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Finance & Markets

IMF warned Kenya currency strength won’t bring down prices

IMF said models tracking Kenya’s exchange rates movement over decades showed that while prices shot up during currency depreciations, they do not come down when the shilling strengthens.

February 20, 2024

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Kenya offers to buyback $1 billion Eurobond maturing Feb. 2028

Kenyan government has announced it will return to the Eurobond markets to buy back its outstanding $1 billion Kes129 billion notes due February 2028. According to the offer published in the London Socks market, Kenya is making the buyback, as part of

October 2, 2025

Finance & Markets

Kesonia, the new CBK rate to rule them all

Kenyan banks have been given just two days to review loan interest rates on shilling-denominated debt in line with a new benchmark anchored on the overnight interbank average rate, now renamed the Kenya Shilling Overnight Interbank Average (KESONIA). CBK announced Banks have

August 27, 2025

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Banks fund duka inventory to kick start borrowing

Traditional Kenyan dukas, the neighbourhood shopfronts, are the leading lenders to the economy, giving out products on buy now, pay later basis that allows wage earners to align their pay cycles to pressing household needs. Shopkeepers rank just behind saccos and chamas

August 18, 2025

Finance & Markets

Earning season, when banks stop lending

Bankers are set to announce half-year results this August, which may reflect a fragile recovery, with profitability stabilized by lower provisions and selective sector growth. Interest margins have been compressed and slow transmission of interest rate cuts will cap upside. Analysts will

August 5, 2025

Finance & Markets

Safaricom dials up customer numbers as it sets sight on next strategy of growth

Over the next five years Safaricom wants over a million more homes and businesses plugged into their fiber, wireless and satellites, onboarding millions onto 4G technologies by lowering the cost of getting a mobile phone; and use Artificial Intelligence to turbocharge its

May 19, 2025

Finance & Markets

Sokomoko Kibuye, the stink of toilet politics behind cholera shutdown

As the state attempts to dismantle this powerful woman it created out of its own inefficiency, it faces its inconsistencies in its justifications, and harms the consumer who benefits from the cut-throat competition of rival Kibuye traders that had made it the

May 7, 2025

Finance & Markets

Banks get in on insurance action with improved risk models

Kenya is witnessing a burst of Bancassurance business as bankers shift focus on subsidiaries chasing non-funded income growth from alternative sources.

April 23, 2025

Finance & Markets

Younger credit profiles could open financial access to youth bulge

As Kenyan banks move their lending models from a blanket rate to new pricing models that will assess the risk of each individual and assign specific interest rates, it is this youthful demographic that will score big.

April 17, 2025

Finance & Markets

Betting on abbreviations: Absa wows customers and peers with financial engineering

It was intriguing to see how Absa Bank has nurtured the ETF market and invested in the stories of its customers to grow it into a robust segment of the NSE.

March 27, 2025

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Absa Bank’s rewards shareholders who bet on resilient strategy with Kes9 billion dividend

Absa Ceo, Mr Abdi Mohamed said the improved performance was delivered through disciplined execution of strategic initiatives that support customer growth while reinforcing the Bank's reputation as a trusted brand committed to advancing a sustainable future.

March 20, 2025

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Finance & Markets

IMF warned Kenya currency strength won’t bring down prices

Kenya offers to buyback $1 billion Eurobond maturing Feb. 2028

Kesonia, the new CBK rate to rule them all

Banks fund duka inventory to kick start borrowing

Earning season, when banks stop lending

Safaricom dials up customer numbers as it sets sight on next strategy of growth

Sokomoko Kibuye, the stink of toilet politics behind cholera shutdown

Banks get in on insurance action with improved risk models

Younger credit profiles could open financial access to youth bulge

Betting on abbreviations: Absa wows customers and peers with financial engineering

Absa Bank’s rewards shareholders who bet on resilient strategy with Kes9 billion dividend

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