pesaDroid: Managing Your M-Pesa Transactions
A year into the market pesaDroid is changing how we view mobile money. It is an Android app that observes your M-Pesa SMS messages, enabling you to visualize your transactions in different ways as well as generating several statements from these transactions. The question then is, how…
Which Safaricom Mobile Data Plan Suits You?
Owning a smart phone comes with one major additional expense, buying mobile internet bundles. Safaricom has a couple of data plans suitable for mobile users. The daily mobile internet bundles, with a 24 hours validity period and the 7 days prepaid data plan. Based on how you surf…
M-Pesa: Our Very Own Too Big to Fail
"These apps are being downloaded and used by the thousands, by the hundreds of thousands. They are helping M-Pesa grow their customer base year on year. They are helping create an M-Pesa that can’t fail. The impact on our society will be too great. What platform will handle those loose billions? No, M-Pesa can only grow. And that’s a scary thought."
Pastoralists' Livestock Insurance From APA
Over 2,500 pastoralists in the Marsabit region can insure their cattle, sheep, goats and camels against drought. APA Insurance has announced an Index Based Livestock Insurance cover specific for the region. APA Insurance, a member of The Apollo Group aspires to build up to a KES 1.15 billion strategic partnership with Leapfrog Investments –…
Brookside Milk Production Set to Rise
Brookside Dairy Limited has partnered with dairy farmers in a deal which could see the price of milk fall shortly after the merger kicks off. The joint venture, which is aimed at increasing the country’s milk production, will see the company’s intake increase 25% to 2.4 million…
NIC Rights Issue Opens Today
Each eligible NIC shareholder has the right to buy 1 new NIC share for every 4 already held and will until 7th September have the option to freely trade their rights at the NSE at a price set by the market
How to Make Your First Bata Home Purchase
Bata Home, a new service by Bata that gives you the freedom to buy shoes from the comfort of your home or office and have them delivered to you, was officially launched on Friday, 17 August, 2012 by Communications PS Bitange Ndemo and Bata Managing Director…
History of Banking in Kenya [Info graph]
This is part of a series of articles sponsored by NIC Bank. NIC will be having a rights issue starting 27th August. Read more about their rights issue here. …
Stocks Watch
The shares we will be watching today at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
8 Things You Should Know This Morning
1. NCPB under spotlight over maize price The government’s latest bid to fill up the national granary by offering maize farmers high prices has turned the spotlight on its role in the market as households forego low prices associated with the harvest season. While weekly data gathered by…
Five Cheapest Places In Nairobi to Watch the Dark Knight Rises
We all love our movies. Sometimes we even get to watch them big screen. So, where are the cheapest places in Nairobi to catch a glimpse of our favourite stars?
KRA Port Delays, The Cause For High Import Prices
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) could be one of the reasons why you are paying more for various things such as food, pharmaceuticals and other industrial goods. Importers have attributed this to delays and sluggish service by KRA at various stages of clearance at…
Bata Home Officially Launched in Kenya
Bata Home, a new service by Bata that gives you the freedom to buy shoes from the comfort of your Home or office, was officially launched yesterday evening by Communications PS, Bitange Ndemo and Bata Mananging Director, Fernando Garcia. Bata customers no longer have to visit…
Weekend Reads
Here is a collection of links we have put together for your weekend reading. Enjoy the reads and the weekend too. 1. 6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying What They Think They’re Saying: “Come on, we’re all in this together! It’s not like I have infinite…
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