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Mobile Money Transactions Drop To Sh685bn In Second Quarter Of 2019/2020 Financial Year – CA

Mobile Money Transactions Drop To Sh685bn In Second Quarter Of 2019/2020 Financial Year – CA

Kenyans continued to reduce movement of their cash through different mobile money platforms to hit Sh684.5 billion for the period between October to December 2019. Competition Autho…...

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WorldRemit caps fees on mobile money

WorldRemit caps fees on mobile money

London-based money remittance firm WorldRemit has capped transaction fee on its mobile money services across its markets including Kenya irrespective of the amount a customer is sen…...

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Jubilee unveils doctor consultation app for patients

Jubilee unveils doctor consultation app for patients

Jubilee Insurance has rolled out a video consultation service that will enable patients to virtually access medical advice from doctors on the back the social distancing directives …...

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Fate of Safaricom bid for Ethiopia to be clear next year

Fate of Safaricom bid for Ethiopia to be clear next year

The fate of Safaricoms bid for a telecommunications licence in Ethiopia will be known by the end of next year at the earliest, according to new disclosures. The Ethiopian government…...

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APP OFFERS HOPE FOR FARMERS IN THE FACE OF COVID-19

APP OFFERS HOPE FOR FARMERS IN THE FACE OF COVID-19

Covid-19 pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide.Most have been asked to stay indoors to curb the spread of the highly-contagious disease. This is as some 208 countries h…...

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Safaricom, Vodacom pay Sh1.4bn for M-Pesa brand

Safaricom, Vodacom pay Sh1.4bn for M-Pesa brand

Safaricom and its South African parent company Vodacom have completed the buying of intellectual property rights to M-Pesa service from British firm Vodafone in a deal estimated at…...

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Importers face higher freight charges as Covid-19 crisis bites

Importers face higher freight charges as Covid-19 crisis bites

Importers are grappling with a sharp rise in freight charges as cargo operators hike the cost to compensate on reduced consignments and empty flights coming in from Europe and Asia …...

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Data gradually turning into oil fuelling success of businesses

Data gradually turning into oil fuelling success of businesses

Data is becoming an integral driver of the economy and our overall daily lives. In tech circles, it is regarded as the ‘modern oil’ that when well processed, fuels corporates grow…...

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Farming key to upper middle income status

Farming key to upper middle income status

The outputs of Kenya’s agricultural sector, if targeted as a raw material for use by industry, could easily transform the country into an upper-middle-income economy in one generat…...

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How SMS has turned into a powerful business tool

How SMS has turned into a powerful business tool

When Ruth Gachomo was in Kahuhia Girls’ High School, Murang’a Count, 15 years ago, she noticed the challenges parents encountered when receiving report forms. “Mostly it was thro…...

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