Shreeji Chemicals owner to enter cement business

Shreeji Chemicals owner to enter cement business

Delta International FZE, the owner of multiple businesses including Shreeji Chemicals, is set to enter Kenya’s highly competitive cement business. Ahead of the construction of a cement plant, the company is spending Sh83 million to acquire an 84 percent stake in Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed Nairobi Business Ventures (NBV) whose shoe retailing business has collapsed. This […]

National Cement completes buyout of ARM Kenya assets

National Cement Company, owned by billionaire businessman Narendra Raval, Wednesday paid Sh5 billion to complete its purchase of ARM Cement assets in Kenya. The money was paid to ARM’s administrators, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which was appointed by creditors to run the company after it defaulted on banks and bondholders. “We have paid $50 million (Sh5 billion) […]

Regional cement exports fall 68 percent

Kenyan cement exports to E.African region fell 68% in 2019

Kenya’s cement exports to East African markets suffered a 67.9 percent slump in the first nine months of 2019, largely blamed on increased production capacity in the region amid a general economic slowdown. Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that Kenyan cement makers sold 41,349 metric tonnes raking in Sh475.2 million […]