Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL), a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Uganda has issued a profit warning informing shareholders that the company is likely to record losses this year. A profit warning is a warning declaration issued by a listed company to investors through a stock exchange. It warns investors that
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A group of lenders who swapped Kenya Airways Plc debt into shares almost two years ago betting on a turnaround can’t seem to catch a break, Bloomberg reports. Just this month, shares of the carrier have fallen 19% to 2.80 shillings by close of Thursday’s trade, 64% below the price
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Shares in Kenya’s Safaricom Plc opened 2.7 per cent lower at KSh27.35 on Monday after the telecoms company announced the death of Chief Executive Robert William Collymore after a nearly two-year battle with cancer, Refinitiv data showed. In May, Collymore, 61, had said he would stay in his position for
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Some of the shine seems to be coming off the Nigeria-based e-commerce firm Jumia. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) started selling shares in the company to great fanfare last month. On Thursday, their price plunged 18%. This was after an investor report, by Citron Research, questioned whether the company
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Government of Uganda borrows funds from the public. Bank of Uganda (BoU) is an Agent of Government to collect money (since 1969). The public/lenders place funds with government through their Central Securities Depository (CSD) accounts opened at BOU. The following are the instruments auctioned and used for fiscal purposes (prior
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African Alliance Uganda Ltd has exited Uganda’s stock market after 15 years of offering brokerage services. The company is licensed by Capital Markets Authority (CMA) as a Stock Broker and Investment Advisor. However, at the end of this month, the company will cease to operate its stock brokerage business arm
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Some 13 largely family-owned firms are seeking to sell shares to the public, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) said on Monday, offering hope of ending a prolonged listing drought, the Daily Nation reports. The small- and medium-sized firms will be taken through a 10-month programme, which will see them access
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Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL), a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Uganda has announced its Initial Public Offer (IPO) by floating a total of 657,179,319 shares on to the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE). The total shares floated represent 18% of all the shares owned by the company. Cipla Ltd,
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) on Monday announced that the method of pricing treasury bills and bonds in the primary auctions will change to one of a single price from the current multiple prices with effect from July 2, 2018. In the single price method, the respective securities in the
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Stanbic Bank Uganda Ltd has been awarded the best performing bank in Uganda government securities for the Year 2017. And this makes Stanbic bank the winner for the sixth consecutive year. Speaking at the Annual Award Event for the Best Performing Commercial Bank of the Year in Government Securities held
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