/-/539444/539444/-/rdynki/-/index.html http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/K-Rep-Bank-taps-into-water-projects-to-boost-growth/-/539550/1857978/-/13n7iolz/-/index.html K-Rep Bank is seeking to capture a larger segment of the local market as it aggressively takes to financing water projects at the county level. 2013-05-20T13:33:53Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Bond-trading-at-Nairobi-bourse-picks-up/-/539552/1857956/-/yopikbz/-/index.html Trading at the bond market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has picked up after months of stifled activities. 2013-05-20T13:07:33Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Uganda-police-raid-Monitor-Publications/-/539550/1857914/-/d5uv37z/-/index.html Uganda Police have raided Monitor Publications Limited (MPL) in Kampala and barred staff from accessing the premise. 2013-05-20T11:59:01Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/National-Bank-Q1-pretax-profit-edges-up-3pc/-/539550/1857852/-/93odcm/-/index.html National Bank of Kenya's pre-tax profit rose 3.3 per cent year on year in the first quarter to 508.1 million shillings, thanks to a fall in loan loss provisions. 2013-05-20T10:35:04Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenyan-shilling-steady-boost-seen-from-overseas-investments/-/539552/1857754/-/76646y/-/index.html The Kenyan shilling was steady on Monday and traders said they expected it to gain ground early in the week, lifted by offshore investor flows into stocks and government securities. 2013-05-20T09:08:12Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Agency-banking-racing-to-catch-up-with-mobile-money/-/539552/1857746/-/rq112y/-/index.html It is just a matter of time before Kenya's agency banking gives mobile cash transfer service a run for its money as adoption and use of the former continues to grow tremendously. 2013-05-20T09:00:56Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/National-Bank-targets-Sh10bn-in-cash-call/-/539550/1857674/-/i0i9wmz/-/index.html National Bank of Kenya will raise more than 10 billion shillings in a cash call next year to fund expansion and increased lending, its chief executive said. 2013-05-20T07:47:39Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Economy-pays-the-price-of-prolonged-political-contest/-/539552/1857318/-/1yp9e3z/-/index.html Kenya’s energy consumption dipped, tourist arrivals plummeted and the number of loan defaulters rose in the first three months of the year. 2013-05-19T15:12:51Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Questionable-land-deals-put-KAA-bosses-in-audit-trouble/-/539546/1857240/-/oqwm9iz/-/index.html The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) risks losing billions of shillings in questionable contracts and land deals that its management has signed with third parties. 2013-05-19T14:27:15Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Sports-agency-plans-to-sell-naming-rights-of-three-stadia/-/539546/1857224/-/cxoaf1z/-/index.html The State stadia manager is seeking to sell the naming rights of three of its playgrounds, including Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi. 2013-05-19T14:18:27Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Yellow-Fever-new-tourism-board-s-marketing-focus/-/539546/1857218/-/rbrwnjz/-/index.html Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) is gearing to market the country as a Yellow Fever-free destination to attract tourists from countries which had issued travel advisories based on WHO reports. 2013-05-19T14:12:42Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Balala-sets-out-priorities-for-mining-sector/-/539546/1857208/-/pwtuo8/-/index.html Setting up a metal exchange, identifying the minerals in the country and making laws to guide the sector will be the priorities of the new Mining ministry. 2013-05-19T13:46:00Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539546/1857202/-/r7ms8o/-/index.html MPs will on Monday attempt to tame the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) for opposing their higher salary demands when they elect chairpersons of two committees. 2013-05-19T13:38:13Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Tender-rules-block-women-from-contracts/-/539550/1857188/-/wx6bte/-/index.html Lawyers are pushing for review of public procurement laws to take care of people with disabilities and women. 2013-05-19T13:28:28Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Revenue-collection-rises-to-Sh1m-daily-in-Trans-Nzoia/-/539550/1857184/-/6hd5t4z/-/index.html Daily revenue collections in Trans Nzoia County have risen from Sh200,000 to Sh1 million after dismissal of corrupt workers. 2013-05-19T13:26:33Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Farmers-face-delay-of-subsidised-fertiliser/-/539550/1857180/-/cn884iz/-/index.html Distribution of subsidised fertiliser is likely to delay if the State does not intervene in a tender dispute between cereals board and a supplier. 2013-05-19T13:23:00Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Maternity-hospital-vacates-premises-after-controversy/-/539550/1857174/-/331axdz/-/index.html Top-end maternity services firm Royal Gardens Hospital has finally vacated the premises it has been using for slightly over a year. 2013-05-19T13:13:29Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/KK-Security-to-enter-southern-Africa-in-buyout/-/539550/1857164/-/h9b3kez/-/index.html KK Security is set to close an acquisition in southern Africa this year and the firm will be inviting new equity investors to fund expansion to new markets. 2013-05-19T13:05:26Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Equity-Bank-moves-closer-to-becoming-a-foreign-lender/-/539550/1857148/-/12b8gykz/-/index.html Equity Bank has inched closer to becoming a foreign lender as international investors’ purchase of the firm’s shares nears the 50 per cent mark. 2013-05-19T12:53:38Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Kenya-Power-puts-Mama-Ngina-on-top-shareholders-list/-/539550/1857144/-/a58fcl/-/index.html Kenya Power has listed Mama Ngina Kenyatta as its fourth largest individual investor, making the electricity distributor the only Nairobi bourse-listed company bearing her name on the shareholder list. 2013-05-19T12:42:04Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/NSE-drops-to-second-place-on-Merrill-Lynch-stocks-index/-/539552/1857128/-/bb4gw5z/-/index.html The NSE has dropped to second place in the Merrill Lynch global frontier markets index, which captures performance of select stock markets. 2013-05-19T12:27:10Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Stock-market-trading-to-go-online/-/539552/1857118/-/i92adi/-/index.html The Nairobi Security Exchange (NSE) is upgrading its systems to enable investors trade shares on the internet “within months,” an official has said. 2013-05-19T12:20:04Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/EABL-share-hits-Sh400-widens-lead-as-most-valuable-firm/-/539552/1857096/-/ygoddj/-/index.html Beer maker EABL saw its share touch a historic high of Sh400 in Friday’s trading as it sustained a rally that has puzzled market analysts. 2013-05-19T12:08:23Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/JP-Morgan-gets-licence-to-set-up-office-in-Kenya/-/539552/1857078/-/vwlqcd/-/index.html US banking giant JP Morgan Chase has received approval to open a representative office in Kenya, further boosting Nairobi’s bid to become East Africa’s financial services hub. 2013-05-19T11:50:56Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Africa-is-finally-on-the-growth-track/-/539548/1857072/-/yn4k7rz/-/index.html I was recently at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2013 in Los Angeles and, for the first time in its 16-year existence, four panels were devoted to discuss African opportunities and challenges. 2013-05-19T11:41:48Z