As we always do on Saturday morning, we travel the web and bring you five articles that we thought might keep you company. Here is a collection of the five we thought we should share this weekend. Have a fabulous weekend and enjoy the reads. 1. How price…
When it comes to handling money, everyone has their own approach. Some stuff it in an envelope at home for budgeting, others deposit it in a bank to avoid the temptation of spending, others use plastic to escape bank ATM withdrawal fees. Whatever your penchant, the following are basic guidelines…
There are far too many disservice providers in this country- from electricity, to water, Internet services, transport, etc. And as Kenyans crave for quality service, the government proves toothless on this issue. One wonders what role the Kenyan government plays in terms of service…
Here are the articles we are highlighting from the past week at Pesatalk, in case you missed any of them Safaricom lowers cross network calling rates ow.ly/bsZP6 Credit information and reports can now be accessed on the mobile phone ow.ly/bsZQr Somewhere between Safaricom and Kenya Power…
The price of milk has significantly gone down on the retail market a month after the rains cut the long dry spells. Milk is now retailing at between Ksh.35 and Ksh. 40 for the half liter packet down from between Ksh. 48 and Ksh. 55 in April. In December and…
One of the challenges that many experienced and successful investors constantly face is that they have a great deal more to lose. It is one thing to be a beginner who knows very little and winds up losing KES 500,000 of money playing the market but it is an entirely…
Mr. Munir Sheikh Ahmed has been appointed the new managing Director of the National Bank of Kenya. In a letter to the Nairobi Securities Exchange dated 7th of June, the outgoing Managing Director informed the Capital Markets Authority and Nairobi Securities Exchange about the Development. Mr Munir…
Kenya Airways has released the results for the recently concluded rights issue. After several postponements, the KQ results have been released, featuring predominantly in the major dailies this morning. Of the 1.477 billion shares in offer, 70.06 percent of the shares were taken up by shareholders. The company…
At the close of trading at the NSE yesterday, the NSE 20-share index stood at 3,651.27 while the All-share index stood at 78.62. The total number of shares traded stood at 9.744 million in 1141 deals. The equity turnover stood at KES 203.302 million. In today’s trading we will be…
When Kenya Power (KP) introduced pre-paid meters its consumers anticipated relief given the many problems associated with post-paid meters. The Post-Paid system had been blamed for not returning account deposits, consumers having no control over their consumption, unpleasant disconnection, high reconnection fees, corruption during…