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CMA questions hit Kenya sale of Dangote shares

Nairobi, Oct. 1 -- The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has delayed approval of a financial instrument that will allow Kenyan investors access to the ongoing Dangote Petroleum shares sale for as little... Read More


Dangote offers Kenyans shares for Sh49 via NSE

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Kenyan investors will have access to the ongoing Dangote Petroleum shares sale for as little as Sh490 through the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) under a new vehicle that awaits... Read More


Kenyan Eurobond yields fall, defy renewed jitters

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Kenyan Eurobond yields have eased in recent weeks, defying jitters which have seen interest rates on similar instruments from advanced economies like Japan and the US rise. The f... Read More


Rajen Shah: The Kenyan pharmacy dropout driving Citi's global tech transition

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- When Rajen Shah left Kenya after Form Four to further his studies, he had his sights set on a career in pharmacy. But he dropped out to venture into banking with only high school ... Read More


Payment firms capital raised up to Sh250m in new Treasury Bill

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- Payment service providers and system operators will now be required to keep five times as much capital as the minimum capital requirement is raised to Sh250 million. The National... Read More


CBK, banks plan to lock out Treasury from loan rate approval

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and commercial banks are in talks to overhaul the Banking Act to resolve a loan pricing impasse over who between the sector regulator and the Treas... Read More


Banks term capital rules on large lenders 'premature'

Nairobi, Sept. 24 -- Lenders have rejected the recently published draft prudential guidelines on domestic systemically important banks, arguing the rules by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) have the wr... Read More


Quickmatt to sell 57pc stake at NSE in multi-billion-shilling deal

Nairobi, Sept. 23 -- Supermarket chain Quickmart will sell up to a 57.5 percent stake through the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), providing a multi-billion-shilling partial exit route for private e... Read More


Quickmart to sell 57pc stake on NSE in multi-billion-shilling deal

Nairobi, Sept. 23 -- Supermarket chain Quickmart will sell up to a 57.5 percent stake through the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), providing a multi-billion-shilling partial exit route for private e... Read More


CBK fines record 33 banks for loan rate breaches

Nairobi, Sept. 23 -- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) fined a record 33 commercial banks for defying the regulator's calls to cut their loan rates in line with the reduced benchmark rate, denying borro... Read More