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   Two million Visa cards issued in Kenya
African applications invited for entrepreneurship MBA scholarships
Digital not replacing traditional marketing - Miles Young
Mobile phones used to insure Kenyan farmersFarmers in Kenya can now get insurance against extreme weather for seeds, fertiliser and other inputs by using their mobile phones. The project, which was launched on Friday, 5 March 2010 in Kenya's Rift Valley and Central and Western provinces, works by linking farmers, agricultural suppliers and weather stations. 9 Mar 2010 11:44 Kenya: I&M Bank launches e-commerce license
KDN, Alcatel-Lucent expand relationship in Kenya
Celebrity endorsements: a Kenyan guide
KCB launches multi-tasking ATM[Carole Kimutai] The Kenya Commercial Bank Group (KCB) has launched a quickserve ATM in the country. The new MCR's Intelligent Deposit ATM has a touch screen and is capable of handling cash in both Kenya shillings and US dollars. The ATM costs about KSh5.4 million. 17 Feb 2010 08:39 El Niño boosts Kenyan maizeRecent rainfall in Kenya boosted by the El Niño phenomenon is expected to result in a bumper maize crop from mid-February. The latest report from the Kenya Food Security Steering Group anticipates a strong harvest in the country's coastal and south-eastern regions. 5 Feb 2010 07:53 Safaricom acquires national fibre backbone
Kenya: Excessive 3G license fee hurting business
Kenya ICT board extends bandwidth capacity support deadline[Carole Kimutai] The Kenya ICT Board, the state corporation charged with developing and promoting the business process outsourcing sector (BPO) has extended the deadline for bandwidth capacity support to the BPO industry. 28 Jan 2010 09:54 News | from Biz Company Press Offices Gearhouse SA supplies 2010 Oriflame Diamond Conference - Gearhouse SA
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NAIROBI: Visa recently announced that its client financial institutions in Kenya have issued more than two million Visa cards. The milestone also marks a US$3.3 billion transaction volume on Visa cards in Kenya as more individuals enter the formal financial services through electronic payment systems. 
Four entrepreneurs from sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa, who aspire to build and develop their business skills, will be fortunate enough to access scholarships which have been made available to study the 2010/11 Entrepreneurship MBA at the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). 
NAIROBI: Visa, in partnership with I&M Bank of Kenya, recently launched its e-commerce license. Visa currently has four million cardholders (50% Kenyan) in the East African market and has worked with Kenya's I&M Bank to ensure it was compliant with international standards. 
PARIS: Alcatel-Lucent and Kenya Data Networks (KDN), a data communications carrier in Kenya, have expanded their existing relationship. The partnership will make various internet services available to KDN's small- and medium-sized enterprise customers. 
Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production - sound, lighting, AV and video, staging, sets, rigging and power - and one of their massive new In2Structures SupaDome venues for Swedish cosmetics multinational Oriflame's 2010 Diamond Conference. 
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