Banking
Get the latest news and analysis on the banking sector in East Africa. Coverage on the capital markets as they relate to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and Ethiopia.
Zimbabwe: We need money, just print it
Zimbabwe is on the verge of another economic cramp that is bound to be far worse than what it has...
US lifts sanction on Zimbabwe banks
The U.S. has announced that at least two of Zimbabwe’s national banks are now allowed to operate without sanctions. The...
Tanzania: Banks don’t need more cash, market needs more faith
Tanzania has joined the rest of the continent in lowering borrowing rates for commercial banks in a bid to maintain...
Cashless Rwanda: Telecoms soaring profit
When something grows by 50 percent, we say it has doubled, when it grows by 100 percent, it has quadrupled...
Banking sector should go digital or extinct
There has been a rapid uptake of mobile technologies in the region with strong economic growth in the past 2...
Q1, 2020 The Best of Five – An Analysis
Kenya’s five top banks released stable Quarter 1, 2020 financial results with pessimism of their future earnings heavily affected by...
Equity Group raises its loan loss provision by ten fold to Sh 3 billion
Equity Group Holdings Plc has posted a 14 percent decline in net profit in the first three months of the...
Debt relief, a trap within a trap
Did you know, last year (2019) Africa spent more money servicing debts than the amount it spent on health issues of...
Will China ease its USD 160 bn loan to Africa?
China has been funding a lot of Africa’s development especially in the past two decades and in that time, Beijing...
Tanzania Interbank lending at a 10yr low
The private sector is not responsive to the government’s stimulus package as banks report less than desired activities in borrowing....
This Months Edition
East Africa’s best: Entrepreneur wins Kshs1 million Sinapis seed capital
The future of Tech Industry in Africa looks bright
Seven African Exchanges and African Development Bank prod investment in Africa
Rwanda and Uganda lead East Africa in switch to electric cars
EAC looks to review its textile strategy
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East Africa’s best: Entrepreneur wins Kshs1 million Sinapis seed capital
The future of Tech Industry in Africa looks bright
Seven African Exchanges and African Development Bank prod investment in Africa
Rwanda and Uganda lead East Africa in switch to electric cars
EAC looks to review its textile strategy
