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BIEA News, Updates and Announcements
"Understanding the Shallowness and Fragility of the Banking Sector in Kenya" - A Seminar to be held at the British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi
Wednesday, 7th December 2011, 11.00am – 12.30pm
Presenter: Dr Radha Upadhyaya - Dept. of Finance and Management Studies - SOAS
Chair: Dr Ambreena Manji – British Institute in Eastern Africa
The banking system in Kenya has been characterized as shallow and fragile. This is reflected in low lending levels, high interest rate spreads, high levels of non-performing loans and several bank failures. The paper argues that the majority of studies that have attempted to explain these features use mainstream methodologies and are deficient in their explanation..
Click here to download the flyer for more details.
This seminar is FREE and open to all those interested in the topic. Kindly register by sending a mail to kerry.kyaa@biea.ac.uk .
"Diversity in Society - Theories and Practice" - A conference organised by IFRA (Kenya) and GRER-ICT (Université Paris Diderot, France)
Thursday 1st December - 2nd December 2011
It will be held at IFRA-Nairobi (Kenya).
Please register by sending an email to publications@ifra-nairobi.net.
Click here to download the programme.
FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 48th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Institute was held in the rooms of the British Academy 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH, on Thursday 24th November 2011 at 5.30 pm, to consider the Report and Accounts 2010-11 and any other business that may properly be transacted.
Members can download the Annual Report 2010-2011 which contains the President’s and Director’s Reports and the Accounts. Printed copies are available to members. Printed copies will be sent to all members in due course and were be available at the Annual General Meeting.
The minutes of the AGM are now available for download.
The meeting was followed by a lecture at 6:00PM by the BIEA director, Dr. Ambreena Manji on ' Alimentary Satire and the Politics of Corruption in Kenya'.