Investment

Want To Become A Contractor In Kenya? Current Minimum Qualification Requirements (2013)

Posted by on March 21, 2013 at 9:16 pm

In the year 2010, we did a blog post on becoming a contractor in Kenya. In that post, we had stated some requirements which have since been overtaken by events since we now have the National Construction Authority Act,2011 (No.41 of 2011) which is mandated to regulate the industry. To this effect and subject to provisions [...]

Giving Your Word And Keeping It: Role of Surety Bonds And Contractor Accountability

Posted by on September 18, 2012 at 8:12 am

Greetings, Here is a quick one on raising the standards in contractual performance using sureties. There are two main ways of increasing your level of accountability to both yourself and the people you commerce with. I have found them to be: 1. Giving your word and keeping it. This includes making promises and fulfilling them. [...]

Taxes and Real Estate in Kenya | Part 4 : Construction Costs

Posted by on July 21, 2012 at 10:36 am

We shall briefly examine the various taxes and costs involved in the actual Construction Process after the project has been designed and documented. You can read the other parts of the 6-Part Series of Posts on Taxes in Kenya by clicking the links summarized below this post. Construction Costs/Taxes These costs are incurred in the [...]

Three Real Estate Investing lessons from the Accra Mall Project, Ghana

Posted by on May 26, 2012 at 5:38 pm

Greetings! We wish to draw here a few important lessons on investing from the sale of the Accra Mall in Ghana. Two South African companies have acquired 85 per cent shares in Ghana’s largest one-stop shopping centre, the Accra Mall. 1. Location “The development of the Accra Mall and its current location was the product of [...]