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Finance & Markets - Page 4

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

Finance & Markets

Bad loans and acquisition deals cost KCB twice as much to recapitalize

KCB Group plans to borrow $200 million (Kes26.5 billion) to help rebuild the balance sheet of its Kenyan banking subsidiary up from $100 million, about Kes14.5 billion the bank announced last year.

March 25, 2024

Finance & Markets

Absa smoothens transition year with 12 percent profit growth

Absa appointed Abdi Mohamed as CEO in May 2023, replacing Mr Jeremy Awori who left the lender after a decade that saw it switch brands from Barclay Plc. Last year was also the inaugural year for Absa executing its ambitious five-year strategy to win

March 18, 2024

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

Finance & Markets

Kenya’s ‘black leopard’ valentine bonds

For Kenya, pressure to contain spiraling currency and local domestic maturities have meant that expensive money is preferable to inflation and default.

February 13, 2024

Events & Travel·Finance & Markets

Where to buy fish in Kisumu.

We first learned about these old school fishermen from a relative who has lived here for years. He gave us a hack for getting affordable fish, which in my one month here has proved to be the most useful.

February 4, 2024

Finance & Markets

Company quotations are saying something about dollar rates

Clients who initially agreed to prices quoted in Kenyan Shillings a couple of months ago, are now grappling with the unexpected burden of having to pay more for goods and services that were once upon a time within their budgets.

February 2, 2024

Brands·Finance & Markets

Omena grown out of a green house

With Prof Ojijo’s inventions women at Dunga and Marenga Beach would no longer have had the need to spend time chasing birds away from open air system of drying omena.

February 2, 2024

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Finance & Markets - Page 4

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

Bad loans and acquisition deals cost KCB twice as much to recapitalize

Absa smoothens transition year with 12 percent profit growth

IMF warned Kenya currency strength won’t bring down prices

Kenya’s ‘black leopard’ valentine bonds

Where to buy fish in Kisumu.

Company quotations are saying something about dollar rates

Omena grown out of a green house

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