The Weekly Economist Magazine (16-22 April)
The Weekly Economist Magazine INSIDE: A 14-PAGE SPECIAL REPORT ON BUSINESS IN AFRICA The_Economist_-_April_16_2016 (4).pdf
KBA Vows to fight unethical behaviour in the Banking sector
KBA The banking industry body representing all registered banks in Kenya, Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) on Thursday signed on to the “Code of Ethics for Business in Kenya”, and announced plans to [...]CMA Officially Launches International Certification for the Capital Markets Industry
Press Release by Capital Markets Authority Kenya As part of its drive to enhance the positioning of Kenya as a premier investment destination, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has launched international [...]Family Bank receives Ksh 3.4B from EIB to boost SME Loan Book
The European Investment Bank has approved a credit facility worth Ksh 3.4 Billion to Kenya's Family Bank to boost its lending to small and mid-sized enterprises. This is the second tranche [...]NSE Kenya attains full membership of Association of Futures Markets
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has been admitted as a full member of the Association of Futures Markets (AFM) an upgrade from an associate membership attained in February 2013. The [...]KQ Stanchart dropped from NSE 20 Share Index,replaced by DTB CIC
The Nairobi Securities Exchange has removed Kenya Airways and Standard Chartered Bank from the Benchmark NSE 20 Share Index and replaced them with CIC Insurance Group and Diamond Trust Bank Limited so [...]Kenya Airways to fly to Cape Town, South Africa
Kenya Airways has added a new destination to its network and will now fly to Cape Town South Africa. There will be three weekly flights between Nairobi and Cape Town [...]Central Bank endorses KCB To Take Over Chase Bank
Kenya's Central Bank and the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation on Wednesday reached understandings with Kenya's Largest Bank by assets, KCB Bank Ltd on modalities to reopen Chase Bank which was placed under receivership [...]Nairobi Office rents stable as residential posts varied results- Knight Frank
Knight Frank Kenya on Tuesday released its property index report covering the second half 2015 in relation to the real estate market. The report analyses the office, residential, retail, hotel and tourism sectors, as well as industrial [...]Safaricom , Airtel Orange Fail to Meet Quality of Service targets for 3rd year running
According to Communications Authority of Kenya, none of the three mobile network operators met the set minimum Quality of Service (QoS) threshold of 80% in the financial year 2014/2015, a [...]Institute of Directors of Kenya applauds CBK's actions in Banking Sector
The Institute of Directors of Kenya (IOD Kenya) has applauded the recent interventions by the Central Bank of Kenya to strengthen corporate governance within the banking sector arguing that these interventions to [...]Mwalimu Sacco Sameer Group to inject Kshs 1B into Equatorial Bank
Kenya's Equatorial Commercial Bank (ECB) is set to receive an additional Ksh 1 billion capital injection from its Majority shareholders, Mwalimu Sacco NSE Listed investment firm Sameer Group to help the [...]
