What happened, why, and what it means for your money

Daily Brief · 30 Oct 2026

Quickmart's share offer closes at 5pm today: 500 shares minimum at KES 7.50, and no withdrawals

Quickmart's offer of 2,000,000,000 existing shares at KES 7.50 closes at 5:00 pm today, 30 October 2026. The minimum is 500 shares, then multiples of 100; applications cannot be withdrawn; and if buyers take less than 75% of the shares the offer does not go ahead and the money is refunded without interest. Results are due on 6 November and trading on 12 November.

Daily Brief · 20 Oct 2026

Nedbank's NCBA offer is unconditional: shares freeze from 21 October, payment from 3 November

Nedbank's offer for 66% of NCBA became unconditional on 19 October 2026. NCBA shares are suspended from the close on 21 October to the close on 2 November; the shares move to Nedbank by block trade on 3 November, when cash and Nedbank shares start going out.

Daily Brief · 20 Oct 2026

The NSE fell for a third week as foreign investors sold a net USD 9.5m

The NSE All Share Index fell 1.8% in the week covered by SIB's 19 October wrap, after a 0.97% fall in the week to 9 October. Foreign investors were net sellers in both weeks, but they had been net buyers in the two weeks before, which covers the first week of the slide.

Daily Brief · 10 Sept 2026

Anatomy of an NSE issuer announcement

A method for filing a listed-issuer announcement from the exchange — headline, instrument, period, and what the notice does not say — without treating the first alert as the tape.

Weekly Intelligence · 1 Sept 2026

Listed-bank results week: a disclosure checklist, not a scoreboard

A weekly method for reading listed-bank financial statements and NSE announcements as disclosures — capital, credit, funding, and costs — without turning the week into a tipsheet.