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Capital management and planning for banks: when strategy must meet innovation.

'Banking regulators in Africa generally strive to better protect depositors and maintain stability in the banking sector. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), following in the footsteps of the Central Bank of West African States, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bank of Uganda, has through enactment of the Business Laws (Amendment) Act No. 20 of 2024 on 11 December 2024, now required banks to gradually raise their core capital ten-fold to KES 10 Billion by 31 December 2029. In an Article that was published in the Business Daily on 1 May 2025, Sammy Ndolo (Managing Partner) and Deborah Sese (Senior Associate) discussed how banks can innovatively raise capital that qualifies as core capital from investors who are not keen on fully participating in risk that comes with equity investments. Read the Article here

2 May 2025 1 min read Corporate & Commercial Alert Article

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