StanChart profits drop by 20 per cent
Standard Chartered Bank has recorded a 20.5 per cent drop in its profits for the first quarter of the year. The bank became the latest lender to announce a dip in profits following the coming into...
View ArticleHow you can grow wealth investing abroad
BY RUFUS MWANYASI If there is one question hanging over equity investors it is: “Where are the returns?” The last 10 years have been a lost decade. Since 2007, NSE 20 share index stocks have averaged...
View ArticleSimple tricks to starting and running a successful restaurant in Kenya
According to research conducted in Kenya, 2 in every 5 Kenyan adults have started or worked in a restaurant. Yet many Kenyans are ignorant when it comes to important tips required to set up and run a...
View ArticleWays a car wash is destroying your car
The paint job on a car is the difference between making it look like brand new and a clunker. The traditional way of keeping the vehicle clean and fresh looking is to use a car wash service. It saves...
View ArticleEx-NBK managers charged with Sh. 78 million theft
Former National Bank of Kenya chief finance officer Chris Chepkoit Kisire has been charged with defrauding the lender over Sh. 77 million. He has been charged together with former acting chief finance...
View ArticleEquity Bank shuts down 7 branches in South Sudan
Equity bank has shut down seven branches in the troubled South Sudan. According to the bank, this has been necessitated by hyperinflation, a battered local currency and an economic slowdown. “I would...
View ArticleJobs: marketing, partnerships and sponsorship manager wanted
Bizna Digital Services, a digital marketing and small and medium business development portal with presence in over 10 countries, and the owners of Kenya’s business site Bizna Kenya, is hiring. Bizna is...
View ArticleTake advantage of online infrastructure – CS Mucheru urges
Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MoICT) Mr. Joe Mucheru has urged young people looking for work to take advantage of the internet and online infrastructure...
View ArticleSafaricom invests sh. 200 million in technology and R&D lab
Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has announced Kenya’s first ever telecommunications lab. The first phase of the lab has been put up at the cost of Sh. 200 million and replicates Safaricom’s entire networking...
View ArticleMost small business owners are four form drop-outs
Majority of the micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs), are operated by individuals whose highest level of education is secondary school, fresh data on this important sector of the economy...
View ArticleHow I started my multi-million sewing business after quitting banking job
BY JAMES KARIUKI Peggy Ollode was nursing her newborn baby when her firstborn son returned home carrying school books soaked in juice. The 36-year-old mother, who was then working as a general manager...
View ArticleHow I built a multi-million real estate firm at only 22
This feature was first published by the Nation Media Group. It is uncommon that someone in their right frame of mind would be willing to lose all their worth in a single throw, for whatever reason....
View ArticleHow to cut down losses in business
Different businesses use variety of strategies to increase profit and minimize loss. The strategies are based upon the provided business capital, partnership, weaknesses and strengths. Regardless of...
View ArticleCheck out these available job vacancies at Bizna Digital Services
Bizna Digital Services is an Enterprise Development portal that supports access to better goods and services by marketing and promoting businesses, entrepreneurs and professionals. Bizna Digital...
View ArticleKQ cuts losses from Sh. 26 billion to Sh. 10 billion
National carrier Kenya Airways has slashed its net losses by 60.9 per cent from Sh. 26.2 billion to Sh. 10 billion. This was revealed as the carrier released its full year results for the financial...
View ArticleWorld Bank Group Collaborates with Government of Rwanda to Host Roundtable on...
World Bank Group’s Rwanda Investment Climate Program supported the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and Rwanda’s National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) to host a roundtable on investment...
View ArticleMeet a 22 year old earning 200,000ksh from his Agrovet shop on a bad month
22-year old Joe Mukundi, a fourth year student studying Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST). He runs an agrovet in Runyenjes Embu, which he...
View ArticleWorking abroad? Grow with Co-op Bank’s diaspora business account
With more Kenyans abroad looking to invest and bank their proceeds with local banks, a number of viable and versatile bank accounts have been set up. Nonetheless, many Kenyans in the diaspora have been...
View ArticleThese are the current prices for all shares trading on the NSE
Below is the full list of share prices for all stocks that are listed for trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange: AGRICULTURAL COMPANY LAST TRADED PRICE(KSH) PREV PRICE(KSH) CHANGE(%) Eaagads Ltd...
View ArticleSecond hand cars to cost more with new import age limit
The prices of second-hand cars in Kenya could rise following a resolution by East African countries to lower the age limit of imported cars to just five years. This means that over the next four years,...
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