Internet of Good Things provides access to life-saving and life-enhancing information, free of data charges by Safaricom. UNICEF and Safaricom have launched the Internet of Good Things in Kenya – a set of information and resources which promotes living better and healthier. Internet of Good Things is a UNICEF-led initiative, currently accessible in over 60 countries and territories around the world, and helping to bridge the digital divide and build knowledge societies. Internet of Good Things as a platform hosts mobile-packaged content from UNICEF and its partners, designed to make life-saving and life-improving information available at no cost – even…
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The Nairobi Security Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday admitted Homeboyz Entertainment Limited onto the Ibuka Program. The company became the first Kenyan entertainment company to join the program. “Today marks an important milestone for Homeboyz Entertainment Limited. As the region’s most influential entertainment company, the Ibuka program will play a significant role in inspiring your next phase of growth,” said Odundo Geoffrey, NSE chief executive. Ibuka is an incubation and acceleration program designed by NSE in 2016 for aspirational companies with growth prospects. Nine firms have been admitted since it was launched in December, including APT Commodities, Globetrotter Agency Limited, Moad…
Global rating firm Standard and Poors (S&P) has given Kenya’s proposed dollar-denominated Eurobond ‘B+’ long-term issue rating. “The amount and interest rate, among other details of the bond, will be determined during the placement,” said S&P. In March, the firm affirmed its ‘B+/B’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Kenya. “The outlook is stable,” said. Fitch assigned the country a rating ‘B+’, which has a Stable Outlook. Last week, the National Treasury began a roadshow for its dual-tranche Eurobond (12- and 31-year paper) to raise Ksh250 billion targeting investors in Europe and the United States. JP…
Former IPOA chairman Macharia Njeru, a Senior Advocate of the High Court of Kenya has been appointed to serve as a member of the Judicial Service Commission. President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed Njeru in a Special Gazette Notice for a period of five years with effect from 13 May 2019. Njeru emerged the winner in the Law Society of Kenya’s (LSK) male representative to the JSC elections with 2,738 votes. His opponents, Prof. Tom Ojienda came in second with 2,545 votes. Charles Mong’are Ongoto got 123 votes. Njeru is a Notary Public, Commissioner for Oaths and a Certified Public Secretary. He…
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has approved SCFM Limited to operate as a Non – Dealing Online Foreign Exchange Broker. This is the second non-dealing online foreign exchange broker license to be issued under the new regulations, which brought the oversight of online foreign exchange brokerage services under CMA. The first license was issued to EGM Securities Limited in 2018. READ: EGM Securities Launches FX Pesa an Online Forex Trading Platform SCFM Limited is a fully owned subsidiary of SM Capital Markets Limited which is a company registered in Cyprus. SM Capital Markets also has another subsidiary, Scope Markets which…
Three Kenyan banks have been shortlisted as nominees for the 2019 African Banker Awards. Equity Group, KCB Group and Family Bank. Equity Group has been nominated in African Bank of the Year, Socially Responsible Bank of the Year. KCB Group has been nominated in threee categories -Award for Innovation in Banking, Award for Innovation in Banking and Socially Responsible Bank of the Year. Family Bank has been nominated in Award for Innovation in Banking. Dr. James Mwangi, chief Executive Equity Group has also been nominated in the African Banker of the Year. The Awards, which are hosted by African Banker…