NCBA Bank has launched a pilot program that allows musicians to use their songs, catalogues, and royalty income as collateral for bank loans. The new initiative, co-designed with celebrated producer Morris Kobia, popularly known as Motif Di Don, aims to fill chronic financing gaps in Kenya’s creative economy, an industry valued at Ksh110 billion annually
Standard Bank Group’s Kenyan subsidiary, Stanbic Holdings, is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire NCBA Group Plc in a deal that could reshape Kenya’s banking landscape. According to Bloomberg, the merger would create the country’s third-largest lender with combined assets valued at approximately KSh1.1 trillion (US$8.5 billion). NCBA, which currently holds a market valuation of