The falling telecoms costs led Kenya's year-on-year inflation rate to slow to 3.2% in August from 3.6% the previous month, the government's statistics office said yesterday.

Strong first half performance by CfC Life Assurance and the Heritage Insurance Company has given fresh ambition to have CfC Insurance Holdings listed at the NSE by the end of the year.

Safaricom will begin a technology trial of the 4G technology on its network in the next two months following the signing of a contract with a Chinese company, Huawei Technologies, which will spearhead the project at a cost of Kshs 12 billion.