Knowledge process outsourcing is forecast to become the next growth sector in the global outsourcing industry, and Kenya wants in. Rachel Keeler talks to the experts at the AITEC outsourcing conference why this may be premature.
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Sean Moroney, Chairman of AITEC Africa, interviews Jerry Durant, Chairman Emeritus of the International Institute for Outsource Management, USA.
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Current tax structures make it inefficient for real estate investment companies to list on the NSE because rental incomes would be taxed as corporate income at 30%. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) were meant to address this, but the regulations enabling these vehicles are still incomplete. Rachel Keeler analyses the sluggish formalization of property investments in Kenya.
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Rachel Keeler attended GE’s ‘Thought Leadership Forum’ on ‘African Cities in the 21st Century’ and was struck by the discrepancy between the grand plans and the Kenyan government’s seemingly grand inability to implement them.
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Deepak Dave analyses which segments of traditional investment banking - asset management, brokerage, corporate advisory and underwriting - have the greatest potential for Kenya to emulate the global reach of South Africa’s financial institutions.
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Encouraged by the Safaricom and KenGen bond issues, Deepak Dave finds that the CMA has gained new ground under Stella Kilonzo. However, retail investors have been left out of this comparatively safe investment opportunity.
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