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Kenyan managers now rank among the best paid globally

Written by Geoffery Irungu

Kenya’s executive salaries have reached record levels with senior managers taking home the highest pay in Africa ahead of South Africa, Egypt and developed countries such as Japan, United Kingdom and Canada.

Kenya is now ranked 15th among the countries that pay the best salaries in the world and just Sh50,000 behind the United States of America—its nearest competitor—a country that has in the last decade gained global notoriety for overpaying company bosses and senior managers of listed companies.

Rwanda: Phone Banking

Daniel Karibwije

Kigali

Phone banking has finally come to Rwanda courtesy of the commercial bank of Rwanda (bcr).

This was announced by the marketing and communication manager of bcr, Mr. Hannington Namara during a function held at the Hotel des Mille Collines last week.

"This is the first of its kind in the banking industry in the country. People in the diaspora can now call the bank and get real information on their account without having to go through a relative or a manager who might be busy," he revealed during the press conference.

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