Kenya: Treasury Bill Auctions

Time to invest in Kenya Treasury Bills. Contact your broker to get a Treasury bill application form. The application form requires information about the Treasury bill you want to purchase, like the issue number, the maturity period you want, and the face value amount you want to receive upon maturity. It also requires information about […]

Europe Investment Bank signs $100m+ facility with Equity and HF for lending to regional SMEs

Equity Bank of Kenya Limited Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi (R) and European Investment Bank Vice-President Pim Van Ballekom (L) in Nairobi on 29/03/2017. Equity Bank has signed Kshs 10.5 Billion financing agreement with European Investment Bank to support regional entrepreneurs. European Investment Bank, the long-term lending institution of the European Union, has extended about […]

Kenyan Stock Exchange to introduce ETFs

INDIVIDUAL investors may from the third quarter buy into a diverse number of stocks and bonds including highly priced blue chips trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. This will be possible through the Exchange-Traded Funds whose regulations, the Capital Markets Authority and the Nairobi Securities Exchange said yesterday, are being fast tracked. An ETF basket […]

East Africa: EALA Urges Inclusive Investment Policies to prevent social unrest

The xenophobic violence currently taking place in South Africa could happen in East Africa if partner states don’t ensure inclusive policies to benefit citizens during the ongoing integration process, members of the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) have warned. “South Africa is the most industrialised economy in Africa because of high investment levels but why […]