Micro loans have been made easier by mobile phone platform innovations with companies loaning up to KES 100,000 payable in 30 days.

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.

IEBC sets out to list nomadic pastoralists, Somail rebels put a bounty on Kenyan fighters and Safaricom goes to court. All these and more on "8 Things You Should Know This Morning".

COUNTER WATCH Athi River Mining – True to the prediction, locals took up shares in this company. The stock traded at KES 219, up by KES 9 from yesterday’s closing price. The amount traded was even more shocking as it stood at 150,000. Total amount that transacted was KES…

TOP TRADED COUNTERS Safaricom took the top spot in what seems to be a permanent trend. The counter saw 18.37 million shares changing ownership at KES 5. Market capitalization maintained at KES 200 billion and stands to gain if the stock price shoots past this price. In…

The Communications Commission has issued yet another warning to unregistered Sim Card users. By January 2013, the government-sanctioned team will shut down all non-catalogued cell phone numbers

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?

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…

COUNTER WATCH Uchumi Supermarket – Having closed the day at KES 19.25, the counter’s price took a slight dip in share price by 25 cents. Bearing in mind that the supermarket is looking to raise KES 1.5 billion in a share offer next year, a downward spiral…

Everyone's been talking about it. It's M-Shwari this, and M-Shwari that. But what does the fine print say?