Safaricom Ltd is launching a mobile money based credit scheme, M-Shwari, a product that will allow M-Pesa subscribers to save and borrow money using their phones. This new product will mainly target micro-savers and borrowers. It will enable users to open a mobile bank accounts, into which they can deposit as low as KES 1

In the continuing CMC Saga we now look at what happened in court, Muthoka Vs Kibe and a new player enters the scene, the Capital Markets Authority.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange closed on a high last week Friday at 4166.55 points for the 20-share index, up 0.25% from the previous Friday. The All-share index closed at 93.47, up 0.95% from the previous Friday. Here are the counters we shall be monitoring today.

It’s important for a girl to know where to shop. Where the bargains are at, where you’ll get the best prices for the things you need, and where you’ll get value for your money. I don’t know if this is applicable across the board, but service in the supermarket is important to me.

“I wanna be a millionaire, so freaking bad” – Travis McCoy Many people are aiming to make their first million and are working hard at it. While it is true that financial security is crucial, what comes next after hitting the KES 1 million…

While Pakistan, the United States of America, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the USSR were interested in Afghanistan in the 1980s, they might have been unaware that they were starting a war that would involve almost half of the world two decades later. The war would also expand the scene from battlefields and war hit countries into streets in major cities, the now familiar terrorists. Wars would no longer just be on the TV, but in metal detectors in the streets. How did terrorism travel from the streets of Kabul to those of Nairobi, New York and Khartoum?

1. A Cease Fire, for Now Among the blessings we are also counting on this day is the cease-fire reached yesterday between Israel and the Hamas rulers of Gaza. Now if only it will hold. But beyond merely holding if it could be the beginning…

The end of trading yesterday saw the 2 banks under our watch become top traders by volume. There was no change in price for either. Operations at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) saw both the All-share and the 20-share indices closed higher at 92.59 points and 4158.38 points respectively.

It's finally back. La Mujer De CMC continues and here are the major members of the cast.