Garang Mayom Malek has built a public business profile around payment infrastructure, trade systems and logistics, with reported projects in Kenya and formal company records in the United Kingdom providing a clearer picture of his work than the scattered online descriptions that often repeat one another without showing their original source.

Garang Mayom Malek’s public comments have usually connected finance with the practical pressures faced by traders and transport businesses, including deposits, manual processes, unclear charges and working capital held outside normal operations. Reports about the Viaservice Kenya agreement quoted him on cost differences affecting South Sudan cargo moving through Mombasa, while the underlying project was presented as a digital guarantee and tracking arrangement intended to make those movements easier to follow.

Those records should be described narrowly, since a UK directorship does not by itself prove the ownership, management or regulatory position of a different company in another country. A strong executive profile separates verified appointments, company-approved responsibilities, public project statements and personal background, then links readers to the register or supporting document for each material point.

CapitalPay’s own material places him among its senior leadership, and United Kingdom Companies House records connect him with Capital Pay Ltd and Capital Pay Software Solutions Ltd, creating an independently checkable corporate trail that can sit beside his public appearances at project announcements and regional business events.

Kenya has become the most visible part of the story

Kenyan reporting has placed Garang at the centre of projects involving freight digitisation, container deposits, cargo tracking and payment records, including the long term KIFWA programme and the Viaservice Kenya arrangement serving cargo moving through Mombasa toward South Sudan.

Coverage of the March 2026 Viaservice agreement places him in a second logistics project linked to container deposits, digital guarantees and cargo tracking for South Sudan-bound freight using the Port of Mombasa. Taken together, the two public examples show a consistent area of interest: applying payment records and system connections to trade problems that sit between financial institutions, transport operators and industry bodies.

Garang’s public record connects his company appointments with projects addressing trade processes, freight costs and payment infrastructure, giving his profile a clear business focus without relying on private biography, and companies House supplies the primary record for his United Kingdom directorships, while Kenyan coverage records his role in the KIFWA and Viaservice announcements.

That gives his Kenyan profile more substance than a simple office address or company registration, since the public record now connects him with sector specific problems faced by freight agents and traders, and those problems involve real money tied up in deposits, repeated paperwork and payments that must be recognised by several organisations.

The business questions he keeps returning to

His public comments repeatedly return to ordinary business pressures rather than abstract financial technology, especially the cost of cash deposits, delays created by disconnected systems and the difficulty traders face when a payment cannot be followed together with the shipment, licence or service that depends on it.

CapitalPay’s own pages currently list Garang as a director, and the August 2026 joint announcement describes him as President and Chief Executive Officer, and the common ground across those descriptions is his senior role in CapitalPay’s business and his public involvement in payment and trade-infrastructure projects.

That emphasis gives Garang a recognisable business identity, since executives are easier to understand when their public work keeps returning to the same kinds of problems, and his record currently points toward the financial infrastructure surrounding trade rather than toward consumer banking or retail payment products.

A regional profile still being written in public

The August 2026 partnership announcement involving GoPomelo, Tencent Cloud and Techtanium broadened that profile beyond freight by connecting CapitalPay with a multi bank institutional payment platform, showing that Garang’s public role is increasingly tied to systems that connect several financial and operating participants around one transaction record.

The KIFWA and Viaservice announcements place Garang in projects where financial information must connect with an operating process, and in one case the process concerns professional freight records and payments, in the other it concerns container deposits, guarantees and cargo tracking, and the shared subject is the quality of the record surrounding the movement of money.

The August 2026 payment platform announcement extends that subject into multi bank orchestration and cloud infrastructure, and it identifies Garang in a senior CapitalPay role and connects the company with GoPomelo, Tencent Cloud and Techtanium, and together with the public company appointments, the announcement gives his profile a documented business focus rather than a biography assembled from unnamed online sources.

The combination of company leadership, Kenyan projects and United Kingdom corporate records gives Garang a business profile that now reaches beyond one jurisdiction, and the strongest future coverage will come from measured project results, direct interviews and documented partnerships that show what changed for customers after the announcements were made.

Few obligations strain a corporate finance team like concurrent payment deadlines. On payday, staff count on seamless, on-time salary deposits; simultaneously, statutory obligations like Pay As You Earn (PAYE) carry strict regulatory cutoffs. Between vendor invoices, utility bills, and routine transfers, managing competing cash outflows through fragmented records or manual authorization chains often leads to a high-pressure, last-minute scramble.

Equity Group’s corporate digital banking platform—Equity Online for Business—confronts this operational bottleneck directly. Designed to transition businesses from reactive, manual procedures to a structured digital workflow, the unified platform grants finance leaders real-time visibility, automated execution, and strict governance over their entire payment pipeline.

Core Operational Capabilities

• Automated Bulk Disbursements: Eliminating the need to process salaries or vendor invoices piece-by-piece, finance teams can upload consolidated payment files. This enables bulk salary transfers, recurring vendor settlements, and utility payments through a single digital workflow.

• Integrated Statutory Compliance & Scheduling: The platform accommodates direct tax remittances, including PAYE and statutory bill payments. Users can schedule recurring transactions well in advance, avoiding deadline panics while maintaining audit-ready transaction histories and downloadable statements for instant reconciliation.

• Centralized Account Visibility & Liquidity Management: Managing multiple accounts across departments or entities often hides available liquidity. Equity Online for Business offers cross-account visibility, allowing treasurers to verify real-time balances, determine optimal funding sources, and move funds where needed before executing disbursements.

• Beneficiary Management & Automated Notifications: Finance teams can store verified vendor and employee profiles for repeat transfers, while automated email, SMS, and in-app alerts notify payees immediately upon execution.

Governance, Security, and Access Control

To keep internal controls rigid during high-volume processing, the platform implements customizable governance parameters:

• Role-Based Workflows: Corporate Administrators can set distinct permission levels for initiating, reviewing, and approving transactions, aligning digital workflows directly with internal signing limits.

• Offboarding Security Controls: Administrators retain immediate access controls to disable user accounts instantly when employees transition out of the organization.

• Multi-Layered Encryption: Financial authorizations are protected via digital security tokens, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and data encryption.

The Verdict

Equity Online for Business effectively converts monthly payroll and tax crunch periods into an automated, highly secure operational routine. By integrating salary distribution, statutory tax filing, vendor management, and cash visibility into a single portal, the platform serves as an essential tool for companies seeking operational control and reliable cash flow management.

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Kelele Studio Review: One Platform, No AI in the Writing. Here’s How It Holds Up

Verdict: Kelele Studio delivers on its core promise, a single, teen friendly pipeline from story to published comic, with a genuinely smart design choice in keeping AI out of the writing process entirely. The image and layout tools solve a real technical problem: character consistency. What’s missing is the business layer: no monetisation, no credits system, no collaboration tools yet. Worth watching, not yet a finished product.

What it is

Kelele Studio is an AI powered comic creation platform built by Kelele Comics, a Nairobi based organisation, specifically for young African storytellers. It takes a creator through five stages in one workspace: story drafting, character building, flat planning, image generation, and layout. It launched publicly on August 22, 2026, alongside the reveal of six comics from the platform’s first paid cohort.

What works

• AI stays out of the writing. Story, characters, and world building are entirely the creator’s own. AI is introduced only after the story exists, at the image and layout stage. For a platform built around teenage creators, this is the right line to draw.
• Character consistency, solved properly. Image generation runs on Ideogram, chosen specifically because it can render the same character consistently across panels and pages, a problem that has limited most AI tools for sequential art. A comic where the hero’s face changes every few panels isn’t usable, so this is the feature that actually matters.
• Consolidation that creators notice. Returning creator Neville Akoth, who worked through the platform’s pilot, described the earlier process as jumping between separate sites for images, layout, and story structure. Kelele Studio folding that into one platform is a concrete improvement, not just a marketing line.
• Fast, real output. Six teenage creators went from writing to independently published comics in five days (August 17 to 21). All six are live and free to read at KeleleComics.com.
• Organic traction. Over 10,000 page hits and 1,200+ comic reads since the April 2026 launch, with zero paid promotion.

What doesn’t (yet)

• No monetisation. Creators can publish and be read, but there’s no way to earn from the work yet. A monetisation framework is listed as in development, not live.
• No credits system. Image generation currently has no pay as you go option, also still in development.
• No collaboration tools. Multi creator features aren’t built yet, which limits the platform to solo projects for now.
• Small sample so far. Six comics from six creators is a proof of concept, not yet evidence the model scales past a cohort sized group.

Who it’s for

Right now: young creators (the platform is explicitly built for teenagers) who want to write and illustrate an original comic without needing separate design or image tools. Anyone can create a free account to read or start building, without waiting for a scheduled cohort.

Bottom line

Kelele Studio’s strongest feature is restraint. It uses AI to solve a production bottleneck, consistent art across panels, rather than to write the story, which keeps the comics genuinely original. The next cohort, planned for November 2026, will be a better test of whether the platform can scale. Whether it becomes real infrastructure for African creators depends less on the tech, which already works, and more on whether the monetisation and collaboration pieces ship before growth outpaces them.

Keda Tiles (Twyford) is a giant manufacturer that controls at least 25% of the Kenyan market – that’s according to the Competition Authority of Kenya. However other estimates place the share to be at 31%.

But behind the rise of Keda Tiles are allegations of a brutal price war and the slapping of import taxes on manufacturers from Uganda and Tanzania.

Here is the story as told by WoK:-

Goodwill Uganda, a tiles manufacturer had a strategy that endeared them to Kenyan hardware retailers – offering their goods on credit and requiring that the debt is cleared within one month.

The move worked for Goodwill until the Kenyan government slapped ceramics from Uganda and Tanzania with a 5% excise tax. The move by Kenya saw ceramics manufacturers from Uganda and Tanzania cry foul.

In June 2025, the East African reported that Kampala had officially petitioned the EAC, saying that the move was discriminatory. Uganda brought the matter before the EAC Sectoral Council on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (SCTIFI) arguing that it had affected Uganda originating ceramic tiles. Additionally, it was argued that the Kenyan move was in contravention of the principle of National Treatment as enshrined in Article 15 of the EAC Customs Union Protocol.

But as Goodwill Uganda and her subsidiary in Tanzania saw their Kenyan market share shrinking, Kenyan manufacturers include Keda Tiles became beneficiaries.

Price wars?

Keda Tiles has faced accusations of executing a price war. It is alleged that Keda Tiles had once reduced the prices of its tiles, in a move that attracted a petition to the Competition Authority of Kenya.

But the Competition Authority of Kenya ruled in favour of Keda Tiles, in a petition that had accused the manufacturer of anti-competitive practices, predatory pricing and exclusive dealing.

According to CAK, Keda Tiles only controls 25% of the market, and is therefore not a dominant player.

“The Authority established that KEDA was not dominant in the market for the manufacture and distribution of ceramic tiles in Kenya, where it enjoyed a 25 percent market share and lacked market power as the market was contestable. The matter was therefore closed,” CAK said.

A company is only considered dominant if it controls 50% of the market, while players with a market share between 40% and 50% may also be considered dominant unless they demonstrate lack of market power.

Acquiring Ramado

In 2024, Keda Ceramics acquired some of the assets of Ramado Ceramics in a move that was given greenlight by CAK after Ramado reportedly struggled. Ramado experienced liquidity challenges and closed shop on challenges in general business, strategic and operational divisions.

CAK said the merger would help safeguard at least 500 jobs.

Naftali Tarus is the entrepreneur behind Nafco Farm Essentials and is renowned for giving tractors a new lease of life.

He is assertive, industrious and his work speaks for itself – I mean, you don’t need to hire influencers and premium advertisers when the quality of your craftsmanship can be a magnet for more clients.

Give Naftali Tarus an old, rusty machine with wiring issues and leakages all over – he’ll restore it to near new condition.

His Garage dubbed the tractor clinic is nestled behind Asis Hotel in Eldoret. He leads the team of serious men who have so far worked on numerous tractors in the North Rift.

It is not therefore surprising that dozens of WoK followers mentioned his name when we conducted a random nomination a few days ago.

Background

Naftali Tarus was born on 18th Feb 1986 at Cheukta Village.He attended Cheukta Primary School and proceeded to Kiborom Secondary School. While in school, he sharpened his communication and leadership skills. He served as the entertainment prefect before rising to become the school captain.

He is an ordained elder of the SDA church

Wearing many hats

Because life is all about creating and seizing opportunities, Tarus previously worked as a cameraman and boda boda rider.

He then joined politics as a blogger in 2013 which gave him an opportunity to serve as a Personal Assistant to Speaker of the County assembly from 2017 to 2022.

Later he served as PA to the member of National Assembly from 2022 to 2023. He currently serves as a Junior Administrative Officer in the County Government of Uasin Gishu, Eldoret City formerly Eldoret Municipality.

Because of his passion in farming that he picked up from childhood, he decided to incept Nafco Farm Essentials that deals in tractor refurbishments.

Whenever one needs his tractor to be worked on, the company assesses the it and offers a quotation. They’re flexible with payments and this can be done in phases.

“Tractor refurbishment price varies from tractor to tractor and owners good will to replace worn out parts with new ones, it’s upon assessment of the tractor for proper, payments are done is phases and quality work is earned by a committed team of specialists on all areas with a proper supervisor by our experts and the clients,” Tarus told WoK.

Tarus can be contacted on: 0710359898

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The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has opened its portal for application of the manifold medical courses in the over 90 Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTCs) spread in different parts of the country.

Ideally, I am creating career awareness of the on-going September 2026 intake, which should run up to August 11, 2026. Advisedly, the application exercise considers KCSE classes of 2000 to 2025. Actually, there are slew of Diploma and Certificate Programmes up for grabs in KMTCs.

The oodles of Diploma Programmes include: Diploma in Health Counselling, Diploma in Health Insurance Management, Diploma in Health Promotion, Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology, Diploma in Medical Engineering, Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences, Diploma in Medical Social Work, Diploma in Mortuary Science, Diploma in Nutrition in Dietetics, Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Diploma in Optometry, Diploma in Orthopedic Technology, Diploma in Orthopedic and Trauma Medicine, Diploma in Pharmacy, Diploma in Public Health, Diploma in Physiotherapy, Diploma in Public Health, Diploma in Radiography and Imaging, Diploma in Speech and Language Therapy, Diploma in Emerging Medical Technology, Diploma in Dental Technology, Diploma in Community Oral Health, Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery.

Withal, the available Certificate Programmes include: Certificate in Public Health, Certificate in Orthopedic Trauma and Medicine, Certificate in Nutrition and Dietetics, Certificate in Medical Engineering, Certificate in Health Records and Information Technology, Certificate in Health Insurance Management, Certificate in Emergency Medical Technician and Certificate in Community Health Assistant.

New Programmes in KMTCs

Broadly, there are over 90 KMTCs spread across the country. They offer a vast array of Diploma and Certificate Programmes in health-related fields. Then, recently, KMTCs increased opportunities in Community Health Programmes by introducing: Diploma in Health Insurance: to provide skilled workers for Universal Health Care Programmes. They also introduced Diploma in Mortuary Science: to provide professionally-trained morticians in mortuaries or morgues. Medical programmes in KMTCs are highly marketable, attracting umpteen applications in every intake. To enhance quality, most of the KMTC programmes are regulated by the Kenya Nursing Council (KNC). More importantly, willing applicants should ensure that their cluster subjects meet minimum requirements. For instance, the cluster subjects for health science course offered in KMTCs include: Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics, and English or Kiswahili. Meaning, doing Pure Science — Physics, Chemistry and Biology — gives a student an edge or advantage in career choices. For some medical courses require foundational knowledge of the three Sciences. Then, when I write that a course requires Mathematics or Physics, it does not mean that a student can flop in Mathematics, but still qualify for a particular course due nonpareil performance in Physics alone. In Medical courses with a special bent on machines Diploma or Certificate in Medical Engineering, Physics is a key requirement. Then, majorly, Mathematics is compulsory in all courses. There is no debate about that. Students should score more in Mathematics so as increase their chances for copious courses.

Diploma Programmes in KMTCs

Generally, the Diploma Programmes available in KMTCs include: Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Diploma in Emergency Medical Technology and Diploma in Health Counselling. All of which require a mean grade of C (plain) in KCSE as pointed out in The Essential Career Guide, a booklet by KUCCPS. For Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology, applicants require C (plain) in English or Kiswahili and a C- (Minus) in Mathematics. Then, at least a D+ (plus) in Biology. Moreover, Diploma in Kenya Registered Health Nursing, also has a minimum entry grade of C (plain) in KCSE, and it requires a C (plain) in either English or Kiswahili and Biology. Applicants must have at least a C- (minus) in Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics. Other Diploma Programmes include: Diploma in Kenya Registered Nursing and Mid-wifery, Diploma in Kenya Registered Nursing (Mental Health and Psychiatry), Diploma in Medical Engineering, Diploma in Medical Laboratory Science, Diploma in Medical Social Work and Diploma in Mortuary Science.

Furthermore, we have Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics, Diploma in Occupational Therapy and Diploma in Optometry, Diploma in Orthopaedic Technology, Diploma in Orthopaedic and Trauma Medicine, Diploma in Pharmacy, Diploma in Physiotherapy, Diploma in Public Health, Diploma in Radiography and Imaging and Diploma in Speech and Language Therapy.

Certificate Programmes in KMTCs

Finally, some of the certificate courses in KMTCs include: Certificate in Community Health Assistant, Certificate in Health Records and Information Technology, Certificate in Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nursing, Certificate in Medical Emergency Technician, Certificate in Public Health and Certificate in Orthopaedic Trauma Medicine. The minimum entry requirement is a KCSE Mean Grade of C- (minus). D+ (plus) is required for applicants interested in Certificate in Nutrition and Dietetics and Certificate in Medical Engineering.

Roulette has a long and standing history in the realm of gambling. It first appeared in European casinos and was an instant success. It became so popular, that the red and black wheel is now instantly identifiable as a casino game. It has come to a point that land-based establishments often use it as a symbol of their business.

But what about the online sphere? Internet gambling platforms are becoming a huge hit. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that one of the most popular games in the casino world is making a mark on this brand new industry. The iGaming market has managed to bring roulette to life on the web. But some are wondering what the appeal of the game’s online counterpart would be.

Accessibility

There is no denying that online roulette is far more accessible than its land-based counterpart. It cuts down the time you need to gain access to the game by a significant margin. All you have to do is visit online casinos, see what they offer and select your favorite version of roulette. When that is done the players just have to make their deposits and the game can start. But some may say that a digital version of the game can never be as exciting as the face-to-face experience. Believe it or not, online casinos have come up with a pretty cool solution to the problem.

Live Casinos

The iGaming industry is all about innovation. When there is a way to use new and exciting technology to push the market forward, you better believe that an industrious operator will jump on it. That is why live streaming has become such a big part of the roulette world. Online casinos have managed to recapture the attention of new fans by integrating live croupiers into their business model. The websites allow fans to access live streams of roulette games where they can play along with other fans. It is a great way to emulate the immersive nature of land-based casinos.

Bonus Offers

We can’t talk about online roulette without bringing up the bonus offers that elevate the industry. Those who may not be aware of online casino bonuses are going to jump for joy. Players who need or want a boost in their gambling can take advantage of both welcome offers and loyalty promotions that elevate the experience at an online casino. They can take advantage of free spins or cashback prizes for a much more interesting experience online. It is an excellent way to boost your gameplay.

Diversity

The best part about online casinos is that they bring a sort of diversity to the industry that often is not captured at land-based establishments. What we mean is that you can play different versions of roulette online. Some options you might never have heard of or seen at online casinos. You have the standard American roulette; a game so popular that even Albert Einstein was known to partake now and again. You also have French and European roulette. But there are even options for mini roulette or grand roulette. All of these games bring a new spin to the classic.

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is set to build a Ksh 2.2 trillion oil refinery, at the Kenyan coast. Upon completion, the refinery will handle 700000 barrels per day and it is expected to scale up the output with time.

But how will the refinery be financed?

The refinery will not be funded by one bank or a single investor.

Instead, Dangote Industries will combine its own profits, borrowed money and money raised from investors to spread the cost and reduce financial risk.

The first source is cash flow.

Dangote Industries will use profits generated from its existing businesses, including cement, fertiliser, sugar and the Lagos refinery.

This means the company will use part of its own earnings instead of borrowing the entire amount.

The second source is bonds.

A bond is a way of borrowing money from investors instead of a bank.

Investors lend money to the company, and Dangote agrees to repay them with interest over a set period.

The third source is an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the Lagos refinery.

This means Dangote will sell part of the refinery to investors through the stock market.

The money raised from selling those shares will help finance the Kenya project.

A few days ago, I had a brief stopover at Sirwo Resort located in Maili Nane, Trans-Nzoia County. This was my first time at the facility. Overall, I was impressed but there is room for improvement.

This is my honest review:-

1). Ambience: The atmosphere is great especially for a group of families or for team building activities. The grass lawns are well manicured creating a beautiful and relaxing environment. I would greatly recommend it for people who love outdoors dining.

The resort also offers playing facilities for kids: soccer, tyres and swings. They also have a well maintained swimming pool. The charges for swimming are Ksh 300 for adults and Ksh 200 for kids.

2). Affordability:-The charges for food, accommodation and facilities do not need one to break the bank. I found these to be within the range of other resorts of the same calibre.

3). Staff:- The staff are friendly and kind. They handle their interactions with customers in a professional way.

4). Food:- Overall, the food was great but there is need for improvement in preparation of the chicken which had a few tiny feathers. A bit more attention to food preparation would make an already pleasant experience even more enjoyable.