Enter financial year 2024/25 | Business Redefined
June 30th, a year ago Justice Mugure Thande issued conservatory orders suspending implementation of Finance Act 2023 & we all said FY2023/24 had kicked off in an unprecedented & dramatic fashion. Here we are starting 2024/25 with what would have been Finance Act 2024 having been withdrawn & a Supplementary Appropriations Bill in the not too distant horizon. Who would have thought?
On this episode we speak to @abrahamrugo about the prevailing state of affairs as we start 2024/25
Bancassurance in Kenya | Business Redefined
On this episode, Bancassurance lived up to the roll out hype? Has it significantly changed the distribution & retail push for insurance deepening in Kenya? What does the transition from IFRS4 to IFRS17 mean for the insurance sector from a capitalization standpoint?
October 16, 2024
Sustainable Finance | Business Redefined
On this episode, the sustainable finance landscape in Kenya & the region:
- Standardization & emerging regulatory guidelines
- Data & capacity gaps & their impact on sustainable finance taxonomies & disclosure requirements
- Availability of funding & the search for a steady pipeline of bankable green projects
- Climate related risks, the existing prudential toolkit & progressive development of tools for assessing associated financial risks
Kenya's US$ 3.6 Billion IMF Programme | Business Redefined
On this episode, the IMF has concluded a staff visit to Kenya (see quoted tweet) even as the 7th Review & to the anticipated Executive Board meeting remains pending. In this conversation with Peter Doyle - Independent Economist, we take stock of the programme 3.5 years since its start & explore what options exist as it gets to its sunset.
September 24, 2024
Digital financial services | Business Redefined
On this episode, the digital financial services landscape in Kenya. On the agenda:
- Digital financial services & formal financial inclusion
- Last mile inclusion & prevailing barriers to entry
- Interoperability across players & future of the national payments
- The regulatory environment & emerging issues in taxation of the digital economy.
The state of the markets | Business Redefined
Frank Lloyd Mwiti assumed leadership of the Nairobi Securities Exchange in May 2024 amidst a rebound by the market on the back of upbeat investor sentiment following Kenya's successful refinancing of the US$2.0 billion eurobond earlier in the year. Mwiti assumes office amidst a protracted listings drought in the market & abysmal uptake of new products by the investment community. In this conversation with Julians Amboko, Mwiti tables his agenda for the Nairobi bourse; his views on product development & uptake; his efforts to rationalize run-away expenditure by the exchange & how to catalyze retail investor activity through fractional trading
September 10, 2024
KQ'S balance sheet restructuring | Business Redefined
On this episode, flying back to profit territory but still deep inside the headwinds of negative equity - unpacking KQ's balance sheet restructuring & the search for a strategic investor. We delve into the conversation with Allan Kilavuka - CEO, Kenya Airways PLC
September 3, 2024
KCB Group HY2024 Earnings | Business Redefined
This week on #CFOChat, a deep dive into KCB HY2024 earnings with Lawrence Kimathi - Finance Director - KCB Group.
All the updates on:
- Divesting from NBK
- Pricing dynamics
- The bad book & elusive recoveries
- The slowdown in BPR, Rwanda
- Developments in TMB, DR Congo
- Recapitalization
Mi Vida's capital raising plan | Business Redefined
Mi Vida’s Samuel Kariuki is on a mission to turn Kenya’s rather sluggish Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) market on its head. He is seeking the Capital Market Authority’s approval to issue the first REIT which offers investors a redemption sweetener in what he believes will be a solution for the shallow secondary trading market and hopefully woo more investors into the asset class. The residential housing units developer seeks to raise Sh5.0 billion through a development REIT to finance its construction pipeline. He sat down with Julians Amboko to discuss the company's latest capital raising plan.
August 20, 2024
Reforming the global financial architecture | Business Redefined
The global south has come under sovereign debt vulnerabilities ever since COVID19 struck & thereafter major economies began tightening monetary policy to contain run-away inflation following the Russia-Ukraine war. Sri Lanka, Zambia, Ghana, Ethiopia & Suriname defaulted on their debt obligations in the wake of this environment. Is the global financial architecture as presently structured fit for purpose when it comes to sovereign debt distress & resolution? Has the Common Framework delivered on its mandate of accelerating debt restructuring? Business Redefined attended a conference in Brazil dedicated to addressing these & more questions
August 15, 2024