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Two colleagues reviewing company documents at an office deskCorporate & CommercialIs Your Company at Risk of Being Struck Off Over an Unfiled Beneficial Ownership Register?Since 2019, every company registered in Kenya has been required to keep a register of its beneficial owners.…18 Sep 2026Aerial view of Kampala, Uganda, with modern buildings and cloudsCorporate & CommercialExpanding a Kenyan Business Into Uganda: What Actually Changes LegallyKenyan businesses tend to treat Uganda as the natural next step, close, culturally familiar, and inside the same…18 Sep 2026Construction workers walking through an empty industrial warehouseCorporate & CommercialSetting Up vs Acquiring: How a Foreign Manufacturer Should Actually Enter the Kenyan MarketA foreign manufacturer deciding how to enter Kenya faces a much more capital-intensive version of the build-versus-buy question…18 Sep 2026A portrait of a factory worker in a blue uniformCorporate & CommercialAcquiring a Manufacturing Business in Kenya: The Environmental and Labour Liabilities Due Diligence Must CatchA manufacturing business is a physical thing before it is a financial one, and the two liability categories…18 Sep 2026A world map with coloured pins marking locationsCorporate & CommercialShould a Foreign Tech Company Enter Kenya by Acquisition or From Scratch?A foreign tech company deciding to enter the Kenyan market usually frames this as a build-versus-buy question about…18 Sep 2026Two colleagues looking at a laptop screen togetherCorporate & CommercialAcquiring a Kenyan Tech Startup: What Due Diligence Actually Needs to CoverAcquiring a Kenyan tech company is not the same exercise as acquiring a manufacturer or a licensed financial…18 Sep 2026A hand pointing at financial charts on a tablet and screensFinancial ServicesCould My Company Raise Capital Through Securitisation in Kenya?Kenya has had a complete legal framework for securitisation since 2007. Almost nobody has actually used it. If…18 Sep 2026Colleagues reviewing code on a computer screen togetherCorporate & CommercialCan Our Board Just Let the AI Decide? Oversight Duties Before Kenya’s AI BillKenya's Artificial Intelligence Bill, 2026 is still a Senate bill, not law. It had its first reading in…18 Sep 2026A cardboard box printed with a recycling symbol and claimRegulatory & ComplianceCould Greenwashing Actually Get a Kenyan Company Sued?Kenya has no ESG-specific greenwashing law, and no reported case yet where a company was sued or prosecuted…18 Sep 2026 Talk to usNot sure where to start?Tell us what you need and we will point you to the right person.Get in touch