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Financing For Start-Ups: Late Stage

Christmas is over, now back to the serious stuff, at least until new years day. So far we have looked at how to finance your business at the early stage and growth stage. By now, you are well aware of what to look…
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Why You Need Travel Insurance

As some people leave the country for the holiday season, they also leave their medical, motor and life insurance covers behind.
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Magical Kenya Unveils Special Holiday Offers for Local Destinations

Magical Kenya, the country’s leading tourist service provider plans to make this holiday season an unforgettable experience for all their customers with travel packages for as low as KES 6,000.
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M-Shwari vs Kopa Chapaa, The Bright Side

Micro loans have been made easier by mobile phone platform innovations with companies loaning up to KES 100,000 payable in 30 days.
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8 Things You Should Know This Morning

1. 14.3 Millions Kenyans Registered to Vote in March Some 14.3 million Kenyans have registered as voters for the general elections due in March 2013, the Kenyan electoral body said on Thursday. A total of 14,337,399 voters signed up during the registration…
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Kenya Government Should opt For Efficiency Not More Taxes

All in all, treasury needs money, and has made bold moves to seek more revenue, including slapping tax on the mobile money transfer. A 10 percent excise duty will affect mobile money users. M-pesa handles more than KSh. 60 billion per month in deposits and a similar amount in withdrawals, and KSh. 80 billion in transfers. Maybe we just be more efficient.
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M-pesa: Our Best Shot At Total Financial Inclusion.

At it's onset, the decade that led to the millennium was marked by a very low penetration of financial services in Kenya. Today, thanks to the mobile phone, this is quickly changing. In a country of 40 million people with 75% of it having direct access to a mobile phone, the financial services landscape significantly differs to the one of the nineties.
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High Court Stops December 31 Analogue Signal Switch Off

The High Court has this morning stopped the 31st December 2012 analogue switch off deadline until 11th January 2013 when it will make a ruling on the same. This comes after Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) filed a case under certificate of urgency seeking…
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