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Access Kenya EGM 20 Aug 2013 | 06:27 pm
This morning saw what was likely the very last shareholders meeting of Access Kenya, as a public company. The Company Secretary reported receiving 11,207 proxies representing 85% of the shareholders ...
Nairobi New Media Stocks, 5 Years Later 14 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
It's been over five years, since a wave of new media stocks appeared at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) including Access Kenya Safaricom, and Scangroup. They are all in the news this month, but for ...
Turning Round the Lunatic Express 7 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
A few weeks ago, Rift Valley Railways (RVR) and Citadel Capital had a small media briefing to highlight the state of their investment in a consortium to run the Kenya Uganda-Railway. It was meant to s...
Chama Management 101 31 Jul 2013 | 11:32 am
Chama to Conglomerate (Reinventing your Investment Group) is a book by Tony Wainaina, an investment banker, who was also the C.E.O of the Transcentury Group. In it, he highlights key pointers and pi....
Going App to get better Banking Service 27 Jul 2013 | 09:06 pm
It's been over a a month since Barclays Kenya gave a peek to its' new banking app that can be downloaded from the android and apple stores. The app offers customers full service in terms of viewing a...
Urban Inflation Index: July 2013 22 Jul 2013 | 07:29 pm
There is much debate about an upcoming VAT bill and the current government budget deficit, separation of powers, and transfer of funding responsibilities to devolved governments (even as some entities...
Idea Exchange: Barcamps, Heineken, Nuclear, Authors, Pilots, Blog Awards 18 Jul 2013 | 12:24 am
New, ongoing, and concluded opportunities. Acumen Fund is accepting applications for the next class of the Regional Fellows Program in East Africa, in Pakistan, and now India. Deadline is 2 September...
Private Equity Moment 15 Jul 2013 | 06:18 pm
Access Kenya directors have approved the sale of the company to Dimension Data and will now recommend that all other shareholders vote in favour of the deal at an shareholders EGM on August 20, 2013. ...
Nairobi Expense Account 7 Jul 2013 | 08:45 am
Finally have one month of data on expenses incurred using Moneywise on the Samsung Tab and which is a really nice and easy way to record expenses and have them priced in Kenya shillings, add categori...
I&M Bank lists at the NSE 25 Jun 2013 | 11:44 am
I&M (Bank) Holdings formally listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange in the banking segment on June 25, 2013. I&M Holdings is the 6th largest bank group in the country with assets of Kshs. 144.7 billion...