The Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) is once again calling out for applications for their fourth intake of the Financial Journalism Training Program. Th...
Safaricom last week announced their results for the period ended 30th September 2016 and as always they posted impressive results. This saw their net income inc...
Given the turbulence that the banking sector has experienced this year due to the failure of 3 banks together with the capping of interest rates, the expectatio...
If you drive a Chevrolet, Hummer, Opel or Isuzu car, you are in for some good news as General Motors (GM) has announced that they will be selling spare parts at...
Founded in 2014, Moringa School offers courses that train students to become strong mobile and web developers. Some of its graduates work at companies such as S...
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives will host the first ever Kenya Manufacturing...
There is nothing as bad as slow internet, the kind that makes you feel as if you want to pull out your hair. If you are a Safaricom subscriber living outside Na...
When Equity Bank came into being back in 2004, it caused a disruption in the banking industry by offering banking services to the common mwanachi who was previo...
Due to our busy schedules one often feels as if the days have become shorter hence one is not able to achieve as much as they would like. However, advances in t...
Safaricom through its Foundation is set to benefit at least 240 people with ear surgeries across 8 regions. The surgeries are being conducted in partnership wit...
Commercial Bank Of Africa (CBA) has joined other banks in courting the lucrative Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) market. They have launched 3 products that t...
General Motors East Africa (GMEA) yesterday launched the new Chevrolet Trailblazer 2017 model. The Trailblazer builds on Chevrolet’s rich legacy to produce a st...
Equity Bank is once again at the forefront of revolutionizing how banking is done Kenya with the launch of a range of digital products. The suite of digital pro...
Barclays Banks of Kenya has today launched its stock brokerage subsidiary Barclays Financial Services Ltd (BFSL). It will be offering cash equity trading servic...
Safaricom has launched a new consumer promotion campaign dubbed Shinda Ma Mili with Stori Ibambe. The campaign will run for 60 days (till 4th December 2016).
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In a first for Kenya, Enwealth Financial Services has partnered with APA Insurance and Apollo Asset Management to design a savings product that allows workers t...
Barclays Bank Kenya and the UK Government has hosted an event today that brought together players in the Kenyan renewable energy space with potential investors ...
Safaricom has today announced an investment in Eneza Education through its Spark Venture Fund. Eneza Education provides mobile based education tools for primar...
Telkom Kenya yesterday released a statement emphasizing that as a company they adhere to relevant legislation with respect to the protection of our customer’s d...
The President signed into law the Finance Act 2016 which had some changes in the tax regime. The changes were made in the Income Tax, Excise Tax, Value Added Ta...
Maisha Microfinance Bank is now officially open for business. The bank received its operational license from Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on 26 June 2016 thereby...
In an award ceremony that was held at Washington DC in the US, Kenya managed to scoop six out of the seven awards in the African category at the 39th World Ener...
In Africa, Midcom is generally synonymous with the Nokia brand of phones. This is after having dealt with the brand for over a decade. Their dalliance with Noki...
For those in the road freight transport industry, constraints at the Port of Mombasa and along the Northern Corridor transport route have driven transport costs...
There has been some confusion in the banking industry on what base rate to use when pricing loans after the banking amendment act was passed into law. This is b...
Global payments company Visa, has today launched mVisa, a mobile payment service, in Kenya. The service will work on both smartphones and feature phones.
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Counties in Kenya are hampering inter-county trade by imposing extra fees and charges for goods that pass by through their jurisdiction. Counties now have laws ...
In the past we have been treated to various talk shops on agriculture but after the conferences end things go back to normal without any meaningful changes. So ...
In some good news for our manufacturing sector which has been experiencing slow growth for a while. Volkswagen (VW), the German car manufacturer will be making ...
The Copyright Board of Kenya may yet have another case on their hands. Wangechi, a Kenyan rapper, earlier in the week started a hashtag #TecnoComeClean after sh...
Huawei has launched 4 new phones, the Y3II, Y5II, Y6II and GR5 mini, as part of a campaign targeted towards the youth. The campaign, dubbed Light up with colour...
In the past few days, many have been speculating about when banks would pass on the benefits of the rate cut to its existing customers. The banks kept insisting...
Airtel Kenya last week held an interactive session at the Nailab hosted by Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE). This was done with the aim of getting feedback ...
Yesterday, the President finally signed the Banking Amendment bill 2015 into law. This I have to say was a pleasant surprise given the fact that similar bills h...
Part of being a Kenyan is the constant hunting for deals that can help you save a penny. With the economy as it is any deal that can save you a few shillings in...
When I am not writing I like to engage in my other passion farming. In Kenya there has been a school of thought especially among the younger generation that agr...
In a bid to reward their loyal customers, Kenya Breweries has launched a consumer reward campaign aimed at appreciating consumers of Smirnoff, Baileys and Johnn...
If you have ever had internet bundles run out on you just when you are about to reply to an important and urgent email you would know how frustrating it can be....
If you live by yourself, I am pretty sure that there has been a time when you needed someone to help you clean your house. It could be that you had some friends...
We have all at one point in time been in a situation where we needed some cash to sort out something urgently. The quickest source of this cash is family and fr...
For any business trust by their clients/customers is a very important commodity. A business that is not trusted by its customers will experience negative growth...
Ronald Webb a seasoned finance and technology expert has joined Safaricom from Equity Bank where he was head of directorate of payments at the bank. In this pos...
