CFC Rights Issue Gets Underway Today
CFC shareholders will get 4 new shares for every 9 that they already hold in a bid
EAC Pushes for Affordable Healthcare
The East African Community (EAC) is hosting a seminar in Kigali to discuss the state of medical care in the region. The conference aims to help member states adopt successful healthcare models such as Rwanda’s Mutuelle de Sante in a bid to improve medical services…
British Rebrands to Britam in Line With Growth Strategy
The new Britam logo gives British American the needed platform to accelerate its regional expansion plans according to Group MD Benson Wairegi
Know Your Rights as a Consumer
Every business needs clients. Consumers are probably the most important people to our economy. yet for the most important people they seem to be ignored a lot. What are your rights as a consumer?
KES 884 Billion Worth of Government Debts; Guess Who's Paying
Just three months into the fiscal year 2012/13 (with a KES 1.4 trillion budget) the government has so far borrowed close to KES 30 billion. This is according Central Bank of Kenya’s report for the first week of September. Consequently, this extends the government’s total debt (both foreign and domestic) to…
3 Kenyan Companies among Ten Most Innovative Companies in Africa
While no African company was featured in Forbes recently published list of World’s Most Innovative Companies, Safaricom, Nation Media Group and East Africa Breweries made it among the Ten Most Innovative Companies in Africa. Safaricom…
8 Things You Should Know This Morning
1. Tangaza goes After MPesa’s throne Tangaza is an independent money transfer service that allows you to send money across all the network at a standard rate of KSh 30, though again Yu Cash proves to have the most affordable rates as compared to the rest with zero…
The Mobile Phone Journey in Kenya
Back in the late 1990s and early 2000, if you said one day 3 in every 4 Kenyans would own a mobile phone you'd probably be mocked all the way to mars. Yet they do. So what exactly was the price of phones then and now?
KCB Reduces Lending Rates
KCB Bank Group has announced that it will be lowering its base rates effective 1st October 2012. The bank will lower its base lending rates to 19% down from 22%. This comes a week after the Central Bank of Kenya lowered its…
Standard Chartered Unveils 'Platinum Credit Card'
Standard Chartered Bank has unveiled a new value added credit card dubbed Platinum Credit Card in Kenya. The card which is a Visa card allows holders to make purchases and payments for goods and services on credit all over the world. The card comes with…
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