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Kenya: CBK adds second deputy governor, locks out civil servants
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) will get a second deputy governor to meet a legal requirement that has been breached for over ...
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Kenya: Risky borrowers to pay higher M-Shwari charges in new model
Risky borrowers will pay more to access M-Shwari loans as Safaricom and NCBA Group plan a new lending model with different charges based ...
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Kenya: Vertiv Opens Office and Customer Experience Center in Kenya
New facility offers insights on latest Vertiv technologies to customers and partners from across East Africa Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) (https://bit.ly/3DaepCh), a global provider ...
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Kenya: Safaricom Customers to Keep Numbers Active for Up to Two Years Without Top Up
Safaricom customers will now be able to keep their lines active for a period of up to two years without topping up. This ...
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Kenya: Standard Chartered-Backed Solv Launches Its B2B Marketplace in Kenya
B2B marketplace Solv has launched in Kenya to enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to access credit, e-commerce and business services. Solv ...
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Kenya: Safaricom’s M-Pesa Social Value Impact Hit Sh275 Billion on Customers, Transactions Rise
Safaricom’s M-Pesa social value has increased by 14 per cent to Sh275 billion in financial year (fy) 2022, helping millions of Kenyans access ...
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Kenya: Safaricom fires 24 employees for M-Pesa fraud
Safaricom fired 24 employees in the year ended March 2022 for fraud-related offences, down from 28 a year before. The telco’s latest sustainability ...
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Kenya: 264,000 mobile phones switched off over SIM registration, says Chiloba
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has instructed mobile network operators to deny service to millions of phone subscribers who have not registered ...
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Kenya: Safaricom executives get Sh390 million free shares
Senior Safaricom managers were awarded 15.28 million shares with a current market value of Sh390 million for free in the year ended March ...
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Kenya: Posta Kenya to offer mobile money transfer services in new deal
The Postal Corporation of Kenya will now be able to offer mobile money transfer services in a new deal. The deal signed with ...