The following banks had the highest positive differences between operating income growth v. operating expense growth:

Standard Chartered 21% v. 6% (15)
KCB 32% v. 19% (13)
ABSA 19% v. 7% (12)
I&M 21% v. 10% (11)
HF Group 18% v. 11% (7)

Equity leads the pack in terms of operating income at Kshs. 50 billion in Q1 2024 alone (incredible).

The percentage of rural households with an improved source of drinking water has increased from 33% in KDHS 1993 to 71% in KDHS 2022.

Interesting to note the decrease during the 90s.

Many counties today have large swathes of people without at least basic drinking water service.

Dial-up internet, long phased out in most countries, requires users to link their phone line to a computer.

In Burkina Faso, this outdated method of connecting to the internet is still the fastest type of connection for more than 70 percent of firms.

Intimate partner violence rises significantly with alcohol consumption as per insights from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022.

Overall, the highest prevalence of intimate partner violence was reported in Bungoma (48%), Embu (48%) and Migori (47%).

About 58% & 49% of respondents in Nairobi & Mombasa respectively indicated that they shopped online for food &/or groceries once a week (most shop once or twice)

76.2% of users of online food & grocery platforms are between the ages of 21 & 35 years.

Research by the Competition Authority of Kenya.

Among listed banks in Kenya, NCBA & Standard Chartered's loan loss provisions dropped the most in Q1 2024, by a whopping 31%.

Interesting to note that the most efficient bank by CTI, ABSA, has the the highest LLPs as a proportion of total operating expenses.

On the other hand, the 3rd most efficient bank by CTI, Standard Chartered, has the lowest LLPs as a proportion of total operating expenses.