Nairobi and Kenya have no healthy market-driven supply and demand forces because of massive corruption that unleashes thumbs on the scale. When corruption is rampant, it is hard to get money from any investments. Two Rivers has been unprofitable since inception, and the board said it may take 60 years to recover initial investments and losses. Adani, if it were to take over JKIA, may take him 30 years to breakeven, but I suspect he will do mediocre face-lifting, or build hotels, acquire land, and bail out after a few years having scammed Kenya. The only way to make money in Kenya is to steal from citizens for the most part.
Centum net losses widen to Sh4.9 billion for the year ended March 2023, majorly weighed down by the performance of its Two Rivers development project.
The NSE-listed company financials show that losses from Two Rivers Development Group stood at Sh7.1 billion.
The Two Rivers Development performance was a threefold increase from the Sh2.29 billion loss that the firm posted a year earlier.
Centum had already issued a profit warning indicating that its full-year profits for 2023 will dip by 25 per cent compared to the previous year.