Centum of Kenya Profit Surges 25% on Equity Investment Gains
NAIROBI, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa: Centum Investment Co., Kenya’s biggest publicly traded investor, said full-year profit grew 25 percent, driven by gains on the country’s stock market. Net income jumped to 9.95 billion shillings ($98.3 million) in the 12 months through March from 7.94 billion shillings a year earlier, the company said Wednesday in a statement published in the Nairobi-based Business Daily newspaper. Investment and other income increased to 24.2 billion shillings from 11.8…
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