8 Things You Should Know This Morning
1. Telkom Operators Deactivating Idle SIM Cards First Mobile Communications service providers are deliberately delaying the process of disconnecting unregistered SIM cards to give room for users to register According insiders requesting anonymity say the operators have started with a cleanup exercise…
You Will Be Fined KES 300,000 For Your Unregistered SIM Card
The Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) will fine subscribers KES 300,000 or jail them for three years for using unregistered SIM cards.
Can Cooperative Societies Tame Corruption Loss of Members’ Funds?
To keep my sanity, I resigned to treating Sacco’s like my local church. In church, you only grow spiritually if you don’t move too close to the decision making organs. That way, you don’t ask your pastor why the church spent ten shillings to buy an item that costs two shillings in the streets. You also maintain your perception of the leadership as custodians of virtue and godliness.
Budgeting For Your Kids Education
One of our readers recently wrote to us asking what percentage of one’s salary should cater for kids’ school fees.Quick research shows there’s not much data out there about budgeting for your kid’s fees, mainly because school fees aren’t part of monthly expenditure. In Kenya for, instance, a school term…
January, Noooooooooooooooo!!
Tomorrow is January! Yayy! No? Okay…. Having survived the Mayans dooms day prediction, 25th December and Santa Claus you are now faced with the worst demon yet, Jeanuary. It will definitely come and with it comes a ton of back to school expenses, a fact most parents dread.
10 Most Read Articles on PesaTalk in 2012
We (PesaTalk) started publishing articles in March 2012 with the aim of simplifying the jargon that financial news is famed for.yes, we have lost our footing every once in a while but our readers have kept us going, and the viewership over the months has been…
5 Affordable-ish Party Spots to Usher in 2013
December 31st: The end of a year’s chapter and possibly a prelude to the coming year. It is also the one time when a large percentage of the world’s population is in a celebratory mood. And Kenya is no different. Parties will be organized on this day leaving…
Rich Man's Disease, The Truth About Status-Specific Illnesses
You can tell a lot about a man's financial status by the type of diseases he has. Some people can't even afford to get these kinds of illnesses.
Economics: Understanding The GDP
For instance, this year the Central Bank projects the GDP to be at 5.2% compared to last year’s which was at 4.4%. Several interpretations of this would be that this year the economy expanded 0.8% more than last year or simply there were 5.2% more goods and services produced in the economy this year compared to last year which saw an expansion of only 4.4%.
Confusing, isn't it?
Deals Going Down This Festive Season
Here is a reminder of some of the deals going down this festive season: In as much as Safaricom Open Day is over, you can still enjoy discounted prices on phones, tablets and laptops during this festive season. Deals range from phones whose prices have been reduced to…
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