some former employees of WPP-ScanGroup, one of the leading advertising agencies, had secured the tender to become Airtel Africa's advertising and marketing agency from their erstwhile employer, critics were not amused by the coincidence.

3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Vincent Owino |Dominic Omondi

Prices of some consumer items, including meat, wheat flour, toothpaste, avocado and coffee, will increase should Kenya give in to the push by the World Bank to introduce 16 per cent value-added tax to unlock Sh78.4 billion in additional revenue. In its latest review of the Kenyan economy, the World Bank wants the Kenyan government to subject these consumer items to the standard 16 per cent VAT, noting the poor will not be hurt by removing them from the exempt schedule.

3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Dominic Omondi

Ambiguity in the Affordable Housing Act has allowed the William Ruto-led government to divert funds for building low-cost homes and their related amenities to unrelated projects such as the markets across the country.

4 weeks ago | nation.africa | Dominic Omondi

Michael George Argwings Kodhek was the first black Kenyan lawyer to occupy the corner office after opening his law firm in 1952 to defend Africans accused during the Mau Mau uprising. There would be a time-lag of more than 24 years before female lawyers like Kalpana Rawal - who would rise to be Kenya’s Deputy Chief Justice, also set up their own law firms. In the intervening years, more men joined the Bar in droves, cementing the legal profession as yet another of the man’s world.

1 month ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Dominic Omondi

Although women in Kenya have over the years made remarkable progress in joining the workplace, they still have a long way to rise to the peak of the corporate ladder, with less than a third of them occupying the coveted corner office, a new report has revealed. The report by McKinsey, a US-based management consultancy, revealed that while women in Kenya hold 41 out of 100 entry-level positions in both public and private executive level, this drops to 27 in 100 at the executive level, or C-suite.