NSE is overweight with financial shares, and may get heavier with the listing of Co-operative Bank later this year. The listing is expected to raise 10 billion shillings ($150 million) for growth and expansion. The shareholders transferred the assets and liabilities of the bank to a limited liability company (from a co-operative socirty) last week. – and their class B shares (par value Kshs. 100 shillings will be split into shares of par value Kshs. 1)
However as a long suffering customer of the bank, I may not add to might already overweight basket of financial stocks.
edit – Co-Op IPO opens October 20 2008
elsewhere
transport
– Kenya Airways; are offering a novel business trip package – 4 trips for $1,000 to be completed by March 2009 for trips to Dubai, Bangkok, honk Kong, Guangzhou
– Delta airlines open a Nairobi office
Railway destiny in local hands
– The Government wants Rift Valley Railways to increase capacity, lay more tracks, and transfer cargo ASAP. ICDCI looks at RVR as a long term investment, but they hope to get return on the investment within 4 years. They own 10% of the company and will acquire another 10% from IFC over the next four years.
Communications
– Zain will increase share capital by 75% (raising $4.5 billion) from its Kuwaiti shareholders for expansion in Africa. They are already advertising to put up base stations and adding dealers in Kenya
– good to know Econet has the most subscribers in Zimbabwe.. That’s an ARPU in millions?
Dividend cycles
how long goes it take some NSE companies to pay declared dividends?
One month: Standard chartered (interim), Kenol (interim)
Two months: Barclays, BAT, Olympia
Three months Crown Paints, TPSEA (Serena), Jubilee, Nation Media, Total, HFCK, Diamond Trust, Pan Africa, NIC, Standard Chartered (final), Bamburi (interim)
Four months: Centum (ICDCI), Standard Newspapers, Access Kenya, Eveready, Bamburi (final)
Five months: Kenya Re, Kenya airways, Express, Rea Vipingo