The Kenyan group KCB has started negotiations to acquire a bank in Ethiopia within the next 18 months as part of its expansion plan, following Addis Ababa’s decision announced last June to allow international lenders to operate there. With this planned acquisition, the Kenyan bank hopes to become a major player in a sector dominated…...
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