Standard Chartered Bank partners with KipKeino Foundation to offer athletes relief

Standard Chartered Bank partners with KipKeino Foundation to offer athletes relief

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 […]

Stanchart has partnered with KipKeino Foundation to offer relief to Athletes

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

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

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

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

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 […]