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It is early Christmas for Safaricom customers after the telco slashed prices of smartphones and accessories by up to 45 percent. Safaricom says the offers are aimed at complimenting customers’ digital lifestyles as they gear up for the festive season. Owning a smartphone has never been this cheap. With Sh2,999, one can now own a quality smartphone. The offers will last...

East Africa's economy is thriving. A stable political climate, favorable trade policies and a more focused approach on infrastructure development have seen East Africa outpace other regional blocs – with E.A member states combined GDP growth expected to remain at a robust 5.9% according to the 2019 African Development Bank (AFDB) Regional Economic Report. It means that East Africa is...

Kenya airways owned - low-cost subsidiary Jambojet; has become the first Kenyan airline to participate in the Dubai Airshow, an international affair that brings together aircraft manufactures to showcase their technical and operational competencies and capabilities to potential customers and aviation leaders. Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during his inspection of the “Dubai Airshow 2019” at Dubai...

Twenty-nine years - That’s how long our fellow African brothers and sisters from about 19 nationalities have endured the furnace of hopelessness and sheer desperation at makeshift human settlements in Northern Kenya, that harbors the Kakuma and Daadab refugee camps. Figures from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) estimate that Kenya currently hosts close to 400,000 refugees mostly from neighboring South Sudan...

Islamic banking and financial services in Kenya have registered phenomenal growth over time and are now easily accessible thanks to liberalization by the regulator. A thriving Muslim population in the country especially in urban centers running robust small and medium enterprises has led to high liquidity - attracting major financial institutions offering sharia-compliant services. Read also: Is Timiza part of Absa's...

Michael-Borfine Omoyo, a 23-year-old NYS officer attached to the Athi river unit - is a happy man. After he leaves the National Youth Service (NYS) this December, he is enrolling for a state-funded course at an Institution in Nairobi where he will study for one more year. To him, this marks a leap of incredible proportions towards his ultimate...