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Wrap-Up: Our pick of main stories, Tuesday August 11th, 2015
Obama’s visit to Kenya becomes top Google Search in July….Sema Doc solution to help transform healthcare provision in Kenya….Safaricom leads…
Obama’s visit to Kenya becomes top Google Search in July….Sema Doc solution to help transform healthcare provision in Kenya….Safaricom leads the race for post-paid tariff subscribers….and much more.
Obama’s visit to Kenya becomes top Google Search in July
‘Obama in Kenya’ was the most trending topic on Google by Kenyans in the month of July when the US President visited the country. Obama was in the country between July 24 and 26 to attend the 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), which was being hosted for the first time in Sub-Saharan Africa. Searches related to President Obama’s historic visit to the country secured five spots out of the top 10 trends as Kenyans sought to gather more information about his sister – Auma, The Beast, POTUS and Air Force one.
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Sema Doc solution to help transform healthcare provision in Kenya
In a country where the doctor-to-patient ratio currently stands at an alarming 1 doctor to 100,000 patients, the need for innovation in the health sector is critical if hospitals and clinics are to offer quality services. More and more, the public sector, while seeking to optimize access and quality, is looking towards the private sector for innovation and efficiency this has therefore seen the Government through the Ministry of Health partner with key players in the private sector to adopt innovations surrounding, e-health.
Safaricom leads the race for post-paid tariff subscribers
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The number of mobile phone subscribers on post-paid tariff plans increased 9.6 per cent in the three months to March, a reflection of users’ growing preference for getting a handle on their monthly communication spend. Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) data for up to the end of March shows that Safaricom added 80,393 post-paid subscribers in the first quarter, reaching 782,593 accounts.
Britam, Safaricom lift NSE to third straight session of gains
Britam and Safaricom led the stock market in recording a third straight session of gains as foreign investors buying boosted key counters in the market. Britam was up 7.4 per cent to Sh19.55 and Safaricom 5.5 per cent to Sh15.35, emerging the top performers among the constituent stocks of the NSE 20 Share Index, alongside Kenya Airways which was up 4.8 per cent to Sh5.50 in spite of the financial woes bedevilling the carrier.