Good news to Kenyans. Following a directive by the Central Bank of Kenya to lower lending rates down from 14% to 13.5%, Equity bank has taken the early initiative to implement the change to its customers, with the lower rates …

As Africa’s grows, there is the need for countries to have insights and tools to improve the state of their financial markets. Financial markets is a broad term describing any marketplace where trading of securities including equities, bonds, currencies and …

All industries and indeed countries experience cycles of economic growth based on many factors. These factors include the health of the market, what consumers need, environmental factors and also political factors affecting both local and global economies. Some companies may …

This morning, Barclays Bank launched the Africa Financial Markets Index – an index that is prepared by Barclays Africa Group Limited and which looks at financial markets in the continent. The Index which is a survey of stock markets features …

Barclays Bank today launched the Macro Economic Report at an event attended by IMF/WB/AFDB senior representatives, treasury and CBK representatives, and Barclays Kenya Managing Director Jeremy Awori among others. This is a report that is produced every year by the …

It’s been 5 years since the inception of M-Shwari. A partnership between Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) and Safaricom which incorporates a mobile lending and saving solution. Being the first of its kind, the financial service currently has 21.1 million …

Earlier this year, Safaricom launched a new brand philosophy ‘Twaweza’ which means that when people come together great things happen.  In the same spirit, the company has also made continuous efforts to bring services closer to the people, and is …

On 1st of this month, lady luck smiled on business woman Millicent Nyamancha Kwamboka in the form of a lottery win of Ksh.20,294,296/-. This makes Millicent the first person to win a Pambazuka National Lottery prize after correctly matching 6 …

On location at @TheNailab waiting for the discussion on #OnlineTrading Join us @OLXKenya @BakeBiz @BakeKenya pic.twitter.com/G5yj9OTwsd — Bantu Dragon (@makena_ndungu) September 7, 2017 Last week OLX had a meet and greet session with the online community at Bishop Magua Center …

In October last year, Equity Bank launched EazzyBanking, a suite of seven products meant to completely disrupt the banking industry. The bank also digitized all the products and launched the Eazzy Banking App, a downloadable app through which customers can …

One of the most powerful things anyone can do to help the youth is to offer them an education, or at least to enhance what they already have. It is no secret that a good education can change a young …

On any digital space, at home, at work, across countries, in the rural village and even in remote areas of the region, communication is key. Connecting people together and ensuring we are all able to communicate with each other, whatever …