First Reading.Microsoft’s October 2026 shutdown of its Nairobi engineering hub puts hundreds of senior identity, cloud, and security architects onto an open job market cluttered with fake recruiters. FINTAK’s Talent Exchange gives those engineers and Kenyan financial institutions a verified rail to connect, backed by 97 free candidate verification waivers and monthly hiring credits for member firms.
Economy, Labour, and Worker's rights · 1 Nov 2026 · 7 min read
IndependentRepeated walkouts across Kenya’s aviation system have shown that restoring operations at JKIA is not the same as resolving the labour disputes beneath them. With tourism earnings at KSh500 billion and the airport carrying most of the country’s international arrivals and air cargo, the unresolved bargaining failures at KCAA, KAA and Jambojet have become a wider economic risk: reliability is now part of Kenya’s tourism product, and another temporary return-to-work deal will only defer the next disruption.
Economy, Labour, and Worker's rights · 31 Aug 2026 · 6 min read