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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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In 2006, Procter and Gamble together with the Government of Kenya as well as other partners came together and decided to find a way to improve the lives of Kenyan girls by providing them with…
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Every human being has a right to access all the basic needs of life. This guarantees access to food, clothing, shelter, health care, education, sanitation and survival without discrimination. This right is always infringed upon…
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The modern world is developing to a point where it is almost impossible to move forward without the dependence on computers and this has had a direct impact on development. However, this same development also…
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You may or may not have heard of High Performance Computing. Simply put, this are very powerful computers with powerful processors which perform at or near the currently highest operational level for normal computers. Where…
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“The world is facing its greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945” – Stephen O’Brien, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator. Things are evidently bad on the humanitarian front and one has to stop and wonder what is happening…
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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…
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The fourth industrial revolution is underway with the promise of faster and smarter data. This brings with it a new breed of intelligent machines that can solve complex problems at lightning speed. With the backing…
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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…
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