watesh wrote:Ericsson wrote:In their Notice of the Annual General Meeting on 5th July,NCBA is going on a dividend drought for 5 years.
Or they may go for a small cash dividend plus a bonus. They want to go aggressively into retail banking, they need to prop up their core capital base to keep up with the expected growth.
NIC was into retail lending.
CBA was into retail lending via Safcom.
Kenya's lending scene is very competitive. Perhaps a regional acquisition?
The KE banks that have done best regionally are DTB, I&M and Equity.
These have a decent presence in the region with subsidiaries that make a meaningful contribution.
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