The arc, in order.

This lending app publicly shames you when you're late on loan payment

Kevin quoted as Alternative Circle CEO and DLAK founding member calling for regulation.

SPOTLIGHT MEA: Fintech Entrepreneurship in Kenya

Long-form Q&A on the global fintech landscape and the goal of impacting 1 billion lives.

Kevin Mutiso, 2019 Speaker — CEO & Co-founder, Alternative Circle

Kenyan Firm Recognized Among the World's Top Fintechs

Findexable Global Fintech Index recognition for Alternative Circle.

Kenyan startup Alternative Circle recognized among the world's top fintechs

Kevin Mutiso: «Think Big and Outside the Box»

Q&A after the Singapore Fintech Festival on Asian–African fintech cross-pollination.

Kevin Mutiso — Speaker Profile

Alternative Circle's Shika app raises $1.1m from CreditInfo

Seed round led by Creditinfo Group; positions Shika against Tala and Branch.

Mobile Lending App Shika Raises $1.1 Million in Seed Capital

Digital Lenders Expect Ksh.10 Billion To Be Channeled To The Sector

Digital lenders announce increase in loan charges as new tax takes effect

Digital Lenders Announce Increase In Loan Charges As New Tax Takes Effect

Digital lenders back new regulations

CRBs to resume listing Kenyans for defaulting mobile loans

Kevin's testimony before the Finance Committee on capital adequacy.

How Fintechs' Lobby Plans To Bring Back Sanity In Kenya's Digital Lending Space

Long-form Q&A with Kevin as DLAK acting spokesperson on consumer protection.

Digital Lenders Stop Crediting New Customer over Ongoing CRB Freeze Out

Digital Lending in Kenya — General Notes and Outlook (Q&A with Kevin Mutiso)

Kevin Mutiso on the Hot Seat

Q&A on why he created a board for Alternative Circle and SME corporate governance.

Kevin Mutiso Elected Chairperson of Digital Lenders Association of Kenya

DLAK Elects New Leadership Team, Sets Sights on More Consumer Education

Digital money lenders form association as Njoroge talks tough

Launch of DLAK; Kevin pictured and named as Director.

Financial Inclusion vs. Data Protection: Can We Have Both?

Friendly Troll Podcast on data protection, privacy, and the Data Protection Act's impact on lending.

Digital lending: Kenyans borrow $3.85m daily and $115m monthly

DFSAK report on industry growth. Announces board expansion to include 4G Capital and M-Kopa.

Kenyan tech firms drop off in top ranking of Africa's fastest growing companies

Kevin on fintech maturation: 8M borrowers reached, 2M boda boda purchases financed.

Kevin Mutiso: I would never trade family time, not even for a handshake with a billionaire

Long-form lifestyle profile on family, fatherhood, and his father's mantra of pursuing excellence over mediocrity.

Why digital lenders seek a higher Sh50m threshold for licensing

DFSAK input on the draft CBK Non-Deposit Taking Credit Providers Regulations, 2025.

Digital lenders lament overreaching mandate from regulators

Kevin on overlapping mandates from CBK, CAK and ODPC.

Digital lenders accuse Central Bank of overstepping mandate

Bridging the Gap: Unlocking Finance for Women-Led Enterprises in Kenya

Recap of the CGAP convening; Kevin on the case for disaggregating lending portfolios by gender.

Digital lenders seek CBK help to unlock 429 licences

Harassment of borrowers by digital lenders drops by 75pc

Kevin alongside Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait on outcomes of regulation.

Digital lenders in last-minute rush for CBK licensing

New entrants get first CBK digital lending licenses

Kenyan digital lenders kick against 20% excise duty

Digital lenders rebrand to Digital Financial Services Association of Kenya

Rebrand at the Digital Finance Summit 2023; Kevin announces over Ksh.500B disbursed to date.

Digital lenders rebrand association

DLAK→DFSAK rebrand; 8M+ Kenyans served by mobile micro-loans.

Kenya has made huge strides in adoption of fintechs, say experts

Kevin keynotes a Strathmore SEDC fintech breakfast; Oye used as embedded-finance example.

Digital Lenders Reject 20% Excise Duty Proposal on Loan Interests

Kenyan Digital Lenders Raise Loan Minimums Above KES 1000

Kevin Mutiso: Why digital debt counselling will be a game changer

Long-form Q&A (interview by Patrick Alushula) on the CBK DCP regulations and the proposed debt-counselling mechanism.

Rethinking Digital Financial Services

Long-form Q&A on the DLAK→DFSAK rebrand, code of conduct, and risk landscape.

Britam's Betalab invests Sh5mn in Oye to boost Boda Boda insurance

Britam invests KES 5M in fintech Oye to boost insurance and fuel credit access

Britam's BetaLab Backs Oye (Fintech) with Ksh.5 Million Investment

Oye Secures KES 5M to Scale Insurance Access for Kenya's Boda Boda Riders

Fintech Revolution: Oye and Britam Team Up to Insure Kenya's Two Million Boda Boda Riders

The boda-boda gold rush: Fintech and Kenya's billion-shilling informal economy

Television interview with Kevin as CEO of Oye on the regulatory and growth outlook.