Overvalued shilling may hit 110 to the dollar by year end Economists says Kenya’s real effective exchange rate (REER) is 20 per cent overvalued and forecasted that the currency is headed for 110 units to the dollar by the end of the year. The REER…

NSE chief urges openness by listed firms to woo foreigners Kenyan companies need to increase the level of disclosure if they hope to attract significant foreign funding, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) chief executive has said. Geoffrey Odundo said local and foreign investors are only comfortable with firms that…

Foreigners pull out cash from NSE for second time A quarter two report by Standard Investment Bank shows the NSE had lost Sh3.2 billion in the first three months of the year.Foreigners were exiting the large caps in favour of the smaller players whose market price…

Mumias Sugar hires 8 managers to drive turnaround Mumias SugarCompany has hired eight managers to replace those sacked last year in a corruption purge. Mumias Sugar Company is mulling extending the term of its CEO Coutts Otolo even as it hired eight managers to replace those…

Centum’s profit jumps to Sh7.9bn on sale of UAP Centum earned Sh5.2 billion from the sale of its 13 per cent stake in UAP Holdings to Old Mutual, making a gain of Sh2.8 billion over the book value of the stock.The investment firm also exited two…

Barclays win over KRA saves banks hefty tax demand Barclays Kenya has won a protracted legal battle with the Kenya Revenue Authority, which was demanding tax payments on fees remitted to Visa, Mastercard and American Express for electronic money transfer services […] NSE…

NSE 20 share index up on blue chip gains The NSE 20 share index inched upwards on Tuesday on modest blue chip gains, halting a slide that has seen the market drop below 5000 points to a six-month low. This was mainly on the back of gains by Bamburi, Standard…

Nairobi, Johannesburg stock markets to cross-list securities The Nairobi and South African bourses are set to launch dual-listing of collective investment funds in the coming months. The listing will focus on exchange traded funds (ETFs)—modelled on unit trusts—at beginning based on the most liquid stocks, principally on the FTSE…

Foreign investors flee NSE for bullish Nigerian exchange Investors are exiting the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) for the higher yielding Nigerian bourse, piling more pressure on the weak Kenyan shilling. The indicative NSE 20 share index has been on a downward trend while the Nigerian 30 share index has…

Safaricom owners set for big pay day after Sh32bn profit Telecoms operator Safaricom Thursday announced a generous dividend policy that promises its owners the highest payout jump since its listing on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). Vodafone, the UK firm that is Safaricom’s single-largest shareholder…