http://www.mashada.com/blogs/ Mashada Blogs » bankelele » June 4, 2007 Gregarius 0.6.1 en http://bankelele.blogspot.com/2007/06/ted-global-arusha.html Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:42:00 -0400 http://bankelele.blogspot.com/2007/06/ted-global-arusha.html see people like Michael Jordan (destroy Washington in their last game as the Bullets, though Scottie Pippen provided the winning dunk), Michael Schumacher (win the first US grand prix) and Tiger Woods (not enjoying his first US open). That all compares with being at TED Global in Arusha at which Kenya is well represented.

I will use this weeek to relax & learn from such esteemed speakers, participants, delegates, fellows and our Tanzanian hosts. (Read on who else is here, and what happened on Day 1 here, here, here)

Where's Safaricom? Not met anyone here from the company whose M-PESA is touted by so many people (from around the world) here as a revolutionary enabler and an example of a means to empower millions by giving them financial accessibility & income earning potential ]]> http://bankelele.blogspot.com/2007/06/madaraka-banking-week.html Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:33:00 -0400 http://bankelele.blogspot.com/2007/06/madaraka-banking-week.html African Development Bank sets up a regional office in Nairobi.

CFC - Stanbic merger on track.

Dar es Salaam community bank extending their rights issue offer by one month to June 30.

A bank site was hacked (this one?)

Family Bank is being sued for making a bribery allegation against a Central bank official

First Community Bank to be Kenya's first Islamic Bank

An blog investor perspective on the Housing Finance rights issue

KCB plans to open 2 0 branches in Sudan. Also there brief panic created by a smoky generator this week atop Kencom House.

CFA's wanted: Investment banking gets even more lucrative now in Kenya ]]>