Equity Bank reports drop in staff costs as 660 workers exit Equity Bank staff numbers declined by 660 last year in what the lender attributed to natural attrition, pointing to a gloomy job market in the financial sector. Equity Bank reported a four-per cent decline in…

Kenya Power profit drops 16pc despite surge in connections Kenya Power announced a 16.4 per cent drop in net profit for the half year ended December, as increased expenditure offset additional income earned from connecting an additional 1.1 million customers in the period. The profit drop…

  Treasury to cut 2015/16 local borrowing by a quarter, Rotich says Kenya will cut its planned domestic borrowing for the 2015/16 (July-June) fiscal year by about a quarter to Sh168 billion ($1.65 billion), on the back of expenditure cuts of 1 per cent of GDP,…

KQ hires American firm to advise on Sh60bn capital injection plan Kenya Airways (KQ) has signed up a New-York based advisory firm to restructure its balance sheet and help it seek approximately Sh60 billion in long-term capital refinancing. KQ has appointed PJT Partners as its transaction…

Eveready inks distribution deal with US-based manufacturer Eveready East Africa Ltd has partnered with Clorox sub-Sahara Africa Ltd – a regional subsidiary of the global household products manufacturer Clorox – to supply and distribute household products such as bleaches under the brand name Clorox. According to…

Kenya’s balance of payments slips into deficit position Kenya’s balance of payments has slipped into a deficit position following a drop in financial inflows, in the absence of the Eurobond and amidst low tourist numbers, wiping out gains of a lower import bill. This means there…

Safaricom’s digital TV decoder sales double after price cut The sales of Safaricom’s Internet-enabled digital TV decoders has doubled after it slashed its pricing by 50 per cent in November. In November Safaricom cut the decoder prices to Sh4,999 from the previous Sh10,000 in a re-launch that…

Nairobi bourse plans platform for trading in carbon credits Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) plans to set up a carbon-tracing board for Kenyan companies with carbon credits to sell to foreign countries and manufacturers. Power generators, petrochemical firms, steel producers, car makers, electro-mechanical firms and airlines from…

CFC Stanbic, BOC Kenya chief executives resign The CEOs of Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firms CfC Stanbic Holdings and BOC Kenya Ltd have resigned, leaving their firms with the task of hiring their replacements. CfC’s chief executive Kitili Mbathi resigned Friday and has been…

Equity scales up security for its online, phone banking Equity Bank has entered into an agreement with a South Africa-based authentication firm, Entersekt, to strengthen security of its online and mobile phone based services as it seeks to deepen its presence in digital banking. Equity Bank…