Kenya Stocks Five-Month Rally Loses Steam on Global Risk Outlook

Kenya Stocks Five-Month Rally Loses Steam on Global Risk Outlook

The Nairobi Securities Exchange All-Share Index is set to halt a five-month winning streak in September after investors’ sentiments soured due to China Evergrande Group ’s crisis, and a local rally driven by growth in corporate earnings motivated investors to take out gains. So far this month investors on the bourse have lost 2.5% after […]

How China has silenced roar of Kenyan factories

How China has silenced roar of Kenyan factories

The flood of Chinese products has swept through the country’s nascent cottage industry. When China hoisted itself to the pinnacle as the “factory of the world,” it set off a huge tremor, cutting through the heart of Kenya’s manufacturing hub. The old mould-festered buildings in the sprawling Industrial Area aged faster; the rusty sputtering machines […]

East Africa: Sameer Turns to Staff Redundancy and Sale of Property to Ease Financial Woes

East Africa: Sameer Turns to Staff Redundancy and Sale of Property to Ease Financial Woes

Troubled tyre maker Sameer Africa Plc has shed 107 jobs and put up an undisclosed property for sale to ease its biting cashflow constraints and return to profitability. The regional tyre distributor revealed through its 2020 annual report that it declared 107 positions redundant comprising management staff (75) and unionisable employees (32), translating to over […]

Sameer Africa: AGM 2021

Sameer Africa will hold its 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM)  on Thursday 10th June 2021 by electronic means.   For the latest key economic events use the free ECONOMIC CALENDAR