Crème de la crème

Sharon Okumu

Did you know that the highest paid footballer earns 731,506 US dollars per day? After one high profile transfer before the end of 2022, we can finally rank the top 10 highest paid footballers in 2023. Who do you think it is? well, I am Sharon Okumu and let’s find out.

Coming in at number 10, is Kevin De Bruyne. The 31-year-old Belgian plays the attacking midfielder for Manchester City and is certainly one if the best assisters in football today. He earns a massive salary of 29 million US dollars per year.

At number nine is a player you probably did not expect and actually forgot about. Andreas Iniesta. The Spanish legend earns a total of 30 million US dollars. Before going to Japan, he spent 22 years at Barcelonaand became a true club legend.

Real Madrid’s forward Eden Hazard comes in at number 8with a whooping 31 million dollars per year.

Robert Lewandoski comes in at number 7. The Barcelona centre forward earns 35 million US dollars per year.

Manchester City big signing has lived up to his hype. Erling Haaland comes in at number 6 earning 39 million US dollars per year.

At number 5 is the Egyptian king of Liverpool. Mohammed Salah signed a new three-year deal at the start of July 2022 that made him the highest paid player in the history of the club. He earns a total of 53 million US dollars per year.

Neymar Jr comes in at number 4, earning 68.5 million US dollars per year. Neymar has constantly been among the top 5 or top 10 players in the world in the last decade.

And now for the top 3, Lionel Messi starts us off earning a total of 120 million US dollars per year. He is arguably the best player in the history of the game.

The French giant, Kylian Mbappe comes in at number 2 earning a total of 128 million US dollars per year. Despite frequently stating his desire to play for Real Madrid, he opted against joining the Spanish giants and instead committed his future to Paris in a deal that apparently gives him control over coaching appointments and player recruitments.

And for the highest paid player, you guessed it right, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. His recent move to Al Nassir sees the player earning a staggering 200 million US dollars. It’s a move from the Portuguese pro that caused much debate, but one, that’s no denying that’s on hell of a pay day for him.

And well, that is all we had time for. Bye.

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Is online purchase the future?

Vincent Adhiambo

VINCENT: Hello everyone and welcome to another segment of the figures narrative and on this segment today, we are goin to talk about online purchase, my name is Vincent Adhiambo and our guest today is…..
DUNCAN: Duncan…
VINCENT: Yes, onto our first question, have you ever done online purchase or bought anything online?
DUNCAN: Yes have interacted with online purchasing and shopping platforms basically for example jumia, kilimall, glovo and the rest, they are quite convinient and easily accessible once you are connected to a reliable internet.
VINCENT: Yes and you comfortable making payments online?
DUNCAN :The main brands like the reliable and established online platforms make it secure because they use recognized modes of transaction but I have heard of incidences where my friends have been corned via online purchases but those are just a few incidences. So for me I feel comfortable making those payments.
VINCENT: And what issues did you face when shopping online?
DUNCAN: The major issue is what is being displayed like the photo the picture that is played for portraying the image its actually different from the image itself the quality might differ from the image being portrayed, so that is the major challenge and of course the time for the delivery, payment delivery of the said product is quite unpredictable to a certain extent because they will say three working days and at times it would even take a week, or a week and a half, so there are those challenges as well.
VINCENT : So how was your checkout experience?
DUNCAN : Generally it was a smooth one as you carried with you the relevant documents like your identification card and the message that you were sent to go and pick the item, it was all cool.
VINCENT : Thank you very much Duncan and you have heard the expert, so make sure you do more and more online shopping till next time. My name is Vincent Adhiambo.

Fashion up

Vincent Adhiambo

Fashion Kenya invites you for a fashion night in KICC in near Parliament Road.We welcome you to take this journey with us. The Fashion date is on Sunday 17th April,2023.Do we want to rebuild our industry, or should we just be fashion consumers? Come and take a walk with us so that we can ascertain this .The time for arrival can be earlier beginning from 2PM E.A.T because the event begins at 4PM E.A.T.

The gate Fee is Ksh.700 ,which is redeemable for a drink or a snack.The snacks in the premises range from as low as ksh .300 ,while the cheapest 300ml soda goes for Ksh .200. There would be delicacies prepared by experienced chefs but would only be served to those who pay an extra ksh. 2500 for a full meal course apart from the Ksh 700 paid at the gate for facilitaion. The ksh 700 gives you access to the venue and drink with a snack only.

We would be able to see a world where the journeys of our garments and the whole fashion industry are seen on a global stage. We are passionate about starting conversations that will impact future generations about Fashion in kenya.

The event will run from 4pm E A.T till late . We want to ensure that fashion contributes to revenue in kenyan economy because Revenue in the Fashion segment is projected to reach US$1,251.00m in 2023.Revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate of 4.73%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$1,505.00m by 2027.

This is according to our source
https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/ecommerce/fashion/kenya

All are welcomed from the youth to the old as fashion has no age limit.In 2021, 31 percent of U.S. users who visited fashion retailers’ sites were aged 25 to 30. Additionally, 17.8 percent of online fashion website visitors were between 18 and 24 years old. Only 8.2 percent were 65 years and older. The numbers have grown tremendously over the past 2 years , this is according to our source in

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298074/visitor-share-us-fashion-retailer-websites-age/#:~:text=In%202021%2C%2031%20percent%20of,were%2065%20years%20and%20older.

All are welcomed remember KICC ON 17TH OF APRIL,2023 STARTING FROM 4PM TILL LATE WITH ONLY A FEE OF KSH.700 .DONT MISS OUT

M-pesa as technology

Vincent Adhiambo

Safaricom remains the biggest telecommunication in Kenya with a market share of a little over 60%, according to data from the Communication Authority. Its mobile money platform, M-PESA, continues to reign supreme in the country with a 99% market share.

M-Pesa – one of the largest mobile money services in Africa – has seen a steady increase in customer numbers from 2017 to 2023, eventually reaching over 52.4 million customers in the financial year. M-Pesa is a mobile money service run by Vodafone and Kenyan telecommunications provider Safaricom, that provides payment and financial services, even if a customer has no access to a bank account.

Mpesa mobile money transfer commonly known as mpesa … it is hard to talk about inventions in kenya without talking about technology inventions like MPESA
Mpesa helps people to send money to different people through their mobile phones today .

The service allows for people to pay for bills, services and goods from their phones
It is an easy , convenient and safe way to transfer money . It has many options like business paybill ,Till numbers for business people to avoid money reversal, it has Fuliza option that allows people with insufficient funds to take an instant loan , it has loaning agents like mshwari and many more .

This mobile money transfer system was launched by vodafone and Safaricom and made kenya a leader in mobile money transfer in East Africa on a pilot basis on October 2005,the very first of its own Sending and receiving money through sim cards has been achieved in Kenya since 2005 upto 2023 and has improved with the current technology.It has recently even introduced GLobalpay a service that allows you to pay for international services through a virtual Visa Card.

This innovation that is more than a decade old has turned sim cards into bank accounts the idea was initially discussed by the commission for Africa and introduced later to Vodafone who had been discussing supporting microfinance
And back office banking with mobile phones ..it was then discussed how a system of money transfer could be created in kenya …

Safaricom launched the mobile money based system and money transfer service known now as MPESA .

MPESA was originally developed to allow for payments on micro loans to be easily
Collected ,however, it was found that Mpesa users were using the service to transfer money to one another

M-PESA users can now have up to Ksh 300,000 on their M-PESA mobile wallet accounts while the daily limit to transactions is also retained at Ksh 300,000.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1139190/m-pesa-customer-numbers/#statisticContainer

FUEL PRICES REMAIN UNCHANGED

Mathu Alex

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The price of fuel in the country will remain unchanged this month after the latest review by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).

In a statement issued on Friday, the authority announced the hold despite a drop in the import costs which it said was against the inflation costs.

EPRA Director General Daniel Kiptoo stated that in accordance with Section 101(y) of the Petroleum Act 2019 and Legal Notice No.192 of 2022, the Energy & Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has calculated the maximum retail prices of petroleum products which will be in force from 15th April 2023 to 14th May 2023.

He further added that in the period under review, the maximum allowed petroleum pump price of Super Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene will remain unchanged.

Subsequent to the hold in costs, a litre of petrol in the capital Nairobi will continue to be priced at Ksh.179.30, while diesel and kerosene will retail at a maximum of Ksh.162 and Ksh. 145.94 respectively.

Kiptoo further noted that the new prices had been subsidized across the fuel brands to cushion Kenyans from the high prices of a particular brand.

He stated that the price of diesel has been cross subsidized with that of Super Petrol while a subsidy of Ksh. 17.12 /litre has been maintained for Kerosene in order to cushion consumers from the otherwise high prices.

He further stated that the Government will utilize the Petroleum Development Levy to compensate oil marketing companies for the difference in cost.

https://www.citizen.digital/business/fuel-prices-remain-unchanged-in-latest-epra-review-n318015

THE FASHION WORLD: JEWELRY

Mathu Alex

I bought a chain and its price together with its shipment cost Ksh 1100. Chains are often used in jewelry-making to create necklaces, bracelets, and anklets. They can be made of a variety of materials, such as gold, silver, platinum, or stainless steel, and come in different styles and thicknesses to fit the design of the jewelry piece. Some chains may also be adorned with charms, pendants, or beads to add further decoration to the jewelry. Everyone has a reason for adorning jewelry and this ranges from looking smart in public to wanting to impress people. Jewelry comes in all sizes and can be attached on the body or clothes. Research on jewelry lead to knowledge on the following facts:

Many people would think that the oldest piece of jewelry to be diamonds but it is infact a couple of beads made out of shells and it dates back to 100,000 years ago.

Diamonds have grown to become the most popular gemstone with over 80% of couples choose a diamond engagement ring today.

There is a thing such as live insect jewelry where live insects such as beetles are worn as fashion accessories attached to clothes.

Pearls are the only gemstone that comes from a living animal. It is an organic gemstone.

More fashion jewelry is being created everyday with unique looks and sizes meaning that the future holds a lot more in store of the industry and the people.

https://www.jewelryshoppingguide.com/facts-about-jewelry/

JUMIA BLACK FRIDAY 2023

Mathu Alex

Jumia Black Friday is the ultimate shopping event of the year where customers can grab massive discounts on a wide range of products such as smartphones, electronics, home appliances and more. Jumia offers unbeatable deals on everything one needs. Shoppers can expect to find the best deals of the year and with a variety of offers such as free vouchers, customers are sure to find something they love.

Jumia Black Friday is the perfect time to get incredible deals on all the things one has been eyeing throughout the year. When it comes to this shopping, Jumia is a one-stop-shop for all your needs. One has to keep an eye out for the deals and discounts offered and be sure to act fast before they sell out and miss out on the opportunity.

One of the highlights of this year’s Jumia’s Black Friday sale is their deals on electronics. Whether you’re in the market for a new smartphone, a laptop, or a smart TV, Jumia has it all. Fashion is another category where Jumia shines during their Black Friday sale as it covers clothing, shoes and accessories.

The official date of the 2023 Jumia Black Friday event will run from 4th to 30th November, 2023.

Jumia Black Friday 2023: Incredible Deals To Watch Out For!

Global pay

By Sherleen Maina

The world has basically become a global village where people can buy and sell being located anywhere in the planet. With Google pay, one can make transactions wherever they are. Services being offered by companies such as Visa and MasterCard have made this possible. This has come in handy especially when paying for subscriptions in various apps such as LinkedIn and Netflix among others. Google Pay has over 150 million users across 42 global markets.Google Pay is considered a somewhat secure way to pay.All you need is your phone and money in your bank account.

MPesa offers the Global Pay service too. In a case such as paying for a Netflix subscription, the Global Pay has been very helpful. MPesa Global, founded by Safaricom and Vodafone has been operating in 9 African countries namely Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Lesotho, DRC, Ghana, Mozambique, Egypt and Ethiopia. Afghanistan has also benefited from the service. MPesa Global uses a Visa card allowing customer to pay for services and buy goods across the world. All you need to do is have an MPesa app on your phone. MPesa, which has over 50 million users has made life easier for most people by offering this service.

https://www.cliffedkkerhofmeyr.com/en/news/publications/2022/practice/corporate/corporate -and -commercial-alert-10-august-the-mpesa-visa-globalpay-virtual-card.html

THE GAMING INDUSTRY

Mathu Alex

The question garnered 71 responses with the 81.7% stating that they have come across gamers in their paths. The year 2023 saw a surge in the video game industry due to the widespread self-quarantine and remote work brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. With more people staying at home, a significant number of new players were introduced to the world of gaming technology. The market is now overflowing with innovative products waiting to be launched, making it a lucrative opportunity for integrators.

The question garnered 71 responses with the most, 45.1%, having used the play station consoles such as ps5. Gaming technology refers to the hardware, software, and tools used to create and play video games such as computer components like graphics cards, processors, and gaming laptops, as well as gaming consoles like the PlayStation and Xbox.

The question got 71 responses with 94.4% agreeing to the fact that the gaming industry is evolving at a high pace. There’s no denying that the gaming industry is growing at a fast rate and with it, the gamers. More powerful gaming systems and software are being developed much to the benefit of the players worldwide. There is a lot to look forward too in upcoming decades in areas such as virtual reality, console and pc gaming.

Best Gaming Technology: The 10 Most Incredible Advancements for 2023

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dgMvTxjOwauKsvDblb-9CIMkPOsh_PCi82UlFOS3rHo/edit#responses

Venturing into business

By Sherleen Maina

Everyone wants money, everyone wants to be rich and it is now clear that a 9 to 5 job is not it. The cost of living has gone up tremendously and people have really ventured into businesses to be able to live comfortably. Whether its an online business or one that you physically show up to, this is one of the few ways people have gained financial independence. According to the below survey, 63% of the people have ventured into businesses.

My data was mainly from students and some are attending their classes full time. That could be a solid reason why most have not ventured into businesses. Part of the 63% are also students who intend to make more money to support their upkeep and school and other activities.

Most businesses are not done online though. Social media is still a new concept to many people let alone have to run a whole business online. Many people however have been able to successfully run businesses and advertise them. Others have ventured into crypto trading and writing.

36% of the people have their businesses online which is a bit low especially for the current times where technology is the way in the world.

Not everyone has engaged in a business but in the above image you can see some of them and clearly not many people have ventured into online trading. I think its kinda sad although there have been many scams and people have ended up losing money. So understand why this would be a long shot but its worth a try. This online businesses can bring in reliable income. The ecommerce has reached a global GDP of 2.3% in 2020 and 2.5% in 2022.