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Nairobi bourse expects to list two new REITs next year

Nairobi Securities Exchange expects to list two new real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the first quarter of 2016 after the first was launched last week, the chief executive of Kenya’s bourse said on Friday.

Geoffrey Odundo told Reuters that the listing of Kenya’s first REIT on November 27 would encourage others to follow, offering retail investors a new vehicle on the bourse to invest in East African nation’s booming property sector. “We are certain there will be an increased level of interest (in REITs),” Odundo said.

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