CDSC Gets Nod to Sell its SLB Product to Pension Schemes
The Central Depository Settlement Corporation (CDSC) has received a nod from the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) to engage pension schemes in its Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) product. This [...]
CBK Raises KSh19 Billion from Weekly T-Bills Auction
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) accepted bids worth KSh19 billion out of the KSh24 Billion worth of Treasury Bills that investors were offered at the Thursday Auction of 22nd [...]Visa Buys a Stake in UK Fintech Global Processing Services (GPS)
The world's top digital payments company, Visa, has taken a stake in leading UK payments issuer processor, Global Processing Services (GPS). The deal gives Visa a minority stake in GPS [...]
Weekly Deals Digest; Sep 9th Sep 15th
In this week's deals digest, Africa's investment scene leans towards the entertainment industry, welcoming investments to music streaming service Mdundo and Egyptian Esports team Anubis. The emerging markets received investments [...]
Weekly Deals Digest: Aug 26th Sep. 1st 2020
In the fourth Issue of the Weekly Deals Digest, we focus on Africa and the emerging markets. This week, startup funding in the continent was distributed evenly across foodtech, healthtech [...]Weekly Deals Digest; Aug 19th – 25th 2020
In this third issues of the Weekly Deals Digest, we cover the deals in emerging markets like Argentina, India and Mexico. We also have tidbits from Africa and the rest [...]Weekly Deals Digest; Aug 12th 18th 2020
In the second issue of the Weekly Deals Digest, we cover the deals in Africa for the week and also look at other emerging markets like South America and South [...]Weekly Treasury Bills Auction 40% Undersubscribed
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has received bids worth KSh 9.7 Billion out of KSh 24 Billion worth of Treasury Bills offered at this week's Auction, an under subscription [...]Weekly Deals Digest: First Issue
Starting this week, we will be introducing a new segment called the Kenyan Wallstreet Weekly Deals Digest. This segment will consist of a round up of major deals that happened [...]High Investor Appetite for Social Bonds in Q2
Investor appetite for coronavirus social bonds was high in Q2 according to the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) second-quarter soundness report released earlier this week. According to CMA’s tally, governments, institutions, [...]The Near Future Report: Top Tips for Successful Long-Term Investing
Some buyers sell high-paying shares and keep loss-making stocks in the vague hope of recovery. However, good stocks can continue to rise, and bad stocks can return to zero completely. [...]Mergers and Acquisitions Decrease Across Africa in H1; 2020
Mergers and acquisitions decrease across Africa in the first half of 2020 in terms of both volume and value. International law firm Baker McKenzie says that in the short term [...]
