Kenya Bankers Association, Huawei ink partnership to promote tech-driven financial inclusion

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Bankers Association has signed a collaboration agreement with tech-firm Huawei Kenya that seeks to deepen financial inclusion in the financi...

Huawei

Diaz: Employees still integral to businesses amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

When the government implemented strict measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic including the partial closure of the economy, job losses became a pre...

coronavirus

e-conference for leading women in banking, finance to promote gender diversity in leadership

By Rachel Ombaka,

The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) is set to convene the Africa Regional e-Conference for Leading Women in Banking and Finance from 15-16, October, 2...

andia chakava , Graca Machel Trust , Kenya Bankers Association , New Faces New Voices

Equity Group half-year profit falls by 24pc from higher costs to cover loan defaults

By Citizen Reporter,

Equity Group Holdings PLC (EGH) has announced its half year results for the period ended June 30, 2020 reflecting a 24% decline in profitability. P...

Equity , half year profit , James Mwangi

HUAWEI CLOUD Summit to map 4IR opportunities for Africa

By Agencies,

Business leaders and ICT experts from across Africa will convene on July 27 for the HUAWEI CLOUD Summit Africa 2020, an online event to unpack the opp...

HUAWEI CLOUD Summit

Former CMA Chief Paul Muthaura makes surprise move to ICEA Lion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Former Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Chief Executive Officer Paul Muthaura has been named the new Chief Operating Officer for ICEA Lion general insu...

CMA , ICEA LION , Paul Muthaura

Inside the Uhuru-Trump White House meeting and what it means for Kenya

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump met Thursday with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the White House and announced the United States plans to initiate tra...

Uhuru meets Trump

Virtual Pay launches its services in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

Virtual Pay, a global payments technology provider, has officially launched its services in Kenya, making it the newest global payment gateway to ente...

Virtual Pay

Barbados PM Mia Mottley lauds M-Pesa as noble innovation

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Barabados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has lauded Safaricom's M-Pesa as a noble innovation. Speaking at the Micheal Joseph Center in Nairobi on Wedne...

Barbados PM , Mottley , Safaricom

Zenka Finance wins Digital Tech Excellence award

By Citizen Reporter,

Zenka Finance, a mobile fin-tech company operating in Kenya, was awarded during this year's Digital Tech Excellence Awards Gala held in Nairobi. Th...

Jumia shuts down operations in Tanzania

By Girlie Kendi,

Jumia, the largest e-commerce operator in Africa, shut down its operations in Tanzania just a week after a similar move in Cameroon. Jumia cited th...

JUmia , Tanzania

Safaricom showcases Kenya at Singapore Fintech festival

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Safaricom has urged innovators at the Singapore Fintech festival to exploit opportunities in the Kenyan industry. The company's Chief Financial Off...

Safaricom , Singapore Fintech festival

Nairobi warming up to shared office spaces one square feet at a time

By Kepha Muiruri,

Patrick Awori, the Chief Executive Officer to the Circle Savings Fintech ditched the conventional office two years ago for a shared one and has not tu...

real estate in Kenya , Regus , shared office spaces

Kenyans ‘fuliza’ Ksh.140 billion in 9 months

By Kepha Muiruri,

It has now emerged that Kenyans tapped Ksh.140 billion from Safaricom’s overdraft service Fuliza in just under nine months of operations. The inc...

digital borrowing , fuliza , Michael Joseph , Safaricom

Banking staff to get 6% pay raise in new CBA

By Kepha Muiruri,

Bank employees are set to receive a six percent raise on their salaries following a new agreement between the Banking, Insurance and Finance Union (BI...

BIFU , CBK , KBA

Sponsored: How Zenka Finance became the most preferred non- banking platform in Kenya

By Sponsored,

The digital lending market in Kenya has been expanding rapidly since the world's first digital credit solution was launched. Soon, it became the domin...

Fintech businesses , Non-banking platform , Zenka Finance

Uhuru invites Barbadian business community to invest in Kenya

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has invited Barbadian investors to set shop in Kenya saying his administration has created an enabling environment for both f...

Barbadian , CARICOM , COMESA , Mia Amor Mottley , president kenyatta

NilePay mobile money launches in South Sudan

By Citizen Reporter,

NilePay PLC, a leading Electronic Financial Services Company, on Wednesday partnered with Zain South Sudan to launch the first licensed mobile money s...

NilePay

Equity Bank’s Finserve boss Jack Ngare moves to Microsoft

By Kepha Muiruri,

Managing Director to Equity Group’s digital finance subsidiary Finserve Africa-Jack Ngare has ditched the lender for global tech giant Microsoft. ...

Equity Group , Finserve Africa , Jack Ngare

Cryptocurrency plan will radically transform Kenya’s monetary system: report

By Kepha Muiruri,

A ICT Ministry-backed team has retained its quest for the development of cryptocurrency assets in Kenya in spite of regulator unease. The task-forc...

bitcoin , cryptocurrency , ICT Ministry , Joe Mucheru