Investment by Business Watch Team Unlocking Land To Solve Kenya’s Student Housing Crisis Kenyan universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions have faced a student housing… September 1, 2025
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Opinion by Business Watch Team How Acorn Holdings Redefines Quality Construction Construction is a messy affair. First, it is common for construction sites to be plagued by… August 18, 2025
Opinion by Business Watch Team Qwetu, Qejani, And The Road Back To Student Dignity In Kenya Less than a decade ago, living in hostels was a dangerous affair whose misery was compounded… August 5, 2025
Entrepreneurship·Opinion by Business Watch Team A Walk And Feel Inside Kenya’s Best-Performing Hostels The students of the United States International University (USIU)-Africa make the best tenants, we can now… July 22, 2025
Entrepreneurship by Business Watch Team Unpacking REITs In Kenya: A Smarter Way To Invest In Real Estate Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are transforming how Kenyans invest in property. As the first real… July 7, 2025
Market Watch by Business Watch Team Student Housing Pays Off As Qwetu And Qejani “Landlords” Earn Record Ksh 1.1B In 2024 Last year was good for Landlords, especially those housing university students. Landlords who own multiple hostels… July 3, 2025
Entrepreneurship by Business Watch Team How Acorn’s Development Model Is Reshaping Student Housing In February 2021, Acorn, the developers behind the Qwetu Student Residences, went to the market and… June 24, 2025
Entrepreneurship by Business Watch Team Four Years later Acorn’s Student Housing REIT Continues To Deliver Strong Performance In February 2021, Acorn, the developers behind the Qwetu Student Residences, the group’s flagship brand for… June 18, 2025
Entrepreneurship by Business Watch Team The Qwetu REITs Journey That Kenyans Are Investing In From Ksh 5,000 By 2020, Acorn’s Qwetu hostels or Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) were a proven hit. The developer… June 13, 2025
Entrepreneurship by Business Watch Team From Crisis To Qwetu, Where It All Began The year was 2000, and Kenya was facing a student housing crisis. To provide students with… June 9, 2025