NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 28 – Standard Chartered Bank on Wednesday announced a partnership with Kipchoge Keino Foundation to offer relief to athletes experiencing hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership that will cost KShs 15 million over the next one year will also offer a financial literacy program that will seek to equip young […]
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Stanchart has partnered with KipKeino Foundation to offer relief to Athletes
Standard Chartered Bank has partnered with Kipchoge Keino Foundation to offer relief to athletes experiencing hardship due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The one-year partnership will initially target 500 athletes from Uasin Gishu, Embu, Kericho, Kisii, Narok, Kajiado and Nyandarua Counties, who will be identified as vulnerable and adversely affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The initiative […]
Kenyan Women-led Tech businesses to reap from US$46,000 (Ksh 5M) fund
Share Share on Pinterest Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Strathmore University has partnered with Standard Chartered Bank Kenya to launch the fourth cohort of the 2020 Women In Tech programme. 5 of the top emergent women-led businesses will qualify for the Ksh 5 million prize to bolster and revamp their business models. Strathmore University […]
KRA Appoints Rispah Simiyu to the Commissioner of Taxes Position
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 8 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced the appointment of Rispah Simiyu as the new Commissioner for Domestic Taxes. The new commissioner currently serves as the KRA Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Tax Dispute Resolution docket. According to the Authority’s Chair Francis Muthaura, Simiyu will be assuming her new […]
Kenyan banks in big trouble over locust, Covid-19 shocks
A shop with various agency banking counters in Nakuru. KCB, Equity, NCBA, Co-operative Bank, DTB, Absa, StanChart and Stanbic started 2020 with by deteriorating asset quality. FILE PHOTO | NMG KCB, Equity, NCBA, Co-operative Bank, DTB, Absa Bank (Kenya), Standard Chartered Bank and Stanbic started the year with by deteriorating asset quality, with an average […]
Kenya: Banks in Big Trouble Over Locust, Covid-19 Shocks
Residents of Mahiga-Meru village chase desert locusts using old aluminium cooking pots, iron sheets and twigs, in Laikipia County (file photo). Top Kenyan banks have yielded to the Covid-19 pandemic with grim prospects of weaker profitability, slowed loan book growth and a surge in the volume of bad loans, signaling reduced dividends for shareholders and […]
Women-Led Kenyan SMEs Getting Kshs 5 Million
business woman Kenya Women Led Businesses to benefit from KSH 5M set aside for Cohort Four of the Women in Tech Incubator by Standard Chartered and Strathmore University. The Search for Women-led businesses is back! @iBizAfrica-Strathmore University in Partnership with Standard Chartered Bank Kenya is excited to Launch the IV Cohort of the Women in […]
Rispah Simiyu appointed new KRA Commissioner for domestic taxes
Rispah Simiyu. PHOTO | COURTESY The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has appointed Rispah Simiyu as the new Commissioner for Domestic Taxes. Mrs Simiyu is currently serving as the KRA Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Tax Dispute Resolution docket. She is expected to take up her new role from October 22, 2020 following a competitive […]
KRA appoints Rispah Simiyu to head Domestic Taxes unit
Mrs. Rispah Simiyu who has been appointed Commissioner for Domestic Taxes | Courtesy The Kenya Revenue Authority(KRA) Board of Directors has appointed Mrs. Rispah Simiyu as the new Commissioner for Domestic Taxes effective 22nd October 2020. According to a statement by KRA Chairman Amb. Francis Muthaura, Mrs. Simiyu who is currently serving as the KRA […]
COVID-19 Split Kenya’s ATM Use In Two
Before the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, automated teller machines (ATMs) were Kenya’s most used means for getting cash on the go. More so for perhaps for every other country. But the Covid-19 storm more than changed financial habits, splitting the East African country’s ATM use in two. A new report by Standard Chartered Plc, […]