List of companies of Kenya
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Agricultural sector
| Symbol | Listing | Notes | |
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| -- | Kakuzi Limited Kakuzi Limited Kakuzi Limited is a Kenyan agricultural cultivation and manufacture company. Its products include tea, avocados , pineapples , and livestock. The company also carries out forestry operations. Its subsidiaries include Estates Services Limited, Siret Tea Company Limited, and Kaguru Limited... |
Coffee Coffee Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,... , tea Tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world... , passionfruit, avocados, citrus Citrus Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China... , pineapple Pineapple Pineapple is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeliaceae... , others |
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| RVP | Rea Vipingo Sisal Estate Rea Vipingo Rea Vipingo is a company that operates sisal plantations in Kenya and Tanzania. The company's headquarters are located in Nairobi. Its stock is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.-External links:***... |
Sisal | |
| STC | Sasini Tea and Coffee | tea Tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world... , coffee Coffee Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,... |
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| -- | Unilever Tea | -- |
Commercial and Services
| Symbol | Listing | Notes |
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| -- | AccessKenya Group AccessKenya Group AccessKenya is an Internet Service Provider located in Kenya. It was founded in 1995 by brothers David and Jonathan Somen to provide Information and Communications Technology for corporate clients within Kenya, under the name "Communications Solutions Limited"... |
internet service provider Internet service provider An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers... |
| -- | Car and General | -- |
| CMC | CMC Holdings | Cooper Motor Corporation; automobile distribution |
| HBL | Hutchings Biemer Limited | furniture Furniture Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things... |
| KAL | Kenya Airways Kenya Airways Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier and largest airline of Kenya. The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways. The carrier's head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International... |
Kenya's flagship airline; crosslisted at Uganda Securities Exchange Uganda Securities Exchange The Uganda Securities Exchange is the principal stock exchange of Uganda. It was founded in June 1997. The USE is operated under the jurisdiction of Uganda's Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's central bank.The exchange's doors opened to trading in... and Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange |
| -- | Marshalls EA | vehicles |
| NMG | Nation Media Group Nation Media Group Nation Media Group is a Kenyan media group listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. NMG was founded by Aga Khan IV in 1959 and is the largest private media house in East and Central Africa with offices in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania... |
newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television stations |
| -- | Safaricom Safaricom Safaricom, Ltd is a leading mobile network operator in Kenya. It was formed in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya. In May 2000, Vodafone group Plc of the United Kingdom, the world's largest telecommunication company, acquired a 40% stake and management responsibility for the... |
Mobile telephony Mobile telephony Mobile telephony is the provision of telephone services to phones which may move around freely rather than stay fixed in one location. Mobile phones connect to a terrestrial cellular network of base stations , whereas satellite phones connect to orbiting satellites... |
| -- | Scangroup Kenya | advertising and marketing Advertising Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common... |
| -- | Standard Group Ltd. | newspaper publisher |
| TPS | TPS Serena | Tourism Promotion Services; hotels & resorts |
| USL | Uchumi Supermarkets | -- |
Industrial and allied
| Symbol | Listing | Notes |
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| ARM | Athi River Mining Athi River Mining Athi River Mining, or ARM is a mining and manufacturing company in Kenya. The company is headquartered in Nairobi and its stock is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. ARM was founded in 1974 by Mr. H.J... |
cement Cement In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed... , fertilizers, minerals; mining Mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock... and manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale... |
| BCC | Bamburi Cement Bamburi Cement Bamburi Cement is one of sub-saharan Africa's largest cement producers founded by Felix Mandl. The company is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and its name is abbreviated to BCC.... |
cement |
| BOC | BOC Kenya | East African Oxygen |
| BAT | British American Tobacco Limited British American Tobacco British American Tobacco p.l.c. is a global tobacco company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s second largest quoted tobacco company by global market share , with a leading position in more than 50 countries and a presence in more than 180 countries... |
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| -- | British Oxygen Kenya | oxygen Oxygen Oxygen is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. Its name derives from the Greek roots ὀξύς and -γενής , because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition... |
| CIL | Carbacid Investments Carbacid Investments Carbacid Investments is a carbon dioxide company in Kenya. It is based in Nairobi and it is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.-Operations:... |
carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom... |
| CBL | Crown-Berger (Kenya) | paints |
| ECL | EA Cables | cable manufacture Cable A cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry... |
| EPC | EA Portland Cement | portland cement Portland cement Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world because it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco and most non-specialty grout... |
| -- | East African Breweries East African Breweries East African Breweries Limited is a large East African brewing company which owns 80% of Kenya Breweries, 98.2% of Uganda Breweries, 100% of Central Glass - a glass manufacturer, 100% of Kenya Maltings and 46% of United Distillers and Vintners Limited, 100% of Universal Distilers Uganda, 100% EABL... |
beer Beer Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat... ; crosslisted at Uganda Securities Exchange Uganda Securities Exchange The Uganda Securities Exchange is the principal stock exchange of Uganda. It was founded in June 1997. The USE is operated under the jurisdiction of Uganda's Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's central bank.The exchange's doors opened to trading in... and Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange |
| -- | Eveready East Africa Eveready East Africa Eveready East Africa is an affiliate of the American Eveready Battery Company. Founded in 1967 and based in Nakuru, it is one of Africa's largest battery manufacturers and is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.-External links:* *... |
batteries Battery (electricity) An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power... , disposable shavers |
| -- | Kengen | electricity generation |
| KOC | Kenya Oil | petroleum |
| MSC | Mumias Sugar Mumias Sugar Mumias Sugar is a sugar company in Kenya. It has headquarters in Nairobi and operations in Mumias. Its name is abbreviated to MSC. Mumias is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.... |
sugar estates and manufacture |
| -- | Olympia Capital Holdings Olympia Capital Holdings Olympia Capital Holdings Limited is a Holding company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The company was originally established in Kenya as Dunlop Kenya Limited, a branch of Dunlop United Kingdom; in 2004 the company group was established as Olympia Capital Holdings Limited... |
vinyl floor tiles; vinyl sheeting Vinyl A vinyl compound is any organic compound that contains a vinyl group ,which are derivatives of ethene, CH2=CH2, with one hydrogen atom replaced with some other group... ; rubber tiles; building materials |
| -- | Sameer Group Sameer Group The Sameer Group of Companies, commonly referred to as the Sameer Group, is a large conglomerate, based in Kenya, with operations and subsidiaries in neighboring African countries. The group is involved in a multiple sectors, including: agriculture, manufacturing, distribution, high-tech,... |
High tech, agribusiness, manufacturing, transport |
| TKL | Total Kenya | petroleum |
| UGL | Unga Group Unga Group Unga Group is a flour milling company in Kenya. Unga is headquartered in Nairobi with flour mills in Eldoret, Nakuru and Mombassa and is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The company was founded in the early 1900s. Its name is abbreviated to UGL.-External links:**... |
flour milling Flour Flour is a powder which is made by grinding cereal grains, other seeds or roots . It is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many cultures, making the availability of adequate supplies of flour a major economic and political issue at various times throughout history... |
Finance and Investment
| Symbol | Listing | Notes |
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| BAR | Barclays Bank of Kenya | -- |
| -- | Centum Investment Company | -- |
| CFC | CFC Stanbic Bank Stanbic Bank Stanbic Bank is a division of Standard Bank, a member of the Standard Bank Group, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.-Overview:Standard Bank trades under the name Stanbic Bank in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and... |
banking, investments |
| DTB | Diamond Trust Bank of Kenya | banking, investments |
| EBL | Equity Bank Group Equity Bank Group Equity Bank Group, is a financial services organization in East Africa. The Group's headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan... |
crosslisted at the Uganda Securities Exchange Uganda Securities Exchange The Uganda Securities Exchange is the principal stock exchange of Uganda. It was founded in June 1997. The USE is operated under the jurisdiction of Uganda's Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's central bank.The exchange's doors opened to trading in... |
| HFC | Housing Finance Company | mortgage financing |
| JIC | Jubilee Insurance Jubilee Insurance Jubilee Insurance Company Limited , commonly referred to as Jubilee Insurance, is a leading insurance company in East Africa. The company maintains its headquarters in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, with subsidiaries in Burundi, Mauritius, Tanzania, and Uganda... |
crosslisted at the Uganda Securities Exchange Uganda Securities Exchange The Uganda Securities Exchange is the principal stock exchange of Uganda. It was founded in June 1997. The USE is operated under the jurisdiction of Uganda's Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's central bank.The exchange's doors opened to trading in... |
| KCB | Kenya Commercial Bank Group Kenya Commercial Bank Group Kenya Commercial Bank Group, also known as KCB Group, is a financial services organization in East Africa. The Group's headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.-Overview:... |
banking & investments. Crosslisted on the Uganda Securities Exchange Uganda Securities Exchange The Uganda Securities Exchange is the principal stock exchange of Uganda. It was founded in June 1997. The USE is operated under the jurisdiction of Uganda's Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's central bank.The exchange's doors opened to trading in... , the Dar-es-Salaam Stock Exchange Dar-es-Salaam Stock Exchange The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. It was incorporated in September 1996 and trading started in April 1998; it is a member of the African Stock Exchanges Association. The exchange is open five days a week, from Monday through... and the Rwanda Over The Counter Exchange Rwanda Over The Counter Exchange The Rwanda Over The Counter Market , was a stock market in Rwanda. It was founded on January 31, 2008 and operated out of the Rwandan capital of Kigali. The market was run by the Rwandan government, with ambitions to become independent... |
| -- | Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation | reinsurance Reinsurance Reinsurance is insurance that is purchased by an insurance company from another insurance company as a means of risk management... |
| NBK | National Bank of Kenya | -- |
| NIC | National Industrial Credit Bank | -- |
| PAI | Pan Africa Insurance | -- |
| SCB | Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered PLC is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom with operations in more than seventy countries... |
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| GIL | Garun Investment Limited | Garun Real Estate Investment Limited & Garun Construction Limited & Garun Property and Management Limited. Has been primarily concerned in acquiring valuable lands for potential redevelopment for the best Commercial, and high quality affordable residential housing and apartment units, Construction, design and Property Letting and Management Services, Property Sales, Property Advertisement. |
Alternative investment markets segment
(AIMS)| Symbol | Listing | Notes |
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| ABC | A Baumann | machinery |
| CTL | Citytrust Ltd | financial services Financial services Financial services refer to services provided by the finance industry. The finance industry encompasses a broad range of organizations that deal with the management of money. Among these organizations are credit unions, banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, consumer finance companies,... |
| EAL | Eaagads | Coffee |
| EXP | Express Kenya Express Kenya Express Kenya is a logistics company of Kenya, providing air freight, sea freight, trucking, warehousing and moving services. Express Kenya's stock is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange; head offices and facilities are located in Nairobi and sea terminal facilities are located in... |
logistics Logistics Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and... |
| KTC | Kapchorua Tea | -- |
| -- | Kenya Orchards | fruit, preserves, juice Fruit In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,... |
| LTC | Limuru Tea | -- |
| GWK | Williamson Tea Kenya | -- |
External links
- Nairobi Stock Exchange website
- Capital Markets Authority, Kenya - state corporation regulating capital markets in Kenya, including the Nairobi Stock Exchange
- KenInvest - state corporation, investment trade association
- A history and description of the Nairobi Stock Exchange from MBendi
- African Stock Exchanges Association