Banks resume dividends as loan defaults fall

Banks resume dividends as loan defaults fall

Bank investors are set for a significant increase in dividend income in the next five months as the listed lenders make cash distributions for the year ending December amid improved profitability and brighter economic prospects. KCB Group #ticker:KCB, Standard Chartered Bank Kenya #ticker:SCBK and Stanbic Holdings #ticker:SBIC have paid or declared interim dividends totalling Sh5.7 […]

Top Private Sector Players to Grace Tanzania-Uganda Oil & Gas Symposium

Top Private Sector Players to Grace Tanzania-Uganda Oil & Gas Symposium

Amb. Richard Kabonero, High Commissioner met Hon. January Makamba, Minister for Energy, Tanzania in Dar es Salaam this morning for discussions on bi-lateral cooperation and the upcoming Tanzania-Uganda Oil & Gas Symposium Preparations for the Tanzania-Uganda Oil & Gas Symposium have gained momentum with key private sector players confirming their attendance. The high level event […]

Regional Oil and Gas SME conference kicks off this Thursday in Kampala

Regional Oil and Gas SME conference kicks off this Thursday in Kampala

Partnering executives addressed journalists on Monday this week. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The much-anticipated East African SME Oil and Gas Conference kicks off Thursday this week, in Kampala, organized by Stanbic Uganda Holdings in partnership with Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, CNOOC, and the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA). […]

Uganda’s workforce continues to fall-PMI

Uganda’s workforce continues to fall-PMI

But private sector players are optimistic about the future | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s private sector activity continues to improve as the economy slowly recovers from COVID-19 pandemic hit but workforce continues to fall. The latest Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released on Nov.03 indicates that Uganda’s private sector recorded a third successive monthly increase […]

Regional banks weather Covid storm

Regional banks weather Covid storm

East African banks remained resilient with higher Return on Equity (ROE) for the 12 months to September 30 signalling a relatively healthy performance for the regional lenders with shareholders deriving value from their investments amid the Covid-19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO | COURTESY Latest quarterly market report by analysts at AfricanFinancials Group shows that Kenyan banks […]

Standard Bank Group selects Flutterwave to drive digital transformation efforts across Africa

Standard Bank Group selects Flutterwave to drive digital transformation efforts across Africa

Standard Bank customers in nine African countries to enjoy enhanced digital payments experience in partnership with Flutterwave Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, to enhance digital payments experiences for its customers in Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Mauritius, Cote D’Ivoire and Malawi. Flutterwave and Standard […]

Unity Bank, Dangote Sugar Among List of Companies Stocks Underperforming on the Nigerian Exchange

Unity Bank, Dangote Sugar Among List of Companies Stocks Underperforming on the Nigerian Exchange

According to the Nigerian Exchange, there are over 156 listed firms with a total market capitalization of over N21 trillion While some companies’ stocks have made billions for shareholders, many are left to count their losses As the year draws to a conclusion, many people’s prospects of recovering are dwindling, while others will just have […]