How pandemic recovery fuelled deal craze in 2021

How pandemic recovery fuelled deal craze in 2021

The year 2021 was characterised by new significant deals across the corporate sector after a lull induced by the Covid 19 pandemic. The merger and acquisitions activity cut across key sectors including financial services, real estate, telecommunication and agriculture. Some of the key ones included: Unga Group sells Ennsvalley Bakery to logistics company Unga Group […]

Two Kenyans take top honours after wild photography competition winners announced

Two Kenyans take top honours after wild photography competition winners announced

Dr. Julius Kipng’etich, the Regional Group CEO for Jubilee Holdings Limited, presents the overall winner of the SEITW Photography 2021 Contest Anthony Ochieng. {Photo/James Wanzala} Kenya’s Anthony Onyango is the winner of the Safal Eye in the Wild Photography Competition 2021. Onyango will take home a cash prize of $3,000 (Sh338,000). Sushil Chauhan also from […]

Two Kenyans take top honours after wild photography competition winners announced

Two Kenyans take top honours after wild photography competition winners announced

Dr. Julius Kipng’etich, the Regional Group CEO for Jubilee Holdings Limited, presents the overall winner of the SEITW Photography 2021 Contest Anthony Ochieng. {Photo/James Wanzala} Kenya’s Anthony Onyango is the winner of the Safal Eye in the Wild Photography Competition 2021. Onyango will take home a cash prize of $3,000 (Sh338,000). Sushil Chauhan also from […]

CMA bars ailing companies from share buybacks

CMA bars ailing companies from share buybacks

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has barred listed firms with negative equity from rolling out share buybacks, locking out cash-strapped companies from the process largely applied to correct perceived undervaluation of stock. The regulator has ruled that directors of the companies which intend to repurchase stock from the market should ensure “assets … are equal […]

Allianz completes acquisition of majority stake in Jubilee Insurance Company of Uganda

Allianz completes acquisition of majority stake in Jubilee Insurance Company of Uganda

On Friday October 22, 2021, Allianz, one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers, became the majority shareholder in Jubilee Insurance Company of Uganda Limited after completing the transaction to acquire a 66% stake in the company from Jubilee Holdings Limited ( USE:JHL ), East Africa’s largest insurance group. The stake acquired by Allianz […]