Prime Bank in Sh5.1bn stake sale as Kantaria family loosens grip

Rasik Kantara, founder and chairman, Prime Bank. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Private equity firms AfricInvest and Catalyst Principal Partners have acquired a minority stake in Prime Bank through injection of Sh5.1 billion capital into the lender.

The transaction, which marks the latest deal-making in the banking sector, will see the wealthy Rasik Kantaria family loosen board control of the business that they founded in 1992.

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