Mumias slashes staff allowances, freezes pay increments
Mumias slashes staff allowances, freezes pay increments Troubled Mumias Sugar Company has halved senior staff allowances and frozen pay increments as it struggles to climb out of the deep pit of losses it fell into two years ago. Mumias managing director Coutts Otollo informed staff of the changes, part…
Monday’s Morning Brief – Nov 24
US oil firm Camac suspends Lamu exploration Camac Energy, a Houston based oil explorer, has suspended carrying out seismic surveys in Lamu after concerns were raised over the effect of the operations on the Arabuko-Sokoke forest in the area. […] Local contractors take 40% of SGR fund…
Friday’s Morning Brief – Nov 21
Africa’s mobile money makes its way to Europe with M-Pesa M-Pesa has nearly 17 million active customers and as many as 186,000 agents worldwide. Customers make more than €900 million (US$1.1 billion) worth of person-to-person transactions a month. Now, the technology that was honed in Africa is being exported to…
Mobile Data Usage Shifts in Q3 2012
CCK reports a 56.9% increase in mobile data usage as at 30th September 2012 as compared to the same period the previous year.
Recharge Airtime on Your Orange Line Online
Orange subscribers are now able to load airtime on their lines while online. This was arrived at after a successful partnership with PesaPal – an e commerce payment platform provider – to enable its customers enjoy the convenience of virtual airtime top ups. Through…
Official Status of SIM card Switch Off Exercise
Statistics from Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) show that as of 4th January 2013, the four local mobile networks had switched off 1,280,840 unregistered SIM cards. Five days after the expiry of the December 31 deadline.
Orange Lowers Call and SMS Rates
As from 29th November to 26th December 2012, Orange mobile subscribers will enjoy reduced calling and SMS rates. Subscribers will spend KES 1 per minute on calls to Orange Mobile, Orange Wireless and Telkom Landline and 50 cents per SMS to any network. The KES 1…
Safaricom V/S Orange Home Internet Solutions, Our Comparison
Safaricom Limited recently unveiled its 3G Router, targeting home users, dubbed Internet Nyumbani. This router can support up to 10 users who can all connect to the internet simultaneously. Orange Mobile on the other had has a number of Wi-Fi routers designed for different users. There is the…
Orange Christmas Deals
With the festive season fast approaching, more marketers are unveiling their Christmas deals, the latest entrant being Orange Mobile. As from 19th November 2012 to 6th January 2013 Orange mobile will sell some of its phones, tablets and data modems at reduced prices. The prices of the products…
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