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Finserve Africa Managing Director Lanre Bamisebi
SMART MONEYTECHNOLOGY

Equity Bank’s Finserve Africa Named Best E-commerce Company in Kenya

Equity Group’s fintech subsidiary, Finserve Africa, has been named the best in E-commerce-Banking/Financial and Insurance Services Gold Category at the third edition of...

bitcoin mining in kenya
CRYPTOCURRENCY

Is Bitcoin Mining Worth a Try In 2021?

In 2007, a tech-head named Nick Szabo conceptualized the foremost cryptographic cash named as bit gold. The model was subjected to a complete...

Tenants rights in Kenya
REAL ESTATE

Blow For Tenants As Landlords Get Sweeping Eviction Powers

Landlords will now be allowed to evict tenants who default a one-month rent if proposed law is adopted. In a report to the...

Wash Wash business in Kenya
SMART MONEY

Forget WASH WASH: Two Other Billion-Shilling Scams Trending In Kenya

Flashy cars, latest designer clothes, Rolex watches, they hang out in some of the most expensive clubs drinking expensive wines and Whiskeys. They...

Wash Wash business Kenya 3
SMART MONEY

WASH WASH Fraudster Deals Often Crowned By The Police

Very simple fraud, says lawyer Eric Ng’eno, who explains how this dirty business is done.  A fraudster tells you he has 'special paper'...

Sterling Capital CEO David Ngaine (L) poses with EGM Securities Chief Executive Samwel Kiraka after the firms unveiled a partnership to provide global trading opportunities for Kenyans to trade top-performing global stocks, as well as other asset classes such as indices and commodities like gold and oil.
BUSINESSMARKETS

Unlocking Global Trading Opportunities for Kenyans: EGM, Sterling Capital Unveil Partnership

EGM Securities, Kenya’s premier online non-dealing forex broker by market share, has announced a corporate partnership with Sterling Capital, a leading investment bank...

Risks prompted some El Salvadorans last week to take to the streets to protest against the adoption of Bitcoin as an official currency.[Photo/ REUTERS/Dado Ruvic]
CRYPTOCURRENCY

El Salvador Makes Bitcoin Legal Tender, Analysts Welcome ‘New World’

The CEO of a global financial services firm says El Salvador becoming the world’s first sovereign nation to officially buy Bitcoin and to...

A customer at an M-Pesa agent outlet. In 2007, Safaricom and Vodafone launched M-PESA in Kenya as a way for customers to instantly send money to each other. [Photo/ Kuza Biashara]
BUSINESSMARKETS

M-Pesa Africa Hits 50 Million Active Customers

M-PESA on Tuesday, September 7 announced that it has reached 50 million monthly active customers strengthening its position as Africa’s largest fintech. Launched...

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