Kenya's first SME Capacity Building Portal Goes Live!!
The Kenya Bankers Association has unveiled a new program that seeks to make it easy for SMEs to access both finance and training aimed at growing their businesses. The approach, the [...]
Gulf African Bank Receives Best Islamic Bank in Kenya 2017 Award
Ritz Carlton DIFC, Dubai- Gulf African Bank (GAB), a Shari’ah compliant SME bank in Kenya, has received the best Islamic bank in Kenya award 2017 at the Islamic News Awards. [...]
Yale-Strathmore Leadership Forum Marks Strathmore Business School’s Induction into Global Network
Yale University and Strathmore Business School (SBS) held a leadership forum at the latter’s campus last week. The event also marked the announcement of the induction of Strathmore Business School [...]Barclays Kenya launches premium credit card targeting High net worth travellers
Barclays Bank Kenya has partnered with Visa to introduce the premium Signature credit card in Kenya targeting the growing number of affluent domestic and international travellers. Kenya becomes the first [...]Standard Group Reports Sh 282 Million Loss as Print Revenue declines 17%
Following a profit warning issued in November, Kenyan based Media House, Standard Group has reported a loss of Sh 282 Million for the full year period ended December 2017 compared to [...]Lafarge begins due diligence on ARM Cement as Dangote Backs out
It was reported late last year by Bloomberg that four of the world's largest cement manufacturers; LafargeHolcim, Heidelberg Cement AG, Dangote Cement Plc and Titan Cement Co. SA of Greece [...]Barclays Kenya Ventures into the Micro-Lending space with Timiza offering
As part of its long term virtual banking strategy, Barclays Bank of Kenya has unveiled Timiza offering, a phone-based virtual account that enables owners of M-SMEs to access banking services directly [...]Smartphone Connections to Increase to Nearly 200 Million in 2020, Says Jumia Kenya’s White Paper
Jumia Kenya has released its fourth mobile whitepaper which indicates smartphone connections are expected to increase two-fold in 2020 to about 200 million, therefore, accounting for 25 percent of all [...]Yale president Peter Salovey speaks on emotional intelligence and Leadership in business
After kicking off his visit to Kenya on the 14th, Yale university President peter Salovey sat down for a conversation with Kenyan renown business executive and entrepreneur Vishal Agarwal at [...]Trescon to host its first ‘World Blockchain Summit Series 2018’ in Nairobi
Trescon will be hosting the next edition of World Blockchain Summit on 22-23 March 2018 in Nairobi City, the capital of Kenya. Promoting the disruptive power of the blockchain industry, [...]World's largest law firm Dentons Acquires Hamilton, Harrison Mathews Kenya
The world's largest law firm, Dentons has announced it has acquired Hamilton, Harrison Mathews (HHM), Kenya's largest law firm. HHM will become part of Dentons Africa region, on the [...]IFRS9-A blameworthy Accounting that Banking Sector Will Prevail Over
Guest Post By Robert Ochieng If there is something that I am sure about in the world of investing, it is that there is no panacea in managing risk. In [...]
