How to Quickly Tell If Your Banknote Is Genuine
There are various ways of determining if a Kenyan Shilling note is genuine or fake. Some crumple the note and check how fast it would take to stretch back to its original form. Others flick the note to feel how hard it is while others scratch the presidents’ portrait to…
Counterfeit Phones are Here to Stay
A mobile phone user in Kenya (Photo:Africa Renewal) The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has suspended the purported shut down of all counterfeit mobile phone handsets. The industry regulator had set a 30th April 2012 deadline for shutting down the fake gadgets. An official announcement from CCK…
DStv Raises Fees
After MultiChoice Africa increased GOtv monthly subscription fees, it has announced that it has increased the DStv monthly subscription fees with effect 1st April 2012. The price change affects all the bouquet options available to DStv subscribers. Please see the new DStv subscription pricing belo Source of…
Shop Owner Capitalizing on People's Inconvenience?
A small shanty shop is stacked in a fence on Ole Dume road, a few meters off Gitanga road. The shop is barely visible and one wonders why a person would set up shop in such a neighbourhood. Bangladesh is an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood and you would not expect…
Digital TV Signal; Is it Affordable?
Analogue TV set (Image: Tv Throng) From July 2012, there will be no more analogue TV sets sold in the shops in Kenya. That is good news. The government has imposed a ban on importation of analogue TV sets beginning July. This move could probably deny thousands of households…
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GO Tv Hikes Monthly Charges But Lowers Installation Fees
GOtv, the latest entrant in the Kenya pay TV market, recently revived its rates, increasing the monthly subscription fees and lowering installation fees. The monthly subscription fees increased by KES 135, from KES 585 to KES 720, this coming amidst numerous complaints from GOtv subscribers. The installation fees…
Safaricom to be the Fastest Mobile Broadband Network Next Week
Safaricom to have the fastest mobile broadband speed
Fast and Easy Way to Know Your DStv Account Balance or the Rate
You can now know your DStv account balance or the prevailing forex exchange rate through the comfort of your mobile phone. To check your balance, send an SMS beginning with the word “Bal” (space) “smartcard number” to the number 3788 For the prevailing exchange rate send an SMS…
Money Talk Friday – The 'Hustler' Mindset.
I was sitting on the garden benches in campus one afternoon with a friend having a lazy chat, the assignment rebellion type. I needed airtime to make a call but as it were I was feeling lazy. “I need airtime, but I cannot go to the shop.” “Credit ya how…
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