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  • How to Transfer Shares in a Company in Kenya

    How to Transfer Shares in a Company in Kenya

    When running a company, you may need to transfer shares for various reasons, such as attracting investors or rewarding employees. Understanding the process ensures compliance with Kenyan corporate laws. Step 1: Determine the Number and Type of Shares to Transfer Before transferring shares, evaluate the number and type to align…

  • What are the Types of Shares in a Company in Kenya?

    What are the Types of Shares in a Company in Kenya?

    Every company, whether big or small, needs money to grow. One of the main ways companies raise money is by selling shares to investors. Shares represent ownership in a company, and the people who buy them—called shareholders—become part-owners. In Kenya, well-known companies like Safaricom have sold shares to the public.…

  • How to transfer Shares in a Company in Kenya [2024]

    How to transfer Shares in a Company in Kenya [2024]

    When you start a business you never anticipate that you may have conflicts with co-founders or see a need to take different directions business-wise. However, this happens more often than you might think. When it does, many founders are stuck on how to go about restructuring the shareholding in their…

  • How to appoint a Director in a Company in Kenya

    By Betty Jepchumba A director is a person or a corporate entity appointed or elected to manage the daily affairs of a company. Every registered private company must have at least one director who is a natural person. On the other hand, a public company must have at least two…

  • Safaricom is “Buying” StartUps: Should You “Sell”?

    Safaricom, which is probably Kenya’s only BigTech is buying startups. Should we be worried? Should we be excited? What does that mean for your start-up and the tech space? In this brief article, I explore some of the things to consider as we think about the move. Entrepreneurs selling their startups is not…

  • How to Transfer Shares in a Company in Kenya

    How to Transfer Shares in a Company in Kenya

    If you run a company in Kenya, there may come a time when you need to transfer shares. Whether you’re bringing in an investor in exchange for funding or rewarding an employee with equity to strengthen their loyalty, understanding the process is crucial. However, share transfers involve legal and financial…

  • 5 reasons why you need to form a Company for your Business

    Recently, I had a conversation with an E-Commerce Marketplace Founder over a cup of tea. She had been running a niche marketplace for a very long time and earning profits but had never formally registered the business as a company. Despite how risky this was, she simply never considered formally…

  • What is the REAL cost of a Contract?

    If you have ever signed a contract, I am sure that you have seen a section called Dispute Resolution. Like most people, I am sure that you quickly glossed over it and moved to the signature section. But what exactly does it mean? When you are signing a contract, whichever…

  • HOW TO TRANSFER SHARES IN YOUR COMPANY

    When you are running a company you may want to transfer shares for one reason or the other. Maybe you want to add someone in your Business or give an investor some shares in exchange for capital being injected in your Business. In some cases, one shareholder may die and…