Co-op joins queue of banks expecting significant profit hits

Co-op joins queue of banks expecting significant profit hits

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has become the sixth lender to issue a profit warning on expected 2020 earnings. In a notice to shareholders on Friday, the bank attributed the expected collapse in earnings to economic disruptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The volatile operating environment has seen the lender raise its loan-loss coverage in […]

UK gives work permit to non-graduate Kenyans

UK gives work permit to non-graduate Kenyans

Highly skilled Kenyans without degree-level qualifications will from Monday access work permits for employment in Britain under new immigration rules that followed the UK agreeing a deal to exit the European Union. Britain’s new points-based immigration system, which took effect on Friday, has lowered the requirement for job applicants to a minimum skill level of […]