Wrap-Up: Our pick of main stories, Friday August 28th, 2015

NHIF launches biometric registration to tackle fraud… Campaign set up ahead of Huduma Card launch….. First Data Forum held in Nairobi to help Government foster growth through Data Collection…. and more

NHIF launches biometric registration to tackle fraud

The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is turning to the use of fingerprints to identify civil servants and their dependants to tackle mounting fraud at the State-funded medical insurance scheme.

Study set to harmonise mobile cash transfer fees in East Africa

The central banks of four East African countries are conducting a study that will set the baseline for money transfer fees across the region. Heads of state in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan in a June directive ordered individual bank regulators to study money flows in mobile platforms and state how harmonisation of the rates could affect the flow.

Campaign set up ahead of Huduma Card launch

The government plans to launch a one-month campaign in September ahead of unveiling Huduma Card, a tool that will be used in paying for state services as well as disbursing money. Through television, radio and billboards, the public will get to know more about the card before it hits the market later in the year.

Airtel Kenya funded biogas plant feted at East Africa Industry Awards

Airtel Kenya has received regional recognition for the CSR Initiative of the year nearly a year after the company commissioned the Immanuel Afrika’s (I-Afrika) biogas project in Kikuyu, Kenya The announcement was made at the East African Industry Awards ceremony that took place yesterday in Nairobi.

First Data Forum held in Nairobi to help Government foster growth through Data Collection

Today data can be collected by a variety of sources on almost every activity we undertake from making a phone call to visiting a health centre to travelling. This data when collected anonymized and then analysed has the potential to unlock important insight into human behavior that can help to create more well informed development policies and interventions thus accelerating development and economic growth.