Consolidated Bank Bond Begins Trading at NSE.
"The bond closed yesterday with a subscription rate of 84 percent that raised 1.7 billion shillings."
ERC to Review Fuel Prices Today
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is today, 14 August, 2012 expected to announce reviewed fuel pump prices for the period starting 15 August, 2012 to 14 September, 2012. Based on the recent upward trend in international oil prices we predict that ERC will review…
Stocks 101 – What is a share?
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. Simply put, a share is a unit of ownership. A share of the ownership. If you own…
Stocks Watch
Here are the shares we will be closely watching in today’s trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
8 Things You Should Know This Morning
A couple of things you are waking up to this Tuesday morning: 1. Nairobi City Council plan to sale city estates The City Council of Nairobi plans to sell seven residential estates to offset Sh13 billion in debts, setting the stage for an increase in rents for…
Closing Bell – 13 August 2012
A summary of trading activity at the Nairobi Securities Exchange today.
Satellite Universities; Is Demand for Higher Education too High?
78,658 students, with grade C+ and above, were cut off from universities by grades in 2011. Are satellite universities onto something here?
New Money Transfer Platform to Hit Market
NationHela is a new international money transfer service that allows you to receive money, from anywhere in the world, straight to your NationHela prepaid Visa card and mobile phone. To use the NationHela service you will first need to buy a NationHela prepaid card from any…
Getting the Best Out of Car Insurance
Vehicle insurance seems like just another pesky cost in a world full of bills and expenses. However, it doesn’t hurt to be prepared. There are many pitfalls that come with owning vehicles among which include the risk of theft, fire and bodily harm. As such, it is important to take…
Safaricom's Data Deals
Check out the deals going down at Safaricom shops country wide.
CFC Stanbic Posts 36.5% Rise in Half-Year Profit
CfC Stanbic Bank has reported a pretax profit of KES 1.86 billion for the six months to June 30th 2012 up from KES 1.40 billion the same period last year. This represented a 32.9% jump in pretax profit for the first half of the year.
Is Holiday Tuition a Money Making Scheme?
If holiday tuition is an undertaking outside the regular syllabus aimed at helping the weak students, why make it compulsory for all and at very high costs? Are holiday tuitions a money making schemes for teachers? A means of exploiting parents who are desperate to see their children perform well academically; or are teachers genuinely trying to help students perform well?
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