Kenya Power has dashed commercial banks and other third parties’ hopes of renegotiating fresh contracts to sell prepaid electricity tokens, in a decision that will restrict the lucrative deal to …
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Kenya and China Set to Sign Double Taxation to Spur Trade and Investments
Kenya plans to sign an agreement with China to end double taxation of income or gains arising from one country and paid to residents of the other. The deal, which …
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Kenya Power blocks third-party vendors from selling tokens
Kenya Power has locked out banks and third-party vendors from selling tokens for pre-paid customers over increasing complaints on delays and cases of billing fraud. The State-owned power utility on Tuesday …
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A seven-storey building in Nairobi leased out for nearly a decade to the ruling Jubilee Party was on Monday put up for auction, with the bank targeting raising Sh435 million …
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Nigeria’s fintech startup, Grey raises $2M in seed funding
Grey, a Nigerian fintech that provides virtual international bank accounts to Africans, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The seed funding round included participation from Y Combinator, Soma Capital, …
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Firms buy Sh9.5bn Safaricom stake as small traders sell off
Local institutional investors have acquired shares worth Sh9.5 billion in Safaricom following the exit of domestic shareholders and foreigners, reversing the government’s objective of boosting Kenyan retail investors’ stake in …
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Absa Bank Kenya reported its financial results for the year with Net Profit growing by 13% to KES 6.3B
Leading financial services group Absa Bank Kenya reported its financial results for the half year period ended June 2022 with net profit growing by 13 percent to Sh. 6.3 billion …
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Fahari Aviation and Sasini Partner To Scale Up Use Of Drones technology for Agriculture
Fahari Aviation has signed a service agreement with Kipkebe Ltd, a subsidiary of Sasini PLC, which will see the use of drones in agricultural activities such as fertilizer application and …
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Co-op Bank Half-Year Profits increases by 55% to Ksh 15.3 Billion
Co-op Bank Group has posted a Sh11.5billion half-year profit marking a 55.4 per cent jump compared to Sh7.4billion reported in the same period in 2021. The improved performance was attributed to …
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Moi family shifts Sh520 million ownership in Standard Chartered Bank
The family of the late President Daniel Moi has restructured its ownership in Standard Chartered Bank, with his son appearing among the top individual owners of the listed lender. Regulatory …