OPINION: COVID likely to spur housing boom in counties neighbouring Nairobi

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga In a recent interview with Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara, Unity Homes Executive Director John Latham revealed that the Covid-19 p...

Housing

NSE seeks lift from 2020 bear run as trading resumes

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) will be hoping for a lift in 2021 with trading resuming for the New Year on Monday. Among key remedial measur...

bulls & bears , COVID-19 , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)

2020 review: On public debt, it’s from the frying pan towards fire

By Kepha Muiruri,

In a nutshell, Kenya’s stock of public debt stood at Ksh.1.3 trillion a decade ago, today, this stock has climbed to Ksh.7.1 trillion as of Septembe...

2020 Year in Review , CS Ukur Yatani , National Treasury , Public debt

Banks hold back funds discharged from CBK reserves

By Kepha Muiruri,

Commercial banks have held back funds released from the lowering of the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) in March by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). Accor...

banks , Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) , CBK , governor patrick njoroge

Online commerce drives down returns for retail investors

By Kepha Muiruri,

Retail real estate investors have marked a further contraction in yields this year owing largely to the accelerated growth of e-commerce under the COV...

Cytonn Real Estate , e-commerce , retail in Kenya

Foreign investors turn net sellers in October as NSE struggles for lift

By Kepha Muiruri,

Foreign investors in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) turned net sellers in October ending a two-month cooldown which saw the investors buy into ...

bear market , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)

Cytonn slams CMA over ‘out-of-fashion’ regulations

By Kepha Muiruri,

Cytonn Investment has slammed the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) over out of fashion regulations which it blames for the continued market stagnation....

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Cytonn Investment , Edwin Dande

Inside Cytonn’s ‘war’ with the Capital Markets Authority

By Kepha Muiruri,

Cytonn Investment Chief Executive Officer Edwin Dande is putting up a spirited fight with the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) over the deployment of p...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Cytonn Investment , Edwin Dande

COVID-19 sets the stage for accelerated bank mergers and acquisitions

By Kepha Muiruri,

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to trigger a new run of mergers and acquisitions (M&As’) as Kenya’s banking industry shifts under the weight...

banking in Kenya , Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , COVID-19 , mergers and acquisitions

OPINION: Hedges or fences? What home-owners need to consider

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga Perhaps because their primary objective is concealment rather than a complementary to the beauty of the main investment, bou...

Coronavirus pandemic deepens Kenya’s debt wound

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Covid-19 pandemic has added salt to Kenya’s long existing debt wound pushing the country closer to the edge of the cliff. This is as the glob...

coronavirus , debt , Ukur Yatani

Demand for office space in Nairobi falls to its lowest in 8 years

By Kepha Muiruri,

The demand for office spaces in Nairobi’s commercial hub fell to an eight year low in 2019 indicating the continued tough economic environment in th...

Cytonn Real Estate , Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA , office oversupply

Non-performing loans cover from listed banks hits 59pc on rules change

By Kepha Muiruri,

Publicly listed banks non-performing loans cover hit 58.5 per cent in 2019 as the 24 months window to the implementation on new financial reporting ru...

IFRS 9 , KBA , loans

NSE listed firms lose 21 percent of value in three months

By Kepha Muiruri,

Companies listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) lost 21 percent of their values in the first three months of the year as the domestic equiti...

coronavirus crisis , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)

Global concerns including Coronavirus wipe out Ksh.91B from NSE in two days

By Kepha Muiruri,

Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) have seen the wiping out of an excess of Ksh.91 billion in just two days as participants registered...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) , NSE 20

Standard Chartered recommends further CBR cuts to spur growth

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Standard Chartered bank has recommended further cuts to the Central Bank Rate (CBR) to sustain momentum in Kenya’s economic recovery path in 202...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Central Bank Rate (CBR) , Standard Chartered

CBK expected to hold its base lending rate

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is expected by large to hold its base lending rate at 8.5 percent in observation of the translation of its last policy...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Central Bank Rate (CBR)

Commercial bank loans expected to shape economy in 2020 – Report

By Kepha Muiruri,

The filtering in of new loans into the economy is expected to shape growth prospects across the year following the freeing up of credit terms under th...

2020 economic outlook , Cytonn Investment , Kenya's GDP growth rate

Cytonn eyes Ksh.30 billion from high net worth investors

By Kepha Muiruri,

Alternative investment firm Cytonn has set its sights on mopping up Ksh.30 billion worth of investor funds through its launch its first regulated high...

Cytonn Investments , Edwin Dande

Cytonn shelves listing plan, cites depressed stock market

By Kepha Muiruri,

Alternative investments firm Cytonn has put off its public listing plan citing the continued depressed performance of company stocks. The firm whic...

Cytonn Investments , ipo , nse