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Key shareholder changes at KCB Group in 2025 vs 2024: — NSSF increased its holding to 327.79M shares, from 321.73M shares in 2024, raising its stake to 10.20% from 10.01%. — Babla Sandip Kana Sinh and Babla Alka Sandip increased their holding to 34.87M shares, from 30.95M shares, lifting their stake to 1.09% from 0.96%. — Treasury’s holding was unchanged at 635.00M shares, with its stake steady at 19.76%.

Glovo’s CTO is Kenyan ✅🇰🇪….great interview on how she manages complexity: technologymagazine.com/news/scaling-c…

It's the end of an era. 🎬

South Korean stocks are making history again: South Korea has overtaken the UK to become the world's 8th-largest stock market. This comes as South Korea's total market capitalization has surged +45% year-to-date, to a record $4.04 trillion. During the same period, the market cap of the UK has risen just +3%, to $3.99 trillion. By comparison, at the end of 2024, the UK's market was ~2 times the size of the South Korean market. The historic surge has been driven by Samsung and SK Hynix, two AI memory chip firms, which now account for over 40% of the Kospi index. The index includes over 800 companies, highlighting how concentrated recent gains have become. Meanwhile, the US market's value stands at a record $75.04 trillion, surpassing the following 9 markets combined by ~$20 trillion. The AI revolution is redefining the global economy.

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The MTN fest continues: —I&M Bank has launched a Medium-Term Note programme of up to KES 20B, with Tranche 1 targeting up to KES 10B and a greenshoe option of up to KES 3B. — The fixed-rate notes carry a 12.20% p.a. coupon, payable semi-annually, with a tenor of 5 years and 6 months. — Proceeds will support onward lending, long-term funding for growth and expansion, and strengthening of the bank’s Tier II capital. — The notes will be listed on the NSE Main Fixed Income Securities Market Segment. — Offer opens at 9.00am on April 30, 2026 and closes at 5.00pm on May 15, 2026. — Allocation and allotment is set for May 15, settlement on May 18, and listing on May 21, 2026.

Kenya's Equity Group hunts for acquisitions in Zambia, Angola and Mozambique reut.rs/4tLzhZK reut.rs/4tLzhZK

It's going to be an eventful day: Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon will all report earnings after the market closes today. That's $12 TRILLION worth of market cap reporting earnings within a 30 minute window. All as the Fed interest rate decision is released at 2 PM ET and US oil prices are surging toward $105/barrel. Buckle up for a huge day ahead.

BREAKING: UAE leaves OPEC and OPEC+ Read more: aje.news/0khld2

Kenya’s FX reserves have declined for six consecutive weeks, with a cumulative drawdown of ~USD 1.36B to USD 13.24B, including a USD 67M drop this week. Import cover has compressed from 6.2 to 5.6 months.

Video footage of the exact moment the BYD Yangwang u9 Xtreme reached a maximum speed of 496.22 km/h on the Track in Petersburg,Germany, officially beating the Bugatti Chiron super sport’s record as the world’s fastest production car

BREAKING: Nvidia stock, $NVDA, officially hits a new record high, now worth $5.2 trillion. Nvidia has now added +$4.9 TRILLION in market cap since 2022.

Key Events This Week: 1. US Markets React to Cancellation of US-Iran Talks - 6 PM ET Today 2. April Consumer Confidence data - Tuesday 3. April Fed Interest Rate Decision and Statement - Wednesday 4. Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Google Report Earnings - Wednesday 5. Apple Reports Earnings - Thursday 6. US Q1 2026 GDP Data - Thursday 7. March PCE Inflation data - Thursday 8. ~20% of S&P 500 companies report earnings this week Buckle up for a highly eventful week ahead.

BREAKING VIDEO: Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe becomes the first person ever to win a regular marathon in under two hours, setting a new world record at the London Marathon in 1:59:30! Kenyans invented running™

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Bumped onto the pride of Africa in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. She looks cute.

Nothing beats the feeling of glimpsing KQ landing in a foreign land. You feel reconnected 🇰🇪💯

BREAKING: The S&P 500 officially posts its highest close on record, now up +$7.6 trillion since the March 30th bottom.

Co-operative Bank will hold its 18th AGM on May 15, 2026 (11:00 a.m., virtual), where shareholders will consider a reorganisation into a Non-Operating Holding Company (NOHC) structure. —The proposal includes renaming the listed entity to Co-op Bank Group PLC and incorporating Co-op Bank Kenya Ltd as a wholly owned subsidiary to undertake core banking business. —The restructuring will involve a full transfer of banking assets, liabilities and operations to the new entity, alongside amendments to the Memorandum & Articles and applications for a CBK NOHC licence.

Taiwan's stock market just made history: The total market cap of Taiwan's stock market is up to $4.14 trillion, surpassing the UK's $4.09 trillion for the first time. Taiwan's market cap has TRIPLED since 2020, driven almost entirely by the AI-fueled surge in semiconductor stocks. Over this period, Taiwan Semiconductor, $TSM, which makes up more than 40% of Taiwan's total market value, has surged +680% and is trading near its all-time high. By comparison, the UK's market remains roughly in-line with its 2013 peak and pre-Financial Crisis highs. Meanwhile, foreign investors purchased +$8.9 billion of Taiwanese shares so far in April, on track for the largest monthly inflow on record. AI is reshaping the global stock market.