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Make All Your Bank Transactions Through Your Phone

Are you tired of having to queue, wasting time at the bank to make simple transactions? Or do you wish you had easy access to your money during those emergency situations? Well, you can conduct all your bank transactions through your mobile phone without the need to visit…
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CBK Issues New Guidelines on Deposit Taking Microfinance Institutions

The CBK has issued a new guideline for deposit taking microfinance insitutions that provides the necessary support and legal framework for DTMs to collect money from wananchi via their agency offices and marketing offices. Kind of like Co-op Kwa Jirani and KCB Mtaani, but for microfinance institutions.
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Angukia Hao na Ecobank

Ecobank Kenya unveiled a promotion dubbed “Angukia Hao na Ecobank” targeting existing and potential Ecobank Savings and Current account holders. The promotion which started on 17th May 2012 is slated to run for 3 months and is aimed at encouraging savings culture, financial inclusiveness…
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Samsung Extends Warranty to Two Years

Consumer electronics manufacturer, Samsung Electronics East Africa, has unveiled a two-year warranty support for its range of products and appliances. Dubbed the Samsung Smart Care 24 Month Warranty, Samsung Electronics will provide comprehensive service support across all its products for customers purchasing Samsung products from authorised…
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Forex Trail – 21 May 2012

Below is a comparison of the performance of the Kenya Shilling over the last two trading sessions, Friday the 18th and Thursday the 17th:   Currency US Dollars Sterling Pounds Euro SA Rand KES/USHS KES/TSHS KES/RWF Date 17/05/2012 84.3875 134.2753 107.5402 10.191 29.3884 18.747 7.1399 18/05/2012 84.4528 133.0353 106.9623 10.0195…
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Stocks Watch – 21 May 2012

Limuru Tea Company gained the maximum 10% in Fridays trading. That translates to an increase of KES 41 on the share price. The share closed at KES 451. That share, as well as Mumias, Eveready, KCB and others, will be on our watch list in today's trading.
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Water Supply in Upper Zones of Nairobi to Resume Soon

Residents of Upper Zones of Nairobi should expect normal water supply to resume by Wednesday this week. This comes after Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company announced that repairs on the supply pipe from Sasuma Dam water are to be completed today. The supply pipe from…
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KCB Books Close for Dividends

KCB's share register closes today at 3pm to facilitate the dividend payout. Only shareholders in the register by 3pm today will receive KCB's goodies. The dividend has increased 48% from last year's KES 1.25 per share to KES 1.85 per share following the firm's 53% increase in pre-tax profit in 2011.
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Slavery By Currency

In the words of Leo Tolstoy Money has in our time completely lost that desirable significance as a representative of labour; such a significance it has only exceptionally, for as a general rule it has become a right or a possibility for exploiting the labour of others. The…
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10 Tips For Saving On Your Food Costs

#10. Buy more at once. As a shopper you can often score discounts by buying items such as beans, pasta, and rice in bulk. Just be sure to store the food in a safe spot to avoid waste. #9. Compare prices. This is important. Don’t just buy off the shelf…
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Before You Tick the Terms and Conditions Box

The important small print setting on our contractual rights, the one you always sign against before reading could land you into some serious trouble. Research conducted in the United Kingdom revealed that only 7% of Britons read the online terms and conditions when signing up for products and…
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The Ten Cannots

William John Henry Boetckere , an American religious leader and influential speaker is well remembered for his authorship of the pamphlet with The Ten Cannots which emphasized the freedom of the individual to himself. They have often been mistaken with Abraham Lincoln’s quotes on limitations which bore a similar message.
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Trust Me, I'm a Matatu Selection Expert

There is no way to predict share movements. All we can do is hypothesize and hope. Anyone making guarantees to you that XYZ is going to rise tomorrow so you should buy is a cheat.
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A Simple, User Friendly Budgeting System

Contemporary budgets can be complicated and difficult to formulate and follow. It is a fact that not everyone is comfortable with detailed planning and a traditional budget might just not work for most of us. Well, there is a simple and user friendly budgeting alternative.
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The Week in Review

NSE Performance Over the course of trading last week, Kenyan shares blasted to a nine-month high on Thursday and Friday as they rose for the sixth straight session to 3,677.81 on Thursday. This could be attributed to investors pouring their funds back into equities largely due to falling inflation and…
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