Why You Need Mobile Banking
It is Friday evening, the last week of the month and you have been waiting for payday so patiently. The day is finally here and you checked with accounts to make sure transfers were done on Tuesday. Whatever the circumstance, the money is in the account. You did…
Insurers Compete for KES 90 Billion Market
Insurance companies have made plans to roll out new services amid the rising number of policy holders in the country. The Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) has announced that organizations are facing stiff competition as the sector continues to expand. According to AKI, policy holders…
Orange Offer, Up to 60% Discount on Phones
With 33 days to Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK)deadline to switch off all counterfeit phones, Orange Kenya is offering up to 60 per cent discount on 3G enabled devices. Some of the phones retailing at reduced prices include: Phones purchased…
Kenya Orchards: Just A Wild Investment Thought
The company’s shares have been at 3 shillings per share at the NSE for more than four years which is one of the lowest prices of any share at the NSE..
Which Airtel Mobile Data Plan Suits You?
We yesterday introduced you to a couple of Safaricoms’ mobile data plans that you can choose from, if you missed it, click here to view the post. Today we will look at what Airtel Kenya has to offer. Like Safricom, Airtel also has a…
The Place: Nairobi The Year: 2024 Event: Olympics
The bid for Kenya to host the 2024 Olympics has been dismissed by many Kenyans themselves as a thing that couldn't work. But let's look at it for a second. Just how practical is our bid to host the Olympics and what will this mean for the city, and our pockets?
What it Means to Earn Peanuts
These tweets were sent by @Roomthinker, in reaction to the recent call by the National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende for an increase in MPs’ salaries. According to Kenneth Marende, the KES Sh851,000 monthly salary for the MPs is peanuts. @Roomthinker takes up this subject and explains exactly what it means…
KQ Introduce Low Budget Flights
Jambo Jet, KQ’s low cost carrier has received a route license through Kenya Airways. The license granted by Kenya Civil Aviation Authority approves Jambo Jet to operate air services for passengers and cargo within Kenya and across the continent under FastJet and…
Stocks We Are Watching Today
The shares we will be closely watching in today’s trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
KCB Extends Banking Hours in more Branches
KCB Bank has extended banking hours in several of its branches in Nairobi and one in Kisumu. KCB has announced that it will extend banking hours for the Nairobi branches to 10 hours a day. This, the bank says, will give its customers who have busy day schedules…
Safaricom Bonga Point Redemption Offer
Redeem a portion of your Bonga Points, add KES 3,999 to them and you will get a smartphone from Safaricom that comes inclusive of 200MB internet bundle and KES 500 airtime. 8,000 Bonga points + KES 3,999 will get you a IDEOS Ascend Y100 Image sourced from: tuvuti.com 9,000…
How Affordable is Health Insurance?
Most Health Insurance companies promise a life filled with medical security and free of never-ending hospital bills. Few can actually deliver on that promise. So just what do you get out of health insurance?
8 Things You Should Know This Morning
1. Electricity bill to go up by 16pc this month Your electricity bill will go up by at least 16 per cent this month following a decision by Kenya Power to increase charges levied on the power. In a legal notice published last Friday on the Kenya Gazette, Kenya…
Closing Bell – 27 August 2012
A summary of share trading activity at the NSE today
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