Shares of the little-known Nairobi Business Ventures (NBV) have staged the biggest short-term rallies on the history of the Nairobi bourse, lifting the wealth of its founders by hundreds of millions of shillings and benefiting early speculators. The company, which used to sell the K-Shoe brand of shoes, started trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange […]
Stanchart chief executive Kariuki Ngari (left), NCBA boss John Gachora (centre) and Absa’s Jeremy Awori. FILE PHOTOS | NMG Ten Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firms cut their executive bonuses by Sh284 million last year in the wake of reduced profitability that was largely caused by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. KCB , Absa Bank […]
Workers at Unga Ltd in Eldoret, in Keya’s Rift Valley. The 113-year-old company is close to the brink of falling in the red. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG Regional flour maker Unga Group Holdings Ltd has branded its bakery business “unsustainable” and declared a staff redundancy plan. This is after its revenues were hit […]
Mr James Ndegwa, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) board chairman. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG The tenure of billionaire businessman James Ndegwa at the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has come to an end, bringing to a close his six-year term that was marked with conflict of interest accusations. Mr Ndegwa, who was first appointed […]
The Nation Media Group was the top gainer of the day at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday, March 2, 2020, with 9.89 percent at the price of 19.45 shillings per share. Kenya Re-Insurance was the second top gainer with 4.84 percent at the price of 2.60 shillings per share followed by Longhorn Publishers […]
Billionaire businessman Ngugi Kiuna is seeking the termination of the Carbacid Investments’ buyout of BOC Kenya after filing an objection to the deal at the Capital Markets Tribunal citing undervaluation. Mr Kiuna, a former BOC Kenya chairman, said the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) erred in approving the takeover by ignoring the undervaluation of BOC besides […]
Nakumatt supermarket chain could close down anytime following fears that almost 15 companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange have plunged into loses. “The middle class in Kenya are getting trapped in poverty and, therefore, have no disposable income to support supermarkets, for example, which has led to the closure of many retail stores,” NSE […]
KEY POINTS Top gainers of the day; Unga Group, Total Kenya, Crown Paints Kenya, Uchumi Supermarkets, and Umeme. Top losers were Trans-Century, Standard Group, Longhorn Publishers, Centum, and Carbacid. As the month of January snails to an end, Unga Group kicked off this week as the top gainer of the day with 8.29 percent at […]
The top mover of the day was BK Group after selling 9 million shares with a market capitalization of 16.56 billion shillings followed by Safaricom PLC with 3.44 million shares with a market capitalization of 1.46 trillion shillings. Equity Group and KCB Group sold 2.01 and 1.35 million shares respectively with a market capitalization of […]
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 […]
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