CA imposes stiffer penalty for poor telecom services The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) board has set 0.2 per cent of the annual gross turnover as the penalty for telecommunication firms that offer substandard services, setting the companies up for heavier fines […]…

Safaricom puts on hold sale of digital decoders Safaricom has suspended the sale of its Internet-enabled digital TV decoders to allow for software upgrade barely three months after its launch. Chief executive Bob Collymore told the Business Daily the suspension was due to realisation that…

CAK warns Safaricom on M-Pesa fees The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has ordered telecoms operator Safaricom to make public its Lipa na M-Pesa charges for businesses that levy a commission on the value of payments made through the system. Francis Wang’ombe, the CAK director-general,…

M-Shwari clients to get mobile medical consultation services The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has partnered with an international mobile-health provider to offer its more than 11 million M-Shwari customers medical consultation services on their phones. Under the partnership the m-Health service provider Hello Doctor, a subsidiary of Metropolitan…

EABL records 9pc sales growth on uptake of spirits Beer maker EABL recorded a nine per cent growth in net sales for the full year to June, a statement released by the UK parent company Diageo showed Thursday.East African Breweries Limited’s full-year earnings were primarily…

Overvalued shilling may hit 110 to the dollar by year end Economists says Kenya’s real effective exchange rate (REER) is 20 per cent overvalued and forecasted that the currency is headed for 110 units to the dollar by the end of the year. The REER…

Mumias goes for its former CEO to drive turnaround Mumias Sugar has hired an Australian, Eroll Johnston, as its new chief executive officer to drive turnaround of the company after receiving a Sh1 billion State bailout package. Mr Johnston’s term begins on August 1, with the…

Home Afrika pays high premium after investors shun bond Buyers of Home Afrika’s corporate bond have re-priced the interest rate on the securities to 17 per cent, significantly raising the real estate developer’s finance costs from the initial coupon rate of 13.5 per cent.At 17 per…

NSE welcomes pro-investor budget measures Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) officials have applauded three of the measures proposed in Treasury secretary Henry Rotich’s budget statement Thursday. For example, exemption of shares from Capital Gains Tax (CGT); plans to introduce mobile-based bond purchases. Exemption from stamp duty of…

Britam pulls plug on low-income individual cover Britam is pulling the plug on an increasingly popular low-end cover for individuals launched with Safaricom in January last year. Individuals who bought the Linda Jamii covers will still continue to get the services until expiry but no new…