Intelligence
Kenya: Women Dominate Kenya’s e-Commerce Space at 51% – Jumia Africa
Women have dominated the e-commerce sector in Kenya, standing at 51 percent, Jumia Africa has revealed in their report dubbed ‘Africa E-commerce Index ...
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Kenya: SEACOM acquires Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network in Kenya
SEACOM, a pan-African telecom services provider has fully acquired Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network. Hirani is one of Kenya’s fastest-growing triple play service ...
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Kenya Receives Sh16bn Funding From World Bank for Climate Change Action
Kenya has received a Sh16 billion financing agreement from the World Bank which is aimed at strengthening local resilience to the impact of ...
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Kenya: Google Goes After Kenya Revenue Authority
Google Kenya is seeking to have the Kenya Revenue Authority compelled to pay tax refunds of Sh58.7 million, in a case of the ...
Kenya
Kenya: President Kenyatta urges Crucial Interventions for the Banking Sector
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the country’s National Treasury and other stakeholders to immediately revise upwards the cash transactions threshold for KSh 1.0 ...
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Kenya: Bank Employees to Learn Sign Language Under New Deal Signed By KBA
Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) has signed a deal with Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSD Kenya) and software engineering firm Deaf eLimu Plus to ...
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Kenya considering adoption of digital currency
…Others are Eswatini, Ghana, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda, Nigeria and South Africa. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is among seven others in Africa ...
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Kenya: Asante closes first tranche of $7.5m Series A funding to bridge the gap in MSME lending in Africa
Asante Financial Services Group (“Asante”) announces $7.5 million Series A investment anchored by Goodwell Investments with participation by other investors including Sorenson Impact ...
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Kenya: CBK Gives Banks a Year to Effect Climate-Related Rules
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has given all banks and mortgage finance companies one year to integrate climate risk management in their ...
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Kenya: Digital lenders spared from capital rules
Digital lenders in Kenya will not be subjected to minimum capital and liquidity requirements as the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is handed ...