Banks shift head offices outside town to trim uneconomical space

Ecobank Tower in Nairobi on 8th September 2016. PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI

Banks are relocating their headquarters out of town as growth of mobile banking means customers no longer need to walk into the branches.

Ecobank, Kenya Commercial Bank and Jamii Bora are at different levels of evacuating their core staffers from Nairobi's Central Business District to the Upper Hill area that also affords them easier access to corporate clients.