Kenya | - Part 38

Central Bank of Kenya Retains CBR at 11.5% and KBRR at 9.87%

Nairobi, Kenya, Capital Market in Africa — The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on Wednesday 20 January 2016 to review market development and the outcome of its previous monetary policy decision. The MPC decided to keep the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 11.5 percent for the fifth time in a row. The rate has been retained since early July. It was first raised in May 2015 to 10 per cent,…

IFC Invests in Co-op Bank to Support Entrepreneurs and Housing Finance in Kenya

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Nairobi, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced today that it will provide a $105 million loan to the Co-operative Bank of Kenya (Co-op Bank) to support lending to small and medium businesses, women entrepreneurs and the housing sector. The second largest bank in Kenya by total assets, Co-op Bank has 143 branches across the country and a subsidiary in South Sudan. Small and medium enterprises account…

African Equity Markets in 2015: BRVM Bourse 2015 Champion, Botswana runner-up, Zimbabwe worst market

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Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns produced a negative returns in 2015, with four positive growths and fourteen negative returns on a local currency basis. The performance was more disheartening on a US-dollar adjusted performance basis, with just one equity market produced a positive return. These unimpressed performances (compared to 2014) across African equities can be attributed to interlocked negative feedback loops between declining commodity…

African Stock Market November 2015 Performance: Kenya’s equity gains 4.5%, EGX 30 Index 15.35% lower, Zambian kwacha returns 17.1%

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Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns ended in negative for the month of November, with five gainers and thirteen losers on the local currency basis. Still on local basis return, the November’s average return of -3.0 percent (relatively to -0.9 percent in October) was recorded across eighteen African stock indices and November monthly returns range from -15.3 percent recorded by the Egyptian equity market (measured by Egyptian EGX 30…

Gulf investors access Africa via co-investment with private equity funds and invest US$9.3 billion

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DUBAI, Capital Markets in Africa — In support of its efforts to highlight attractive investment opportunities in Africa to its members, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry launched new report entitled “Beyond Commodities: Gulf Investors and the new Africa”, which has highlighted that co-investment with private equity funds, purchase of private equity businesses, and direct buyouts or minority share acquisition represent the most significant modes of FDI entry for Gulf investors interested in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study,…

African Stock Market October 2015 Performance: South African equity best performer for local and foreign investors in October, BRVM YTD leader …

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Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns ended in negative for the month of October, with six gainers and twelve losers on the local currency basis. Still on local basis return, the October’s average return of -0.9 percent was recorded across eighteen African stock indices and October monthly returns range from -6.6 percent recorded by the Kenyan equity markets (measured by NSE All Share Index) to +7.4 percent registered by the South African…

Fact: Need to Tap into Diaspora Remittance to weather the storm …

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Nairobi, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa — A remittance is money sent by a person in a foreign land to his or her home country. Due to the huge sums involved, remittances are now being recognized as an important contributor to the country’s growth and development. According to data from the Central Bank of Kenya, the remittance inflows to Kenya in August 2015 increased by 3.2 percent to US$ 132.9 million compared to USD 128.8 million in…

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