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Faith Mwangi
Equity Research Analyst, Financials (East Africa) @ Tellimer Research
Taking a solutions-based approach to research, Faith’s reports are themed around client questions in order to provide insight into the East African financial sector and digital banking trends globally. Faith honed her skills in banking and media sector analysis at Standard Investment Bank and Genghis Capital.
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Uganda
Uganda: Restructured and non-performing loans rise steeply
Bank of Uganda has released statistics showing that the banking industry restructured c30.6% of loans in the three months to end-June. Stanbic Uganda is fairing better than the industry overall, with management noting the bank had restructured 14% of...
Faith Mwangi @ Tellimer Research 25 September 2020
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Kenya
Kenya: Restructured loans hit 29% of total loans; a worrying sign for the banks
Following its monetary policy meeting, which left the base rate unchanged at 7%, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) revealed that restructured loans in the Kenya banking sector had hit 29% of total loans by end-June – much higher than the13% recorded in...
Faith Mwangi @ Tellimer Research 30 July 2020
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Uganda
Uganda: Industry NPLs are rising, led by weak personal loans as economy slows
Bank of Uganda released statistics showing that the overall industry NPL ratio increased to 5.4% in Q1 20 from 4.7% in Q4 20, following a 15% qoq rise in gross NPLs. The regulator projects that the NPL ratio will rise to 6.3-12.3% over the next six m...
Faith Mwangi @ Tellimer Research 25 June 2020
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Kenya
Safaricom, KCB & Co-op Bank lose out as Kenya extends its Covid policy measures
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has extended its Covid mitigation measures for e-payments by six months to December 2020. From our analysis of CBK data on mobile money transactions, as at 10 May, the proportion of revenue-generating transactions for...
Tracy Kivunyu @ Tellimer Research 25 June 2020
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Kenya
Kenya: Restructured loans escalate as Covid-19 bites; negative for banks
According to the Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Kenya banks have restructured a total of KES360bn in loans as at June 2020. This is negative overall for banks as the escalating restructured loans may end up defaulting in the long term – the current rest...
Faith Mwangi @ Tellimer Research 17 June 2020
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Kenya
Kenya's Covid-19 policies boost bank dominance in large digital transactions
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has released data on digital banking in light of it ordering the removal of charges on bank-to-e-wallet transactions and doubling the daily transaction limit on mobile payments and transfers to KES300,000 as part of it...
Faith Mwangi @ Tellimer Research 11 June 2020
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Faith in the press
- Loan default risk worse than indicated by CBK – report - The Star, Kenya Mon, 3 Aug 2020
- NSE jumps to 14-month high on Safaricom, banks - Business Daily Fri, 8 Nov 2019
- Africa: New Frontier For Private Banking - Global Finance Thu, 6 Jun 2019
