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Ndege Chai Sacco targets youth recruitment for sustainability

Sacco ReviewApril 11, 2024April 11, 202406 mins

Ndege Chai Sacco has doubled marketing efforts to attract more youthful members to the society. The Chairman Supervisory Paul K.Mutai told delegates that there was need to focus marketing efforts towards the younger generation to ensure sustainability of the Sacco adding, “as the economy improves opening up opportunities for employment and business for the youth,…

Equity Group posts 13 per cent slide in 2023 pretax profit

Sacco ReviewMarch 28, 2024March 30, 202401 mins

Kenyan lender Equity Group reported a 13 per cent fall in 2023 pretax profit to KSh51.9 billion, weighed down by a surge in provisions for bad debts, the firm announced on Wednesday March 27. Equity is East African country’s top lender by earnings. READ ALSO: Capital Sacco launches promotion to reward members purchasing shares The firm…

KCB shareholders get zero dividends as profit declines

Sacco ReviewMarch 22, 2024March 27, 202402 mins

Kenya’s KCB Group posted a 15 per cent drop in pretax profit in 2023 to KSh48.5. Therefore, it announced it would not pay a dividend for the period in order to conserve capital. For the first time in 21 years, KCB Group shareholders will miss out on dividends after the bank reported a net profit to…

KCB to sell National Bank of Kenya

Sacco ReviewMarch 22, 2024March 22, 202402 mins

Kenya’s KCB Group has said it will sell its subsidiary National Bank of Kenya (NBK) to Nigeria’s Access Group. During an investor briefing on Wednesday March 30, the KCB’s Chief Executive Paul Russo, said the deal was struck at 1.25 times book value, but did not give the exact figure. He said, “The right thing to…

ABSA bank raises dividends after strong 2023

Sacco ReviewMarch 20, 2024March 21, 202402 mins

Absa Bank reported a net profit of KSh16.4 billion for 2023, up 12 per cent from the previous year thanks to rising revenues as a result of increased funding of core sectors fueling Kenya’s economic growth. READ ALSO: Jubilee Insurance scoops three awards in annual fete The firm’s board announced a 15 per cent increase…

Joy as land buyers in Thika receive title deeds after years of wait

Sacco ReviewMarch 5, 2024March 5, 202404 mins

Investors who bought land through a Thika based land firm, the Lesedi Developers Limited, have a reason to smile after the firm began issuing them with title deeds after years of wait. Following many days of court battles between the firm and investors over the former’s failure to issue them title deeds and alleged multiple…

KenGen profit falls 9.2 per cent on weak shilling

Sacco ReviewMarch 1, 2024March 1, 202404 mins

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has reported a 9.2 per cent drop in net profit in first-half earnings compared with the same period a year earlier. The listed firm reported KSh2.96 billion in net profit for the six months to December 2023. This profit drop from the KSh3.26 billion reported in a similar period last…

Non-deposit-taking Saccos to start paying regulatory levy

Sacco ReviewFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 202406 mins

The non-withdrawable depositing taking (NWDT) Savings and Credit Co-operatives (Saccos) shall now be required to pay annual regulatory fee to the country’s Sacco Regulator, the Sacco Society Regulatory Authority (SASRA) as they fully come under its purview. According to the November Legal Notice by Sasra the rate of the annual Sacco Societies Levy will be…

Sacco boss pleads with Kenyans to save in Saccos to avoid loan sharks

Sacco ReviewFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 202406 mins

Ollin Sacco’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) John Gathige has urged Kenyans to save in a Sacco in order to get better loans and avoid loan sharks who normally take advantage of their dire situation. Speaking during the Sacco’s 47th Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was held in Kutus Comprehensive Primary School grounds, Gathige stated that…

Govt launches ‘Finya Computer Itoe Dollar’ training programme for youths

Sacco ReviewFebruary 28, 2024February 28, 202402 mins

The Government through the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has rolled out a free training programme dubbed ‘Finya Computer Itoe Dollar’ under the Ajira digital programme through the State Department for Labour and Skills Development. The Ministry has noted that the main aim of the training programme is to equip young people with the…