July 1st, 2024 Customs measures | Business Redefined
New custom duty measures took effect on July 1st, 2024 following the East African Community Common External Tariffs gazette dated June 30th. Among the measures, Kenya has opted for a lower duty rate, compared to regional peers, for rice imports while adopting a higher rate on a number of goods including baby diapers and crude palm oil. What does this mean households and businesses in the country? Business Redefined explains
Africa's Digital Payments Opportunity | Business Redefined
Mastercard is projecting the digital payments ecosystem in Africa will be worth a staggering US$1.5 trillion by 2030.
A conversation with Senior Vice President, Shehryar Ali, on what this means for the continent.
On the agenda:
- Digital payments, going cash light & what that means for MSMEs
- Interoperability & its implications for business
- The QR payments landscape across the continent
Africa CEO Forum 2025 | Business Redefined
A conversation with AmirBenYahmed - CEO, Jeune Afrique Media Group & James Mworia - CEO, CentumPLC about the Africa CEO Forum 2025.
On the discussion:
- Can governments and business leaders work together to unlock Africa’s true economic power?
- Will the AfCFTA break barriers & turn Africa into a formidable economic bloc?
- Fragmentation & escalation of tariffs at the global level & how Africa's private sector should position itself
Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company | Business Redefined
A conversation with Johnstone Oltetia - MD & CEO, KMRC on the quest to push mortgages further downstream in the Kenyan market.
On the agenda:
- Depleting the Kes 1.4 billion 2022 note & plans for returning to market for fresh capital
- €4.0M World Bank funding & de-risking lending through the Kenya Mortgage Guarantee Trust
- High yield environment tailwinds that shaped the 2024 performance
China - Kenya Bilateral ties | Business Redefined
An interesting time to be talking about Kenya - China relations given the tariffs escalation unfolding.
A conversation with the Senior Vice President & Head of Stanbic Bank KE's China Desk on a raft of issues including the Sep '24 US$50.0 billion pledge & trade flows.
April 17, 2025
Kenya - IMF Relations | Business Redefined
April 1st & Kenya's US$3.6 billion programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come to an end.
My conversation with Churchill Ogutu - Economist, IC Group on what lies ahead following the abortive 9th Review & Kenya's quest for a new programme with the fund.
April 17, 2025
Employee benefits & retirement solutions | Business Redefined
A conversation with Jubilee Kenya on building a financial safety net. Everything across the spectrum from easily liquid assets such as Money Market Funds to long-term pension vehicles.
April 7, 2025
Kenya's Insurance Market | Business Redefined
A conversation on the state of the insurance market in the country with Britam Life Assurance.
On the agenda:
- The bottom of the pyramid & the promise of micro-insurance
- Outsized risk & the curating products that respond to market needs
- From IFRS4 to IFRS17 & implications for players from a reporting standpoint
- Digital disruption, Artificial Intelligence & new ways of doing risk mapping & combating fraud
- Life assurance as a risk mitigation measure
Macaash Investment Ltd | Business Redefined
This week, a conversation on Kenya's real estate landscape with Macaash Investment Ltd
On the agenda:
- Joint ventures as a vehicle for delivering at scale
- The evolving returns landscape & implications for both real estate as an asset class & yield chasing investors
- Diaspora inflows into the real estate sector
The State of the Macros | Business Redefined
A look at the state of Kenya's macros with David Rogovic -Vice President & Senior Credit Officer - Moody's
On the discussion:
- The liability management blitz - the Kes 50.0 billion domestic debt buyback & the partial buyback of the US$900.0M 2027 note
- Going back to market with the 2036 US$1.5 billion note
- Supplementary Budget II 2024/25 & the accompanying spending pressures (fiscal deficit some 67.0 bps up)
- The US$3.6 billion IMF programme, its sunset & the way forward. A successor programme in the offing? What shape & form would it take?