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  • Regional IPO Tales

    Posted: April 10, 2008, 7:25 pm by bankelele
    Undugu gani huu?: One of my favorite entertainment sites is Bossip with its catchy headlines, like Making it Rain on These ****, Jesus Take The Wheel, and ** sit down, all of which apply in this case, but the best way to answer this story is BROTHER PLEASE! - while Uganda and Rwanda have joined thousands of Kenyans embracing the investment vehicle that is the Safaricom IPO, it appears the Bank

  • IPO Tales: 13 days to go

    Posted: April 10, 2008, 12:37 pm by bankelele
    - Oversubscription: If 9 million Kenyans voted last year it's possible a ¼ of them will buy shares. Or that ½ the people with bank accounts will apply for shares. On that, with two weeks to go, new banks with IPO loans include KCB (Uganda), CFC and even high street CBA. Happy banks: Two banks may have crossed the 1 billion shilling mark for new IPO loans after just a week. They are also

  • KQ's 787 dreams

    Posted: April 10, 2008, 12:22 pm by bankelele
    What seemed like a rough year for Kenya Airways year ended last week (March 31). Half year, pre tax profits were 2.8 billion shillings ($43 million) (down from 3.4 billion) the year before. They had lost a new 737-8 aircraft in a crash, had seen fuel reach record highs ($85 a barrel in September) and were being hammered by the strong shilling. Since then we had the dispted election and
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