M-Tiba, the mobile health wallet has now been launched nationally. The platform is a partnership between Safaricom, PharmAcess and Carepay. It was Initially des...
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...
The Kenyan musician is screwed. I say this with the utmost pain for the Kenyan music industry which employs so many people. Being a musician in Kenya has got to...
The SOMA Awards have announced the 2016 nominees. The annual competition, which is now in its 4th year, has 25 categories this year with the addition of the Agr...
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...
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...
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...
Safaricom which is arguably the most profitable company in Kenya has today announced that it will be paying its shareholders a special dividend. This dividend w...
In what is clearly good news for those who travel outside Kenya, Safaricom has today announced that it has reduced the roaming charges for calls and data by upt...
Wananchi Group entertainment brand Zuku has today announced the appointment of Genue Mwaura as Chief Finance Officer and Michael Dabaly as the Sales, Marketing ...
If your business relies on the TEAMS cable for internet you need to brace yourself for slow internet speeds. This is due to the scheduled maintenance works on t...
Last week we told you about the Precious Blood Riruta students who managed to make it the the finals of the Technovation Challenge. The 5 girls namely Harriet K...
Five students from Precious Blood High School in Nairobi have are finalists in the Technovation Challenge 2016, a global technology and entrepreneurship competi...
Some time back we wrote an article about how Safaricom was under-utilizing the Mpesa platform. One of the aspects highlighted was the lack of a debit card which...
Diabetes which was once viewed as a disease for the rich has in recent times become a major problem in developing countries. This situation has largely been inf...
Safaricom and Craft Silicon have today launched a new taxi hailing service in Kenya called Little Cab. The new service launches in a market where there are othe...
According to a survey carried out by Safaricom Business on 181,000 businesses spread across 21 counties. Lack of capital, cash flow management and an inability ...
Uber is the current market leader in the taxi hailing business in Kenya. It launched in January last year and despite a few challenges, it has gone from strengt...
Safaricom has today announced the appointment of Sateesh Kamath as its Chief Financial Officer and executive board member effective August 1st 2016. Mr. Kamath ...
In a bid to enhance their customer experience, Safaricom has today launched a suite of products. The aim is to give customers more control on how they use voice...
Safaricom will tomorrow kick off a series of countrywide youth empowerment and mentorship summits for its youth platform, BLAZE. The summits give the youth aged...
Since its launch in 2007, M-Pesa had grown into a force in money transfer in Kenya. Since it's launch it has pivoted from just being a money transfer service in...
Many of us, myself included, have been wondering what this Code of Ethics of Business that some of the blue chip business like Safaricom, KCB and lately NSE hav...
To say that Safaricom has permeated every sector of our lives is an understatement. It has become such a part of most Kenyan’s lives that some can’t function wi...
Safaricom has launched BLAZE, a product to help the youth be in control of their finances and help them succeed in their specific fields. One of the services of...
Safaricom has today launched BLAZE a communication and empowerment platform designed for the Kenyan youth. If you are like me who has been wondering what the BL...
Safaricom yesterday announced the availability of its new interactive app named MySafaricom app for Android and iOS. The app will enable the 7.8 million smartph...
The 5th edition of the Kenyan Blog awards aka the BAKE Awards was held at the Radisson Blu Nairobi. The event attracted over five hundred guests saw various blo...
The fact that Safaricom is East and Central Africa’s largest corporation was undisputed yesterday as the company released its results for the year ended 201. Th...
Safaricom has this week paid out a total of Kshs. 152 million to Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) and Premium Rate Service Providers (PRSPs). The paym...
In another first for Kenya, a Kenyan photographer Amunga Eshuchi has won the prestigious 2016 Commonwealth Photography Competition. The competition sought to sh...
Safaricom is once again the title sponsor for the BAKE Awards 2016. They were the title sponsors for the inaugural awards in 2012 at a time when most people did...
In what is bound to be good news for those of us who live in the diaspora where the is no fibre connection. The partnership announced yesterday between Kenya Po...
In previous articles, we have tackled what exactly is Rental Income Tax and how to compute the tax. In this post we will focus on how to file the tax after comp...
It's no longer easy to prank people on April Fools' Day because most now expect to be pranked. They are therefore on the lookout for pranks so even when they ha...
Safaricom in partnership with Eneza Education last week launched Shupavu 291. Shupavu 291 is a USSD based education service which works equally well on basic/f...
In a bid to nurture football talent in the country, the Safaricom Next Generation has this week unveiled 75 boys and girls who will join the My Proffessional Dr...
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) yesterday announced a 16% jump in their profit to Ksh19.6 billion. This growth was driven by diversified business lines, operational...
Prior to attending the Safaricom Jazz Festival 2016, I wouldn't say that i ever cared much for Jazz. Mainly because Jazz to me was a man in a suit playing a sax...
The Ministry of ICT has announced the launch of a pilot phase of the laptop for schools project. The schools laptop project will be eventually launched in 22,00...
Safaricom and British Airways have announced the winners of the Emerging Enterprise Initiative. The initiative was launched in November 2015 and the entry perio...
Safaricom’s Women in Technology (WIT) initiative has partnered with Technovation, a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring women in technology and entre...