Introduction Consider this scenario, LendCo is an entity in the financial services space which lends money to businesses. LendCo creates various products such as car loans, mortgages, credit card loans and leases. These loan products have receivables in the form of principal repayments and interest payments, which the borrowers commit to settling over the agreed …

Have you ever developed a financial model for a client or your organization and later found out that the spreadsheet had errors? What did you do? Did you go to your supervisor or the client and tell them …? Person 1: “Oh, by the way, do you know the model we built for Project Y …

The Nairobi Expressway has become a defining feature of the city’s skyline, a symbol of modern infrastructure meant to ease congestion and signal Kenya’s readiness for private sector–led infrastructure. Yet, beneath the success of rising traffic lies a financial paradox. In the six months to December 2024, the operator reported a Sh1.8 billion loss, even …

Kenya’s ambition to achieve upper-middle-income status under Vision 2030 and the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) depends heavily on infrastructure. Yet the World Bank (2024) estimates that Kenya faces an annual infrastructure financing gap of about US $2.1 billion (≈ KSh 232 billion), requiring sustained investments of roughly US $4 billion per year to meet …

In a decisive move to enhance financial inclusion and democratize access to Kenya’s capital markets, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) will allow investors to buy and sell shares in multiples of one-unit, effective 8 August 2025. This change ends the long-standing 100-share minimum rule, which has been a major barrier for many retail investors. By …