M-PESA Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Education will distribute 3 months’ supply of sanitary towels to over 180,000 needy girls from across the country. The Foundation has committed ..
M-PESA Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Education will distribute 3 months’ supply of sanitary towels to over 180,000 needy girls from across the country. The Foundation has committed ..
The Central Bank of Kenya recently announced that it will not extend the waiver of fees on mobile money transfers below Ksh. 1,000 and that it would end on 31st December 2020 following a consultation ..
A few years ago bitcoins made headlines globally when the cryptocurrency’s price spiked more than a thousand fold, and then it fell almost flat footed. The volatility of the cryptocurrency together ..
The Central Bank of Kenya has announced that the waiver of fees on mobile money transfers below Ksh. 1,000 will end on 31st December 2020 following a consultation it held with Payment Service Providers ..
The Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency (BRANDKE) is developing a robust e-commerce platform that will link Kenyan exporters to buyers from across the world. This is part of the Agency’s strategy ..
Entersekt, a leader in device identity and omnichannel authentication, has announced a partnership with Cellulant, Africa’s leading financial technology company to deliver safer banking solutions. The partnership ..
BPC’s automated fare collection service provider, O-CITY has announced its new initiative dubbed ‘Lipafare’ aimed at driving contactless payments across 10,000 matatu buses in Nairobi, Kenya. The O-CITY ..
Mahambi is an online peer to peer thrift marketplace where Kenyans can open ‘digital shops’ in minutes and sell their clothing items from anywhere, anytime. Launched in Kenya on 5th September ..
Safaricom and e-commerce leader Jumia have partnered to reward customers shopping on Jumia with a 5% discount through the month of November. The discount will be available to all Jumia shoppers for transactions ..
HEVA, the East African creative economy catalyst fund, in collaboration with the traders of Uhuru Market, and Kenya’s National Government’s SMEs Advisory Unit, has unveiled an online e-commerce platform ..
Tatu City and its petrolhead partners at SPOT Tracking and TNL welcomed more than 300 cars and hundreds of auto-enthusiasts to the first-ever Tatu City Car Bazaar. The largest car bazaar north of Nairobi ..
Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA) and Equity have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see MSE Associations under MSEA benefit from financial empowerment, advisory services and capacity ..
Mastercard has announced a partnership with Samsung, Airtel Africa, and Asante Financial Services Group to drive the digital economy across Africa starting in Uganda through the launch of the Pay-on-Demand ..
There some of those thing that get launched that you wonder who tf needs them, and an example is the latest unveiled MPESA USSD – the *334#. I’m not sure for purpose Safaricom thought that ..
As the World and governments at large continue to fight a pandemic brought about by the coronavirus, climate change activists have bounced back to accelerate their momentum on climate action. The Pan African ..
Family Bank has recorded a 63.6 percent increase in its profit before tax for the first six months of the year 2020. A Kenya Shillings 852.1 million profit up from Sh 520.9 million registered in a similar ..
Standard Chartered Bank has partnered with East Africa’s leading water and energy solutions provider Davis & Shirtliff to launch Kenya’s first sustainable financing instrument to support a green, ..
The waiver on mobile money transactions of up to Ksh.1, 000 could be impacting negatively on Safaricom’s earnings. The telco company announced the zero-rating of the person to person and Lipa na M-PESA ..
Huawei Mobile Kenya has kicked off a two week’s shopping festival that will see consumers enjoy discounts on their various devices and accessories. Among the products that will have discounts include ..
Huawei recently held its 5G+, Better World Summit, where various operators and industry partners shared their experiences of how 5G applications can drive significant business and industry efficiency. ..
The Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) has announced the implementation of the raised deposit insurance coverage of KSh 500,000 from KSh100,000 aimed at compensating depositors in case of a bank ..
When President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared to give his first address regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, he directed telco companies to explore ways of deepening mobile money usage to reduce the risk ..
Let’s be clear from the beginning, it is not MPESA. Being a Kenyan though, I can be forgiven for calling the Mobile Money that will be delivered to Brazilians through WhatsApp mobile money transfer ..
KCB Group PLC has announced a Shillings 11.1 billion total dividend payout to shareholders for the financial year ended 31st December 2019, an increase from the Sh10.7 billion dividend paid out in 2018. ..
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced that Kenya shillings 1000 will be the new minimum threshold for negative credit information that lenders will submit to the Credit Reference Bureaus (CRB) ..
Telco company Safaricom PLC has today waived fees on the Mobile Money Transfer, MPESA for transactions below Ksh1,000 following the coronavirus pandemic that has threatened to bring the planet down to its knees ..
Since Kenya confirmed the first case of coronavirus infection on Friday last week, the country has been in panic mode. The woman who returned to the country from the US via London on 5th March would later ..
The national carrier, Kenya Airways has confirmed Allan Kilavuka, as the new Chief Executive Officer effective April 1st. He has been the airline’s acting CEO since January when the former, Mr. Mikosz ..
Kenya Power has recorded a 91.98 percent decline in its net profit for the financial year ended, June 2019. The company’s profit after tax fell from Sh3.27B (2018) to Sh262M attributing the drop to increase ..
A Nairobi High Court has allowed Kenya Revenue Authority to collect Withholding Taxes from shipping lines on container demurrage charges. The Withholding Tax from different shipping lines amounts to over ..