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Our Business :
 

Centum has three business segments: private equity, quoted private equity and real estate. Centum’sprivate equity business makes both control and non-control investments in private companies and manages a portfolio of private investment holdings. The quoted private equity business of Centum is involved in making and managing a portfolio of publicly traded equity securities. The real estate business focuses on making and managing a portfolio of real estate and infrastructure assets.

Centum primarily invests its shareholder funds and has over the years generated market beating returns.

The table below illustrates Centum’s book value performance compared to the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) index since 2005.

 

Annual Percentage Change

 

Year

Per Share Book Value of Centum with dividend included

NSE Index with Dividends included

Relative Performance

2009

-22%

-40%

18%

2008

0%

-5%

5%

2007

39%

21%

18%

2006

37%

8%

29%

2005

62%

49%

13%