Good news, starting March 2023, you will be able to open a CBK CDS account for investing in Treasury Bills and T-bonds without physically visiting the CBK offices or any bank 🥳🥳
Kenya's Best Performing stocks in 2021 as of 29 Dec
1. Express Kenya $XPRS = 51.85%
2. Equity Group $EQTY = 47%
3. BK Group Plc $BKG = 46.53%
4. Car and General $CGEN = 34.78%
5. Kapchorua Tea $KAPC = 34.51%
6. ABSA Bank $ABSA = 28.26%
7. BOC Kenya $BOC = 22.81%
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Index funds are one of the best investment options in Kenya.
Here's how and why you should get started with investing in index funds in Kenya today👇
Here’s a tax free investment for you!
@CBKKenya
prospectus for the 14 Year Infrastructure bond, bid closure date 8th November 2022, looking to raise KES 60 billion.
Minimum investment amount is KES 100,000.
Note: You will need a CBK CDS Account to invest.
Here’s another tax free investment for you!
@CBKKenya
prospectus for the 8.5 Year Infrastructure bond, bid closure date 14th Feb 2024, looking to raise KES 70 billion.
Minimum investment amount is KES 50,000.
Note: You can invest through the CBK DhowCSD app.
Major red flags 🚩 for investments
~ guaranteed returns
~ promise of low risk with high returns
~ high pressure into making investment decision
~ use of celebrity image/endorsements’ -
@kahome_steve
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!🥳
The new Hisa App update is now available on both Google Playstore and iOS Appstore. Download our new version and access the new and improved features today!
If you bought Kapchorua Tea Kenya Plc ( $KAPC) shares on Hisa worth KES 100,000 at the beginning of 2023,
🤓your investment would be worth KES 181,000 today ( as of 4th July 2023)
which is +81% return on investment.
The CEO of Central Depository & Settlement Corporation Limited (
@cdsckenya
) congratulates Hisa on being the first player to integrate to the CDS system thereby allowing instant account opening.
Happening this Thursday at 12:30 PM Nairobi
The Portfolio Management zoom training
Register in advance 👇
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Happening today ‼️ at 12:30 PM Nairobi
The Portfolio Management Zoom webinar.
Don't miss out 😃
Register 👇
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
When one invests in high-quality dividend stocks, the buy-and-hold approach also oftentimes works out over long periods of time.
Still, there are cases when selling a dividend stock makes sense.🤔
Let's look at these certain conditions here🧵👇
Safaricom hit a 9-year low, shedding 15.87% last week to close at KES 13.25 per share.
This and much more information on our local and offshore market updates in today's podcast.
listen in 👇👇
Have you encountered this error while attempting to trade US stocks?
This issue is a result of a recent policy update from our US partners regarding residential address information 1/3
We hope you like hearing from us just as much as we enjoy hearing from you. We keenly listened to your feedback and implemented the suggested changes to better your experience.
So, here’s what’s new 👇🏽:
This week's top stock recommendations 📉 by Faida Investment Bank
1. Safaricom PLC ( $SCOM) -Long term BUY
2. NCBA Plc ( $NCBA) - Hold
3. Coop Bank ( $COOP) - Hold
Dear Investor,
This is to inform you of that US Daylight-saving time (DST) commenced yesterday, March 13 2022 and the trading hours will therefore be shifted one hour back. In East Africa, the US Market will open at 4.30pm EAT to coincide with the US DST.
Happy Trading!
We are thrilled to announce a leadership transition at Hisa!
Eric Jackson(
@Jayriq
) will be taking over as the new CEO that was previously held by Erick Asuma, effective immediately.
Erick Asuma (
@ericasuma
) has been an exceptional leader (1/2)
The Fundamentals of Personal Finance
1.Have a High Savings Rate
2Budget 🧮 and Track Your Expenses📝
3Live Within your Means
4.Stop moving the Goal Post🥅
5.Your money should work for you, not against you
6 Financial success has more to do with how you act than what you know
If you had invested KES 100,000 and distributed KES 20,000 equally among the 5 stocks (popularly known as the FAANG stocks), at the beginning of this year on the Hisa App, these would have been your returns today:,
1. META Platforms 20,000 ➡️ 34,238,
1/2
"We're looking to bring onboard the GenZ & alphas into the market..If you've a niece, kid, you'll soon be able to open an account for them on Hisa, buy them an ETF or stock & they can get that when they turn 18"
@Jayriq
thanks our partners
@CMAKenya
@NSE_PLC
@FIB_Kenya
@cdsckenya
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY!!!
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with
@FinMeUp
FinMeUp will be the educational platform for Hisa, who will be sharing lots of INVESTING EDUCATIONAL content on the app.
#FinMeUp
#FinancialFreedom
🚨🚨 Important notice.
Dear Investor,
If you own any of the shares listed below 👇
1. Bamburi Cement.
2. ABSA Bank Kenya
3. BOC Kenya
4. Centum Investments
5. Crown Paints
6. Centum Re Bond
7. EA Cables
8. Express Kenya
9. Homeboyz Entertainment
Stanbic has announced a dividend of KES 12.60 for its shareholders.
You must be a shareholder by 19th May 2023 for you to qualify for dividends.
Are you a Stanbic shareholder?
Dear investor,
We have received your feedback and here are a few changes implemented to improve your experience on Hisa App:
~ fixed some bugs
~ removed proof of address requirement
~ fixed crashes on some android devices (1/2)
Google's parent company Alphabet Inc announced on 1st Feb that it will enact a 20-for-1 stock split in an effort to make the company's shares more affordable for retail investors. What does this mean?
(A thread)
😃Did you know that you can get dividends of a company as long as you own the shares by the book closure date?
Here are some 🇰🇪 Kenyan stocks upcoming dividend 💰 dates 🗓️
Start your investment journey today on the Hisa App.
Hisa wishes you a happy Madaraka day.
We would like to inform you that :
✅ The Kenyan stock market will be closed today for this holiday.
✅ All orders placed will be executed on Friday when the market reopens.
✅ US markets will be open.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!🥳
The new Hisa App update is now available on both Google Playstore and iOS Appstore. Download our new version and access the new and improved features today!
Infrastructure Bond alert ‼️
With a minimum investment of Kes 50,000 you can take part in this tax free invest.
Yes, you've read that right, the minimum investment has been lowered to KES 50,000
Read more ⬇️👇
Shares of Safaricom Plc, Kenya's largest company by market capitalization have extended decline into Fridays early morning hours of trading as investors weigh next week's HY release versus reports surrounding it's Ethiopian subsidiary.
Get data via: Hisa App.
BIG NEWS
We are thrilled to announce that we have received approval from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to allow fractional investing in stocks. via
@BD_Africa
If you bought Umeme shares 📈 worth 100,000 on Hisa at the beginning of the year 🗓️, your investment would now be worth KES 183,290.
At the same time, you would also be expecting a total dividend 🤑 of around KES 29,918 on the 20th of July 2023.
CBK data shows FXD/2023/003 bond was oversubscribed with a market-determined rate of 14.228%.
This and much more information on our local and offshore market updates in today's podcast.
listen in 👇
Update:
The trading freeze on certain accounts caused by incomplete residential addresses has been successfully resolved.
If you are still experiencing difficulties trading US stocks, please send us a direct message or email us at hello
@hisa
.co for prompt resolution.
Did I hear a Tesla?? Or wait, is it that Apple you just crunched? 🤣.
Here's how our next update will look like.
We know importing a Tesla might be a little too expensive,so how about you start planning how to buy/own the company via the
#HisaApp
.
Important Notice: Due to a policy update from our US Stocks partner, we kindly ask all investors to update their residential address information.
Temporary trading freeze applies until the address is updated.
To do so, navigate to profile > Investment account > 1/2
Hisa's
#Hiring
!
We are looking for a talented and creative
#GraphicDesigner
to join our team. Someone with a keen eye for detail, great design skills and at least 2 years work experience, who will help lead
#Hisa
to our next stage of growth.
#IkoKaziKE
This week's top stock recommendations 📉 by Faida Investment Bank
1. Cooperative Bank ( $COOP) - Buy
2. Diamond Trust Bank ( $DTK) - Buy
3. Carbacid ( $CARB) - Hold
4. I&M Bank ( $IMH) - Hold
Did you know you can deposit funds directly to our bank to enable you to start trading?
You can do an EFT or Pesalink directly to our bank account. Once you do, please share the confirmation details with us via email at hello
@hisa
.co, and we will be able to update your wallet.
"Less than 1% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa invests in the capital markets, mainly due to lack of access, low financial literacy, lack of IPOs as well as low liquidity of the local stock exchanges."
Our co-founder,
@Jayriq
, shares on today's Sunday Nation
@NationAfrica
Dividends alert ❗🥳🥳
😃Did you know that you can get dividends of a company as long as you own the shares by the book closure date?
Here are some 🇰🇪 Kenyan stocks book closure dates today 🗓️
Buy these stocks through your Hisa App account and enjoy the dividends.🥳🥳
We are excited to bring you amazing new features on Hisa App! Introducing: 4 new order types
1. Stop loss order - allows you to set a price to sell your shares if the price hits a specific value less than their buying price to stop you from incurring massive losses on a stock