Bevan Korir

Philomath, Humanitarian, Traveller and tech enthusiast.

[Bevan Korir @BevanKorir]

If this were only followed. We would be to Singapore truly within a generation.

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

The World Bank has given Kenya more than 10 conditions before it can access the next round of loans.

Here are 10 of the main conditions explained in simple terms.

Thread below:

[George Njoroge @georgenjoroge_]

Bro, Muthaiga humbled you but the wrong way.

You walked into a room full of quiet money and came out counting bumpers.

Meanwhile the real story was sitting right there, men who’ve “made it” eating lunch alone, scrolling phones between sips, nobody to call when the biopsy results come back.

So next time you’re at Muthaiga, don’t count Range Rovers.

Count who’s eating alone.

That’s the real showroom of people who have everything except someone to call at 2am.

Go back, greet a stranger, ask him how his father is doing.

You’ll walk out poorer in stories about cars but rich in something Kingeero taught us for free: nobody grinds well alone!

[cheruiyotkb @cheruiyotkb]

Is Family Bank a dividend stock?

No. With a trailing dividend of Ksh 1.20 (2025) and the share price at Sh 22, that's 5.45% yield.

For it to match the dividend yield of Co-op bank—7.3% from Sh 2.50 (2025) at the current price of Sh 34—Family Bank should trade at Sh 16.40.

Family Bank doubled 2025 dividend after +55% PAT growth. Essentially, it is a growth stock.

Key tips for dividend hunters:

✓Look at yield (dividend ÷ price) and payout history
✓Prefer consistent payers with growing profits
✓Focus on quality (growth and dividends) in this bull run
✓Dividends aren’t guaranteed - company must earn and board approves

[Anuj @anujcodes_21]

🚨Anthropic just showed a 24-minute workshop on how to actually do prompts for Claude.

Taught by the people who built it.

Free. No registration. No paywall.

I've seen $300 courses that don't cover what they teach in the first 8 minutes.

Watch it and bookmark it now.

[Dr MuVenda @Ndi_Muvenda_]

In Kruger National Park, South Africa, veteran ranger Sipho Nkosi suffered a heart attack while on solo patrol. His vehicle was found empty, and search teams began looking for him.

What the park’s remote trail cameras revealed broke the hearts of everyone who saw the footage.

An old bull elephant — known to rangers as “Mnumzane” (Zulu for “Sir”) — had found Sipho’s body. For three full days and nights, the elephant refused to leave. He stood guard, gently touching the ranger with his trunk, chasing away hyenas and jackals that came too close, and even covering parts of the body with branches and leaves.

On the third night, the elephant was still there — visibly grieving, swaying slowly beside his fallen friend. Only when the full recovery team arrived with vehicles did Mnumzane finally step back, watching solemnly as they carried Sipho away.

Park officials later confirmed that Sipho had rescued this same elephant as a calf years earlier after poachers killed his mother. The elephant had never forgotten.

One colleague who viewed the footage whispered:

“He didn’t come to say goodbye. He came to make sure no one disrespected his brother.”

Mnumzane still visits the exact spot regularly. Rangers now leave fresh water and fruit there in honor of both.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

TIME IS NOT TREATED THE SAME EVERYWHERE:

1. Germany: Being late is disrespectful. Meetings start to the second. Punctuality here is not a habit. It is a moral standard.

2. Brazil: An invitation for seven means nine. Relationships matter more than schedules. Rigidity kills the atmosphere.

3. Japan: Trains run to the minute. A sixty second delay comes with a formal public apology. Time is a system. The system is everything.

4. India: Events begin when people arrive. The gathering defines the time. Presence matters more than precision.

5. Polynesian cultures: Time was tied to stars, seasons, and the ocean. Circular, not linear. The clock came later and from somewhere else.

6. United States: Time is money. Literally. Every hour is billable. Every minute is scheduled. Rest has to earn its place.

7. Spain: Lunch at three. Dinner at ten. The day bends around the person. Not the other way around.

8. Ethiopia: A different calendar entirely. Thirteen months. New Year in September. A different year than the rest of the world. Time here is a cultural choice, not a global agreement.

9. France: August belongs to rest. Emails go unanswered. Shops close. Nobody apologizes for this. Leisure is a right, not a reward.

10. Kenya: The clock starts at sunrise. Six in the morning is hour zero. Noon is hour six. Time is built around light, not an arbitrary number on a wall.

11. China: One time zone for the entire country. A landmass that should span five. In the far west the sun rises at ten in the morning. Unity was chosen over accuracy.

12.Australia: Aboriginal communities have always read time through seasons, animal movements, and the stars above. For over sixty thousand years the land itself served as the calendar. No clock was ever needed. Nature told them everything.

13. Mexico: Mañana means not right now. Urgency is often self-imposed. The present moment has its own demands and they are considered legitimate.

14. Greece: A guest arrives at any hour. You welcome them fully. The clock adjusts to the person. The person never adjusts to the clock.

15. Scandinavia: Months of darkness then months of endless light. The body follows seasons, not schedules. This is ancient. Science is only now catching up.

16. Nigeria: Start times are a suggestion. What matters is that everyone arrives, connects, and the evening becomes what it was meant to be. The experience always outranks the schedule.

17. Indonesia: Jam karet. Rubber time. Time stretches around mood, traffic, and social obligation. Rigidity is considered uncomfortable, not professional.

18. Russia: Eleven time zones. Vast winters. Long silences. Time here is treated with patience that outsiders often mistake for slowness.

19. Egypt: One of the first civilizations to invent a calendar. Yet modern Egyptian social time is deeply flexible. Hospitality always comes before the clock.

20. Congo: Community shapes the day more than any schedule. Time belongs to the people in the room, not the hands on the clock.

21. Philippines: Filipino time is a known and accepted reality. Six in the evening means seven or eight. Arriving before the host is ready is the real social mistake.

22. Vietnam: Built on endurance and long horizons. Planning here thinks in years and generations. Short deadlines feel foreign to a culture that measured time in struggles spanning decades.

23. Tanzania: Pole pole. Slowly slowly. A phrase that governs daily life. Rushing is not a virtue here. Moving with intention is.

24. Argentina: Dinner at ten. Parties at midnight. The night is its own world. Compressing it into earlier hours would make it something lesser.

25. Turkey: A meeting can become a meal can become a long evening. Nobody considers this a deviation. It is simply what time is for.

26. Iran: Its own solar calendar. New Year on the spring equinox. Time tied to nature, poetry, and a civilization so old that modern urgency feels like a passing trend.

[Bevan Korir @BevanKorir]

Quite a good read

[Abojani Investment 🇰🇪🇺🇬🇹🇿 @TheAbojani]

#AbojaniTrueStorySeries

REBUILDING IN MY 40s

I’m 44 now. Some nights, I lie awake wondering where all the years went.

When I graduated from The University of Nairobi back in 2004, Nairobi felt like it was mine to conquer. I landed a decent job at a local bank straight out of campus. I had come from a very humble background and so that first salo hit hard. It was like gold for me and I knew my life was going to finally change...

[Hip Hop Dr @DoctorReign]

HIV/AIDs was a major problem in the 90s. ARVs were out of reach due to cost as result of IP with Pfizer. Eventually generics were produced by Indian Cipla⚕️ making it affordable for the people in shit hole countries. 30 years later why isn’t Africa manufacturing ARVs or vaccines?

[Chris Meade @thechrismeade]

Most people don't actually have short attention spans.

They just have shitty priorities.

If you can binge Netflix for 4 hours, you can spend an hour reading a book or working on your business.

[Yator Boss☚ @Bossyator]

Tenwek Ultramodern Cardiothoracic Centre in Bomet that recently rebranded to AGC Tenwek Mission Hospital, look at the design, no grills like prison, big windows for aeration.. other hospitals need to catch up!!

Can we all agree this is the best hospital facility in Kenya?

[Leon @MindMatterMoney]

Get Addicted to These Habits by August 2024

You Won't Recognize Yourself:

1. Fix your sleep

[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

Ep. 24 Argentina’s next president could be Javier Milei. Who is he? We traveled to Buenos Aires to speak with him and find out.

[Julians Amboko @AmbokoJH]

Kenya's Draft Medium-term Debt Strategy for the period 2024/25 - 2026/27 is out & proposes a raft of major tax changes.

Kenyans have until Oct 6th, 2023 to submit comments on the proposals from Treasury.

Here's a 🧵on some key issues emerging from this strategy:

[Alan Kasujja @kasujja]

It’s almost harsh how this fella puts Britain in its place.

[Bevan Korir @BevanKorir]

@alasirimotors , x, ,x,but but, 88,8,,x,87c8,,'*MPESA

[Bevan Korir @BevanKorir]

Bold move by HE the President Dr. William Samoei Ruto. Way to go, Sir.

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

LEADERSHIP is sometimes about BOLDNESS. This is the BOLDEST I have seen any leader/regime deal with KEMSA scandals. PS, CEO and BOARD have been FIRED! Now this is INTENTIONAL leadership. Congratulations @WilliamsRuto and @Nakhumicha_S. You did it for KENYA.

We will only fix CORRUPTION the day Kenyan see the top dealt with this firmly. Now let’s cascade this to other levels.

Meanwhile, congratulations to the visionary Dr. Andrew Mulwa who takes over leadership of KEMSA as CEO and Irungu Nyakera as Chairman. You are both young and energetic. Make the youth proud. #ForwardsAndUpwards

[Kenny | Accent Investing @AccentInvesting]

If you don't know how to read and analyze a balance sheet, read this:

[Bevan Korir @BevanKorir]

Word!

[Dominic Kundu @mundu_useful]

The biggest problem with contractors is refusal to employ qualified staff. Guys, this business of contracting works is not as easy as selling chicken. Worse if it’s donor or government funded projects. Contractors are making loses. Clients ensure their representatives are dope 1/

[Bevan Korir @BevanKorir]

Quite ostentatious indeed.

[Sewe Saldanha @SeweS_]

Kilifi town's Bofa neighbourhood is not real. I mean that place is not Kenya.

Forget Muthaiga or Runda or Vipingo, Kilifi's Bofa is the hallmark of .ke's ostentatiousness