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Kenya: CBK grants licences to 12 more digital lenders
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has licensed 12 more digital lenders, bringing to 22 the total number of licensed Digital Credit Providers ...
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Kenya: Digital lenders protest CBK nod delay amid Google ban
Digital lenders are protesting delays in getting operational licences from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) amid their blockade from Google Play store ...
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Kenya: Court Declines To Extend Order On Bank-To-Mobile Money Transfer Charges
Kenyans will continue paying for mobile money wallet and bank transactions after the High Court declined to extend the temporary orders that had stopped the ...
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Kenya: Data chief seeks system to secure private details
The Data Protection Commissioner is seeking to rein in companies that are breaching the privacy of their users’ personal data as the office ...
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Kenya Copyright Board denies licence to MCSK
The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) denied an application by the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) to renew its licence to operate as a collective ...
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Kenyan fintech Kwara doubles client base and secures $3M in funding for expansion
Kwara, a Kenyan fintech company that specializes in digitizing credit unions (saccos), has more than doubled its client base in the past year ...
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Kenya: President Ruto meets Safaricom, Vodacom CEOs
President William Ruto meets with chief executive officers from Safaricom and Vodacom and other officials in State House on January 10, 2023. President ...
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Kenya: Access Holdings makes U-turn, says it will no longer complete 83.4% acquisition of Kenya’s Sidian Bank
Access Holdings Plc said it will no longer continue in its push to acquire the entire 83.4% shareholding held by Centum in Kenya’s Sidian ...
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Kenya: High Court Stops Bank to Mpesa Charges Pending Determination of Suit Filed
The High Court has ordered Banks and telco operators such as Safaricom to suspend the introduction of Bank to MPesa charges pending determination. ...
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Kenya: Safaricom’s Chairman Resigns After 5 Months in Office
Safaricom plc chairman, John Ngumi, has resigned from the telco after only five months in charge to focus on green energy projects across ...