US entity buys majority stake in SMEP Microfinance for Sh586 million

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A SMEP branch in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A US faith-based nonprofit organisation is set to acquire a majority stake in SMEP Microfinance Bank for $4.65 million (Sh586.12 million), deepening acquisitions in Kenya’s microfinancing sector.

SMEP shareholders last month, in an extraordinary general meeting, passed a resolution to sell a 51 percent stake to Hope International, a Christian institution, pending regulatory approval.

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