Nairobi, July 31 -- Centum Investment Company has announced a dividend of Sh521 million with nearly half of it being a special distribution coming on the back of several investment exits in the financial year ended March 2026.

The dividend is made up of an ordinary payout of Sh0.42 per share amounting to Sh281 million and a special distribution of Sh0.36 per share totalling Sh240 million.

Centum has proposed the dividend on the back of the group net profit falling by 8.4 percent to Sh743.91 million from Sh812.81 million posted in the previous financial year. At a company level, net profit rose 87 percent to Sh1.02 billion from Sh547.13 million.

The firm explained that consolidated earnings include businesses at different stages of thei...