π Here are some key insights from Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd's unaudited quarterly group results:
1/6 @StanChartKE Limited has been experiencing consistent growth in loans and advances to customers, and total assets.
Loans & Advances to Customers
Loans and Advances to Customers have been volatile over the years, with fluctuations from Ksh117.56 billion in Q1:2019 to Ksh128.09 billion in Q1:2022.
However, the bank grew its Loans and Advance to Customers to Ksh137.11 billion in Q1 of 2023,β¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1β¦
@StanChartKE Limited's assets have been on a growth trajectory, increasing from Ksh301.37 billion in Q1:2019 to Ksh388.64 billion in Q1 of 2023.
Customer Deposits for @StanChartKE have consistently been increasing from Ksh232.77 billion in Q1:2019 to Ksh302.95 billion in Q1:2023.
2/6 @StanChartKE Limited's Loan to Deposit ratio (LDR) declined from 51.54% in 2020 to 45.26% in Q1 of 2023. This indicates that the bank is holding more deposits than it is lending out.
3/6 @StanChartKE Net Interest Income (NII) increased significantly to Ksh6.89 billion in Q1 of 2023. Although growth rates were volatile in the past years, the bank is now on an upward trend.
4/6 Non-Interest Income grew by 55.54% in Q1 of 2023, largely driven by Foreign exchange trading income which grew to Ksh2.19 billion in Q1:2023 from Ksh1.02 billion in Q1:2022.
5/6 Profitability is increasing. The Profit after tax grew from Ksh2.01 billion in 2020 to Ksh4.03 billion in Q1 of 2023. The bank's Cost to Income Ratio decreased from 51.98% in 2020 to 40.25% in Q1 of 2023, indicating their efficient operations.
6/6 Share Price declined from 161.82 in end Q1 of 2020 to 142.00 year to date. The Price to Book Ratio declined from 1.23 in Q1 of 2020 and currently at 0.89, indicating that the bank's stock is becoming more undervalued. #banking#kenya#financialresults
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I CUT BACK ON BEER, GIRLS AND SAVED A MILLION π§΅
I am a happily married man with two children. So I will share my story but keep my identity hidden, thatβs the only way I will explain how I joined the @TheAbojani One Million Challenge and made it.
Let me start with a question. Have you ever seen an empty swimming pool? Now imagine being asked to fill the empty pool with water, using a spoon. Now that was my relationship with saving money. No matter how hard I tried, it was just impossible. Anytime I tried saving for a rainy day, it started raining after one hour!
Anyway, let me give you a small background story. I am in sales at a logistics company. My retainer is just Sh 20,000, but on a bad month, I can make Sh 70,000 on commissions. On a good month, it goes up to Sh 170,000. On average, I go home with about Sh 110,000 monthly.
My wife works as an administrator at a construction company and brings home Sh 35,000. She takes care of house help and grocery bills. It's never more than Sh 16,000. I pay for school fees, rent, and other bills, and of course, I work hard so lazima nipigie mwili pole kila weekend, like a typical Nairobi man.
Sasa, hii Nairobi iko na mambo. You can give your neighbor a lift to town in the morning, but by noon, he will call you for lunch and come pick you up while driving a Benz. Now thatβs what happened to me. A cousin met me for lunch and as we were done, he took me to his car and opened his laptop bag. It had bundles of money, about three million. He told me to touch the money so that one day I can say βnishawahi guza one million na mkono yangu!
From Betrayal to Financial Wisdom: My Kin Almost Killed Me
When I first moved to Australia in 2015, I was full of ambition. I had worked hard, saved up, and paid an agent to help me get a caregiving job in Perth.
I had two main goals: take care of my little sister and invest back home.
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By my first year, I had saved up Ksh 400K, I had never seen such money in my life. At the time, owning land was the ultimate investment, and I wanted in.
I reached out to my uncle, my late mumβs brother, who I trusted, and asked for his help in acquiring a piece of land.
He agreed. I sent the money. He gave me updates. He even sent pictures of the plot.
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Everything seemed perfect. Over the years, I worked hard, saved more, and continued sending him money to build a house. I was securing a future for my sister and me.
Then, in January 2018, I flew back home, excited to finally see what I had built.
The first red flag came when my sister said her uncle only took her out for shopping and nyama choma once in a while. I wondered why he wouldnβt take her to see the project.
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I MOVED FROM DEBT TO STABILITY IN MY 30'S π§΅π§΅
I started working at 25 years old.
I can say I 'caught' money earlier than most men in this Nairobi. I bought my first car way ahead of my peers and I even married the first.
By 30, I had a stable job as a project manager with a mid-sized construction company somewhere in Westy, earning enough to take care of my family and live comfortably.....
For most of my life, I thought I was doing well financially.
But behind the scenes, things were not as perfect as they seemed. I had no real understanding of financial discipline, and it cost me dearly
You see that my first car, I bought it on credit, of course. I thought it was an exciting milestone. A car meant success, right?
What followed were a series of small, reckless financial choices: high-interest loans, credit cards, and lifestyle expenses I didnβt need. I convinced myself that everything would work out because I had a steady paycheck...
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A MOTHER'S JOURNEY TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM π§΅
The best investment I've ever made in my life cost me Sh 2500.
Let me tell you how it happened.
I am a single mother of two children, ages 10 and 8. I graduated and began teaching at a school in Ngara, where I met my husband, who was a senior teacher....
We got married in 2013 when I was 22. My salary was Sh 26,000 after taxes, while my husband earned Sh 32,360.
He had monthly loan repayments of Sh 11,500 for a business loan he took but the business collapsed. He also sent Sh 10,000 monthly to his previous family. He moved into my house and we started living as husband and wife........
In three years, we welcomed two children.
In 2016, I got a teaching assistant position at an international school along Thika Road. My salary was Sh 86,000 after taxes.
My husband encouraged me to take a loan to build a home on a piece of land he had inherited from his dad in Kenol, just after Thika, to eliminate our rent expenses.
How to Deal with Black Tax as a Newly Employedπ§΅π§΅
For most newly employed, the script is the same.
Your phone suddenly starts ringing 3 times a day. People suddenly want to 'check in on you.' Relatives suddenly respect you. There' s a harambee they want you to attend. There's a nephew they wish you could help with the fees, a relative who 'carried you when you were very little' who needs some 5K urgently.....
There's nothing wrong with coming through for your community. There's nothing wrong with sending the lift back down.
After all, no man is an island. We thrive in shared prosperity.
However, a line needs to be drawn soon enough before things get messy.
"You can't pour from an empty cup"
Your paycheck, especially as a newly employed should be your seed money. It should lift you up first so you can comfortably accommodate others.
Here's how you can navigate black tax as a newly employed...
I graduated in 2010 and got a job at a lucrative government parastatal. My entry-level management trainee salary was Ksh 87,000. I had a steady salary, numerous allowances, and a few side deals, money flowed, and I lived a life my friends envied. Within three years, I was promoted, doubled my salary, and my employer sponsored my masterβs degree.
I quickly settled into the fast-paced lifestyle of the city. My friends joked that I could buy a yacht, but little did they know, my financial ship was already sinking, only that I didnβt see it! I never saved or invested in any income-generating activities.
2 years later, I got promoted again and bought a German car. I got married and moved from Nyayo Estate in Embakasi to Kilimani. I enjoyed hosting my friends for endless choma and bottomless beer.