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Kenya Bank | Capital Injection Gives Fresh-Faced Kenyan Bank Room to Expand

NAIROBI, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa: A series of capital injections is giving a small Kenyan bank the space to expand at a time when many lenders in East Africa’s largest economy are struggling to overcome the fallout of three failures in the industry in the space of eight months. Equatorial Commercial Bank Ltd. renamed itself Spire Bank and plans to grow its market share to 1 percent by 2019 from 0.5 percent, Chief Executive Officer…

Kenya Pipeline Considers Eurobond to Fund Expansion Projects

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NAIROBI, Capital Markets in Africa: Kenya Pipeline Co. is considering selling Eurobonds as part of a fund-raising exercise to finance capital-intensive projects around the country. The state-owned company, which is expanding its infrastructure to cater for potential oil production in the north of the country and the construction of the Lamu Port Southern Sudan Ethiopia Transport corridor, plans to start raising capital in the second half of next year, Chairman John Ngumi said. “There will be a need…

Kenya Will Begin Constructing Its Crude Oil Pipeline in 2018

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KENYA, Capital Markets in Africa: Kenya will start the construction of an 865-kilometer (538-mile) crude oil pipeline linking fields in its northern region to a new port being built along its Indian Ocean coastline within two years, a government official said. The government is evaluating bids for the pipeline’s design and will award a so-called front-end engineering design contract in October, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau said. “Once we have the pipeline design, the engineering,…

Kenyan Treasury, Central Bank in Turf War Over Capital Rules

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KENYA, Capital Markets in Africa: Kenyan Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich is counting on three bank failures in eight months to help drive through proposals that will reduce the central bank’s oversight of the industry. Rotich, 47, is seeking to persuade lawmakers to accept proposals that will increase the amount of capital banks must set aside as safety buffers and is also pushing amendments to allow the government more influence in the management of financial institutions. Central Bank of…

Kenya Finance Minister Sees Next Eurobond at Affordable Rate

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KENYA, Capital Markets in Africa: Kenya can issue Eurobonds at yields lower than other African economies that rely on oil exports and where growth has been stunted by weak global prices, Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich said. East Africa’s biggest economy will issue its second-ever Eurobond in the financial year starting July 1 to help plug a projected budget gap of 9.3 percent of gross domestic product, Rotich said in an interview on June 24 in the capital, Nairobi….

Kenya Bourse Eyes Listings Rush as Commercial Lending Rates Soar

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa: With commercial lending rates as high as 24 percent, more Kenyan companies are turning to the stock market to raise capital, according to Geoffrey Odundo, chief executive of the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Nairobi Business Ventures Ltd., a maker of leather shoes and accessories, sold shares on the exchange this week, and three other companies are lining up, including Deacons East Africa Plc, a homeware and clothing retailer, Odundo said…

Kenya Central Bank Governor Prefers ‘Natural’ Bank Consolidation

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa: Kenya’s central bank would prefer the country’s lenders to consolidate naturally to build resilience in the industry, Governor Patrick Njoroge said. Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich this month revived proposals that require lenders to increase their core capital fivefold by 2019, a move that could spur takeovers. The measures, first suggested by Rotich last year, were rejected by lawmakers and labelled by Njoroge in August as “rushed”. “I am not officially pushing consolidation,” Njoroge said…

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