by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
Safaricom has expanded the value of mobile money transfers under its M-pesa platform by 4.45, latest industry data shows, as the company continues to lead in the mobile money market. The value of money transacted on M-pesa in the first quarter of the 2016/17 financial...
by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
President Uhuru Kenyatta has banned maize exports to the country with immediate effect. This follows ravaging drought in many parts of the country that has affected the grain reserves. Uhuru said a stern action will be taken against those who will be found exporting...
by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
Bank of Africa will shut 12 retail branches in Kenya as it moves to adopt an Information Technology driven business module,the lender has said,becoming the latest to review its operations in the country. This is in the wake of a growing digital banking platform...
by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | news
Governors have brokered a deal to stop Monday’s strike by some 5,000 clinical officers across the country. They have formed a task force to draft higher salaries for clinicians in public hospitals within 14 days. A strike by the clinical officers would have devastated...
by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | news
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh, who for weeks had refused to step down after losing the recent election, has confirmed that he has decided to relinquish power. “I have decided today in good conscience to relinquish the mantle of leadership of this great...
by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | news
Minutes after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, the changing of the guard could be chronicled through social media. The presidential @POTUS handle was taken over by Trump in a slightly less than smooth transition. Some people who...
by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | news
President Donald Trump has painted a bleak picture of a broken country after being sworn in as US president. He spoke of abandoned factories, rampant crime and a failed education system, pledging that his presidency would bring about change. “This American...
by Hope Media | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: Thank you. We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise...
by Hope Media | Jan 20, 2017 | news
West African leaders gave Yahya Jammeh, who lost elections last month, until midday on Friday to hand over power and agree to leave The Gambia or face military action carried out by the regional bloc ECOWAS. Later however, Jammeh requested a four-extension until 4pm...
by Hope Media | Jan 20, 2017 | news
US President Barack Obama’s sister Auma has said time has come for her to get her brother back. In her twitter handle on Friday Auma said: “What a send off! The time has come. And I get my brother back. But not without mixed feelings.” Obama will leave the...
