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KCB Slashes Base Lending Rate

KCB Bank has announced that it will be reducing its base lending rate effective in the new year. In a public statement via the Group’s twitter page, the bank says it will reduce the rate by 200 basis points to 17% down from the current 19%. This announcement has comes…
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Additional SMS Bundle Plan from Safaricom

Following the recent withdrawal of Safaricom’s unlimited SMS plan, Safaricom has now introduced a third SMS bundle plan you can subscribe to. You can subscribe to 500 on-net SMS messages daily at the rate of KES 20 per day. This new SMS plan is in addition…
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8 Things You Should Know This Morning

1. Samsung Pilots Paperless Learning in Kenya Local primary schools may soon shun the use of exercise books and blackboards after Samsung Electronics East Africa embarked on a pilot program geared at transforming traditional classrooms to multimedia teaching environments. In a development that could herald…
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How Should You Respond to a Price Change by Competitors?

If, however, I am wrong, and a price war ensues; it will definitely not originate from Safaricom. This is because the market leader has nothing to gain from that. It is the other players who may try to fight for market share by lowering prices. Safaricom would then be on the defensive. Why?
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What Your SACCO Savings Can Do For You

So you started that Chama and have a little money. What should you do with it?
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GOtv Plus Launched

GOtv has finally unveiled its long awaited new channel bouquet dubbed GOtv plus. The bouquet is available to subscribers in Nairobi at a monthly subscription rate of KES 849. Among the new channels available on the GOtv Plus bouquet are: SuperSport Blitz Nat Geo Wild MTV…
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25 Days to Get Your Set Top Box, What’s Available?

Nairobi residents, and its environs, have up to 31st December 2012 to buy set top boxes or risk losing TV reception as the communications regulator (CCK) plans to switch off analogue TV signal in Nairobi. Once the signal is switched off on December 31st 2012, television…
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8 Things You Should Know This Morning

Tomato prices are on the rise, Parliament has refuted plans to tax basic goods and the world's oldest dinosaur fossil came from Africa. All this and more on 8 Things You Should Know This Morning.
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Power Up or Lose Out on Dividends

Our monitor of the listed media houses revealed one thing, that stock price matters. Nation Media Group closed at KES 228, up by one shilling while Standard Group closed at KES 22.75, up 25 cents. Relevance of the change in price can be spotted when…
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Sanctions and the Polls: Make The Right Choice

Once upon a time, Zimbabwe was a great African nation. The people were proud, business was booming and life was generally great. President Robert Mugabe was legendary. It was referred to as the “bread basket” of sub-Saharan Africa. Then, one simple move changed all that; President Mugabe ordered the reclamation of white-owned farms.
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Government Will Spend KES 437 Million, to "See" You

Soon, criminals will have nowhere to hide as the government installs CCTV cameras across various parts of the city. The surveillance system will go countrywide in 2013.
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Biting the Hand that Treats You: Revenge of the Nurses

Nurses intend to go on strike on the 7th of December, 2012 because they do not have an official Union. The law says that the strike is illegal because the nurses need an official Union before they can carry out such a protest.
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More Christmas Deals from Safaricom

Safaricom Open day is over. However, you can still enjoy discounted prices on phones, tablets and laptops during this festive season. Some of the items retailing at discounted prices include: Samsung Nari E2230: Save KES 700 when you buy this phone as the price has now…
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