Hunter becomes the hunted as Carbacid tycoon makes hostile takeover bid of BOC

Hunter becomes the hunted as Carbacid tycoon makes hostile takeover bid of BOC

From left: BOC Kenya managing director Marion Mwangi and Ruaraka Neema Uhai Hospital administrator Gabriele Beacco after the company installed a bulk medical oxygen tank at the hospital. Packaging and selling air has turned out to be one of the most lucrative ventures this year. And if everything goes according to plan billionaire Baloobhai Patel […]

Centum sinks into Sh1.9b loss as mega deals dry up

Centum sinks into Sh1.9b loss as mega deals dry up

Centum Investment Group Chief Executive James Mworia (left) with Group Finance Director Wambua Kimeu during the company’s half-year results announcement and investor briefing at Two Rivers Mall yesterday. [Courtesy] For decades now, Centum Investment has closed some of the hottest business deals across East Africa, creating billions of shillings for shareholders. This year, the deals […]

Centum Real Estate to issue Sh4bn project bond

Centum Real Estate to issue Sh4bn project bond

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – Centum Real Estate Limited, a subsidiary of the NSE-listed Centum Investment Company Plc, is looking to float a Sh4bn project bond to finance its ongoing housing projects. Proceeds from the bond will be allocated exclusively to the subsidiary’s ongoing affordable, middle-income and high-end housing projects in Kenya. Centum Real Estate […]

Kenya’s Centum’s real estate arm to raise $36.8 mln in local currency bond

NAIROBI, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The real estate subsidiary of Kenya’s Centum Investment CTUM.NR plans to issue a 4 billion shilling ($36.78 million) corporate bond to finance its housing developments, the parent company said on Tuesday. The three-year, zero coupon bond, which will be floated in the next few weeks, will come at a discount […]