The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)’s improved over-the-counter trading platform dubbed DhowCSD lifted the number of accounts trading in State securities by 112 percent to 95,178 as of August 31, 2024, new data shows, a rise from 40,000 when the platform went live in July 2023.
This also an increase from June 2024 when there were 80,000 CSD accounts—meaning that 15,000 new accounts were created within the two months between June and August this year.
