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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:58 AM

Central Bank of Kenya

Type: Organization

Name: Central Bank of Kenya

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 Documents

International Monetary Fund

Kind Words From the IMF, No Less! [editorial]

Nairobi Kenya last week received a rare accolade from visiting International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on the steps the country had taken to bring its economy back on the growth path.According to Mr Strauss-Kahn, the implementation ... [Published 16 hours ago by AllAfrica.com]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Kenya

First Reported Mar 13 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 1 Documents

TABLE-Kenya offers 2-year, 15-year bond

March 13 (Reuters) - The Central Bank of Kenya invited bidson Saturday for two-year and 15-year fixed coupon discountedtreasury bonds worth up to 16.5 billion shillings ($215.1million) for budgetary support. ... [Published Mar 13 2010 by Reuters Africa]

Entities: Central Bank of Kenya, Treasury Bonds

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 1 Documents

Safaricom

Kenya: Bank Dismisses Brokers' Claims on Safaricom IPO

Nairobi Citibank on Friday denied claims by a brokers' lobby that final reconciliation for the 2008 Safaricom IPO accounts is yet to be done.The bank, which headed a consortium of receiving financial institutions, said the process was completed in February ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by AllAfrica.com]

Entities: IPO, Safaricom, Kenya

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Kenya: Sh22 Billion Stimulus Package Set to Lift Banks' Business

Commercial banks expect the release of a Sh22 billion stimulus package to stir up more quality lending opportunities in the private sector.The roll out of construction projects in all constituencies will raise demand for facilities that help vendors vie ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by AllAfrica.com]

Entities: Kenya, Commercial Banks, Central Bank of Kenya, Treasury Bills, Oversubscribed

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Kenya's 91-day T-bill rate falls to 6.099 pct

NAIROBI, March 11 (Reuters) - The cut off rate on Kenya's91-day Treasury bill fell to 6.099 percent at its latest auctionfrom 6.248 percent previously, the Central Bank of Kenya said onThursday. ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by Reuters Africa]

Entities: Kenya, Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Kenyan bank happy with bonds move

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 11- Co-operative Bank of Kenya has welcomed a recent move by the Capital Markets Authority and the Central Bank of Kenya to allow commercial banks to directly trade in bonds from their offices.Co-op Bank Managing Director Gideon Muriuki ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by CapitalFM]

Entities: Kenya, Stock Market, Commercial Banks, Nairobi

First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 1 Documents

Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenyan banks urged to exploit IT

NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 24 - The Treasury is calling for increased use of technology and innovation by financial institutions in an effort to increase formal financial access to a majority of Kenyans.Speaking during the opening of the AITEC Banking & Mobile ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by CapitalFM]

Entities: Uhuru Kenyatta, Invention, Kenya, Central Bank of Kenya, Comesa

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 1 Documents

Kenya mobile firm launches new service

NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 23- Mobile telecommunications operator Zain has launched an international top-up service that aims at tapping into remittances from the Diaspora.Zain Kenya Head of Corporate Communication Michael Okwiri said on Tuesday that the new ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by CapitalFM]

Entities: Kenya, launches new product, Zain

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 23 2010 - 1 Documents

Kenyan firm uses ITto curb cash theft

NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 23- A local cash management business KK Lodgit Limited (KKL) has introduced a raft of technological solutions to deter theft cases of cash in transit.A subsidiary of KK Security (KK), the firm has deployed GPS technology on all it Cash-in-Transit ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by CapitalFM]

Entities: Kenya, Central Bank of Kenya, Criminal, Command And Control

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 20 2010 - 2 Documents

CBK to establish fund for long-term credit lending

At the same time, the bank has recommended the inclusion of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in agency banking model.CBK Governor Njuguna Ndung'u said plans were at an advanced stage to break the cycle of short-term financial loans to commercial banks. ... [Published Feb 20 2010 by East African Standard]

Entities: Njuguna Ndung, Microfinance, Central Bank of Kenya

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Kenyan Economy to Thrive - CBK

Nairobi The current political stand-off over how to deal with corruption in government will not affect the growth of the economy.Central Bank of Kenya governor, Njuguna Ndung'u, said while political environment was shaped by short term decisions, production ... [Published Feb 19 2010 by AllAfrica.com]

Entities: Njuguna Ndung, Climate, Orange Democratic Movement, Central Bank of Kenya

First Reported Feb 18 2010 - Updated Feb 18 2010 - 2 Documents

DJ Kenya Jan-Nov Sugarcane Deliveries +11.9% On Year-Central Bank

Kenya's sugarcane farmers delivered 5.05 million metric tons to processing plants between January and November last year, up 11.9% on the same period in 2008, the Central Bank of Kenya said Thursday in its monthly economic review.The country produced ... [Published Feb 18 2010 by Individual.com]

Entities: Kenya, Central Bank of Kenya, Sugar

Quotes

...Investment Banks (KASIB) - which has blamed Citi for the uncashed refund cheques and asked for an independent forensic audit of the refund process. "Comparatively, Citi has achieved a higher success rate on the refund distribution than previous IPOs helped by the cheque encashment provided countrywide by the partner banks" Mr Ayeyemi said when he addressed a press conference at Intercontinental Hotel

Kenya: Citibank Boss Explains IPO Refunds Delay [AllAfrica.com - 12 hours ago]

"The global economic and financial crisis almost thrust some advanced economies into a deflationary spiral. Global interest rates have declined all along the yield curve, private final demand has slumped and only aggressive monetary and fiscal policy responses prevented a deflationary spiral from ensuing."

Kenya: Top IMF Mission in Quiet Dialogue With Govt [AllAfrica.com - 21 hours ago]

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Kenya: Top IMF Mission in Quiet Dialogue With Govt [AllAfrica.com - 21 hours ago]
Bank holding Sh141min Kenya IPOrefunds [CapitalFM - Mar 14 2010]
Bank dismisses brokers’ claims on Safaricom IPO [Daily Nation - Mar 13 2010]
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Kenya's 91-day T-bill rate falls to 6.099 pct [Reuters Africa - Mar 11 2010]
Kenyan bank happy with bonds move [CapitalFM - Mar 11 2010]
CBK posts Sh23.2 billion profits as economy rec... [East African Standard - Mar 11 2010]
IMF Pushes for Insurance on Bank Deposits [AllAfrica.com - Mar 10 2010]
Kenya: How the President has Fought the Good Fi... [AllAfrica.com - Mar 08 2010]
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Kenya: DotConnectAfrica invited to present the ... [AllAfrica.com - Mar 05 2010]
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Kenya's 182-day T-Bill rate falls to 6.497 pct [FinanzNachrichten.de - Mar 04 2010]
Kenya mulls 25-year bond: central bank governor [Sharenet - Mar 04 2010]
Stanchart posts Sh4.7b profit [CapitalFM - Mar 04 2010]
Kenya to host African Women Conference [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - Mar 03 2010]
Technology to curb cash in transit theft [Smartbiz Africa - Mar 02 2010]
Kenya: Mobile Money Transfer is Now the New 'Ba... [AllAfrica.com - Mar 02 2010]
Banks Fight to Secure Customer Deposits from Cy... [AllAfrica.com - Mar 01 2010]
Kenya's 91-day T-Bill rate rises to 6.248 pct [FinanzNachrichten.de - Feb 25 2010]
UPDATE 1-Strong demand for Kenya's 3rd infrastr... [FinanzNachrichten.de - Feb 25 2010]
Kenyan banks urged to exploit IT [CapitalFM - Feb 24 2010]

Blogs

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Kenya nearing half point: 49% of all who use ba... [Communities Dominate Brands - Feb 12 2010] We've been reporting on mobile banking and money and payments. One of the most rapidly-growing success cases comes out of Kenya. We've told you earlier that 20% ...