Bridging the financing gap of SMEs in Africa
If there is one sector that receives great attention in Africa, then it must be the small and medium enterprises ...
Tag: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)
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 ...
Agribusiness: Lessons from Kenya’s cash crop rehab initiative
Once upon a time in Kenya, tea and coffee were the big players, the rulers of the country's agribusiness the ...
Taking advantage: Companies delaying contractors pay despite bank stimulus
For over two months now, companies in Tanzania are holding back contractor payments blaming it on the global coronavirus crisis. ...
Africa goes cashless to beat coronavirus
The deadly coronavirus has brought the World to a standstill, spread through touch, African financial institutions are now going cashless ...
Coronavirus Africa update: Zanzibar permits tourism, under strict conditions
As the rest of the country shuts down all entry ports, heavily reliant on tourism, the spice Isles of Zanzibar ...
Banks in Kenya rush to counter money laundering cases
Commercial banks in Kenya have been on the limelight with accusations of abetting money laundering and being involved in national ...
Mobile money lenders’ harassment driving Kenyans away
While digital lenders in Kenya have agreed that Kenyans indebted to more than one mobile lending application will no longer ...
Equity Bank to acquire Congolese lender at $105 million
Equity Bank is in the final stages of completing its takeover of the Banque commercial du Congo (BCDC). The acquisition ...
How East Africa’s largest commercial bank performed in Q3
KCB Group Plc profit after tax surged six per cent to Ksh19.2 billion ($186.1million) for the nine months ending September ...
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