TransCentury Limitedis aninfrastructurecompany whose stock is "listed on theNairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) with three divisions across 14 countries in East, Central and Southern Africa ".

TransCentury Limited
Company typePublic Company
KN:TCL
IndustryInvestments,Infrastructure
Founded1997
Headquarters
8th Floor
West End Towers
Waiyaki Way
Nairobi[1]
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Area served
Sub-Saharan Africa
Key people
Shaka Kariuki[2]
Chairman
Ng’ang’a Njiinu
CEO[3]
ProductsPrivate equity,infrastructure
RevenueDecrease:AftertaxKSh.1.983 billion/=(2014)
Total assetsKSh.19.464 billion/= (December 2014)
DivisionsPower,transport, andengineering
SubsidiariesEast African Cables
Tanelec
Kewberg
Cableries du Congo
Avery
Civicon
Websitetranscentury.co.ke

Location

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The company's headquarters are located inNairobi,Kenya, with subsidiaries in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo,Kenya,Mauritius,Tanzania,Uganda,ZambiaandSouth Africa.[4]

Overview

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TransCentury is an investment and infrastructure company that has grown from a club of 29 friends[5]worth less thanKES30 million in 1997, to a private equity firm[6]and later listing on the NSE.[7]

As at December 2014, TransCentury's total assets were valued at aboutKSh.19.464 billion/=, with shareholders' equity valued at approximately KSh.11.482 billion/=.[8]The firm acquired a controlling interest in East African Cables in 2004, Avery in 2005, 34% ofRift Valley Railwaysin 2006, Tanelec and Kewberg cables in 2007 and Civicon in 2011.

Exited investments include Chai Bora of Tanzania which was acquired in 2008 (it was later sold to Catalyst Principal Partners in 2013 for an undisclosed amount)[9][10]and a minority stake in Castle Brewery Kenya Limited (anSABMillersubsidiary) which it exited in 2002 when the brewer's parent firm pulled out of the local market[11]after a market truce withEABL.[12]TransCentury exitedRift Valley Railways(RVR) in April 2014 by selling its 34% stake in the Consortium to Citadel Capital ofEgyptfor an estimated KSh.3.216 billion/= (US$37.8 million).[13]TransCentury first invested in RVR in December 2006 by acquiring a 20% stake in the company and later increased its shareholding to 34% in May 2010.[14]

In June 2014, TransCentury announced that it was going to invest a subs tantial sum from the RVR sale in a 35-megawatts geothermal power plant consortium in Menengai.[15]

Member companies

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The companies that comprise the TransCentury Group of companies include, but are not limited, to the following, as at As of 31 December 2016.[16]

  • East African CablesNairobi,Kenya:TransCentury's first major investment. It is a cable manufacturing company that is listed on the NSE asCABL.It has subsidiaries in Kenya and Tanzania and distribution networks across theEastern Africaregion. In 2014, TransCentury owned 64.3 percent of East African Cables.[17]On 26 February 2014, TransCentury announced that it was in talks with Aureos East Africa Fund LLC to acquire all of the shares held by Aureos in East African Cables in exchange for shares of the company, by way of ashare swap.This transaction increased the group's shareholding in East African Cables to 68.38%.[18]
  • East African Cables Tanzania LimitedDar es Salaam,Tanzania.East African Cables holds 51.4% of this Tanzanian subsidiary. This gives TransCentury 35.2% controls of East African Cables Tanzania Limited.
  • Avery (East Africa) LimitedNairobi,Kenya:Avery supplies, manufactures, maintains and repairs weighing scales. TransCentury owns 94.4% of Avery.
  • CiviconMombasa,Kenya:Civicon Limited is an engineering firm. Civicon has operations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Congo DR and South Sudan. Its capabilities include oil and gas, power, industrial installations, specialised transport, roads, bridges, other civil works, and mining. In 2013, Civicon won a lucrative contract that involved building of roads, airstrips and other supporting infrastructure aroundTullow Oil's exploration blocks in northern Kenya. TransCentury owns a controlling stake in Civicon.[19]
  • KewbergJohannesburg,South Africa:Kewberg Cables & Braids Proprietary Limited is a leading manufacturer of instrumentation and control cables, mining and other specialised cables manufactured according to customer specifications.[20]TransCentury own 100% of Kewberg.
  • TanelecArusha,Tanzania:Tanelec Limited offers comprehensive repair and service onswitchgearsand transformers. The company services Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. TransCentury owns 70% of Tanelec.[21]

Ownership

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The shares of the TransCentury are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange under the symbolTCL.As of December 2014, the shareholding of TransCentury was as follows:[8]

TransCentury Stock Ownership
Rank Name of Owner Percentage Ownership
1 Standard Chartered Nominees A/C Ke15615 11.66
2 Anne Pearl Karimi Gachui 7.58
3 Michael Gitau Waweru 7.57
4 Peter Tiras Kanyago 5.59
5 Zephaniah Gitau Mbugua 4.74
6 Ephraim Kariithi Njogu 4.47
7 Others 58.39
Total 100.00

Governance

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TransCentury is governed by an eight-person Board of Directors withShaka Kariukias the chairman andNg’ang’a Njiinuas the CEO.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^TCL (23 March 2016)."TransCentury Limited: Contact Us".Nairobi: TransCentury Limited (TCL).Retrieved23 March2016.
  2. ^abMutegi, Mugambi (4 August 2017)."TransCentury picks Wanjuki Muchemi for directorship amid management purge".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved4 August2017.
  3. ^Ngugi, Brian (29 March 2016)."TransCentury gets six months to clear Sh40 billion bond debt".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved29 March2016.
  4. ^Okoth, Jackson (26 April 2014)."TransCentury seeks nod to sell subsidiaries".The Standard (Kenya).Nairobi.
  5. ^Kiuna, Gachao (2014)."TransCentury: A Kenyan success story".Theworldfolio.Retrieved23 March2016.
  6. ^Were, Emmanuel (5 June 2009)."Kenya's new capitalists go big on private equity".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved23 March2016.
  7. ^Mugwe, David (6 July 2011)."TransCentury to go public at the price of Sh50 a share".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved23 March2016.
  8. ^abTCL (March 2015)."TransCentury Annual Report & Financial Statement As At 31 December 2014"(PDF).Nairobi: TrasCentury Limited (TCL).Retrieved23 March2016.
  9. ^Press Release (16 January 2013)."Transcentury sells stake in tea subsidiary to private equity firm Catalyst"(PDF).Nairobi: TransCentury Limited.Retrieved23 March2016.
  10. ^Oyeniyi, Oluwaseun (21 January 2013)."Catalyst PE Acquires Tanzania's Chai Bora".Ventures Africa Magazine.Lagos.Retrieved23 March2016.
  11. ^Juma, Victor (13 November 2013)."Mbaru sells shares in TransCentury valued at Sh108m".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved23 March2016.
  12. ^Wahome, Muna (6 June 2011)."EABL to pay SABMiller Sh20bn for subsidiary".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved23 March2016.
  13. ^Musisi, Frederic (3 April 2014)."Citadel Capital gains more RVR stake".Daily Monitor.Kampala.Retrieved23 March2016.
  14. ^Monitor Reporter (26 August 2010)."Railway deal signed".Daily Monitor.Kampala.Retrieved23 March2016.
  15. ^Juma, Victor (2 June 2014)."TransCentury pays off Equity Bank With RVR Cash".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved23 March2016.
  16. ^"TCL 2016 Annual Report"(PDF).31 December 2016.Retrieved22 January2018.
  17. ^Gachiri, John (26 February 2014)."TransCentury eyes tighter East African Cables grip in share swap".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved23 March2016.
  18. ^BDAfrica Reporter (15 July 2014)."Regulator approves Aureos, TransCentury share swap".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved23 March2016.
  19. ^Gachiri, John (11 December 2013)."TransCentury's subsidiary wins new Tullow deal".Business Daily Africa.Nairobi.Retrieved23 March2016.
  20. ^KWB (23 March 2016)."Kewberg - About Us".Johannesburg: Kewberg (KWB).Retrieved23 March2016.
  21. ^TNCT (23 March 2016)."About Us: History: Tanelec Limited".Arusha: Tanelec.co.tz (TNCT).Retrieved23 March2016.
  22. ^DBK (23 March 2016)."Shareholders of Development Bank of Kenya".Nairobi:Development Bank of Kenya(DBK).Retrieved23 March2016.
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