Applying for a Business Loan? Check This Out
While I handle about 30 inquiries from prospective business borrowers on a monthly basis, I have only managed to lend to 6 customers in the last one year. So, why the high decline rate? In this article, I will examine the broad areas your…
The Stock Market Today
How the stock market performed today
NSSF Rebrands Ahead of AGM
Social Security provider, National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has embarked on a re-branding exercise as part of NSSFs institutional transformation. The re-branding exercise started early this month with a series of internal communication activities to get the more than 1600 NSSF staff to embrace a…
Budgeting Your Variable Costs
Simply put, your variable costs may include your electricity bills, car maintenance costs, medical expenses, food expenses, just to mention a few. How do you budget for them? These bills may or may not come every month plus there costs fluctuate on a regular basis. How do you…
Build Your House Like a Jigsaw Puzzle
Prefab housesare structures that can be assembled piece by piece based on pre-set specifications. These structures function like a jig-saw puzzle, all you need to do is put the pieces together.
No Waiving On Land Rates
The City Council of Nairobi is no longer waiving rates on land for defaulters. Following a long campaign of waivers and extensions they finally decided to put their foot down. Chief Public Relations Officer Mr. Marube said that since the expiry of the August 31st 2012 deadline of operation clampdown,…
Hire Purchase Phones, What You Need To Know
Safaricom recently unveiled a product dubbed: Smart Choice for a Smart Lifestyle that enables those who yearn to own a smart phone or tablet but can’t afford the price an opportunity to buy and pay for a device of their’s dreams in 12 monthly installments. In addition to…
Sale of KenolKobil to Swiss Firm on Track
Swiss Puma Energy will complete its due diligence on KenolKobil this month before proceeding with the transaction
Yu Free Life Insurance Cover; What you need to know
Mobile operator yuMobile has today launched an Insurance scheme that gives a life and disability insurance cover for its pre-pay subscribers. Dubbed yuCover, the product is underwritten by Jubilee Insurance and powered by MicroEnsure. YuCover rewards yuMobile subscribers with…
Numbers Say: The Locals Aren't Investing
The last week of August saw many unaudited financial statements printed in the newspapers for the various investment firms, attempting to beat the deadline. If one was to go by the brokerage commissions, it would confirm the reality of what many might have feared. Local investor participation in…
Is the House You Want to Buy Overpriced?
Learning how to determine the open market value of a house will help you know if the seller is charging a fair price
Airtel Money Services Now Available at Posta Outlets
You can now send, receive and withdraw money using Airtel Money from any one of 465 Posta outlets across Kenya. This comes after Airtel Kenya and Posta Kenya signed a service agreement on Tuesday. Availing Airtel Money services at Posta outlets across…
A Glance at Top Kenyan Tea in Auction
The average price of Kenyan top grade of tea went down to KES 333.48 ($3.97) per kg at auction this week at the Mombasa-based Africa Tea Brokers (ATB). This is a drop from KES 336 ($4.00) per kg last week. This week, 105,421 packages were offered for sale of which 21.4% went unsold,…
The Cost of an Undergraduate Degree in Kenya
Since the introduction of the Module II programme 10 years ago universities have been expanding to accommodate the new students. This has led to an increase in fees. So just how much do you have to choke up for a degree these days?
Stocks We Are Watching Today
The shares we will be closely watching at the stock market today
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