public company kn tcl industry investments infrastructure founded 1997 headquarters west end towers 8th floor waiyaki way nairobi 1 kenya area served sub saharan africa key people zephaniah mbugua chairman ng ang a njiinu ceo 2 products private equity infrastructure revenue aftertax kes 1.983 billion 2014 total assets kes 19.464 billion december 2014 divisions power transport and engineering website homepage transcentury limited is an infrastructure company whose stock is listed on the nairobi securities exchange nse with three divisions across 14 countries in east central and southern africa . contents 1 location 2 overview 3 member companies 4 ownership 5 governance 6 see also 7 references 8 external links location edit the company s headquarters are located in nairobi kenya with subsidiaries in the democratic republic of the congo kenya mauritius tanzania uganda zambia and south africa . 3 overview edit transcentury is an investment and infrastructure company that has grown from a club of 29 friends 4 worth less than kes 30 million in 1997 to a private equity firm 5 and later listing on the nse . 6 as at december 2014 transcentury s total assets were valued at about kes 19.464 billion with shareholders equity valued at approximately kes 11.482 billion . 7 the firm acquired a controlling interest in east african cables in 2004 avery in 2005 34 % of rift valley railways in 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 8 9 and a minority stake in castle brewery kenya limited an sabmiller subsidiary which it exited in 2002 when the brewer s parent firm pulled out of the local market 10 after a market truce with eabl . 11 transcentury exited rift valley railways rvr in april 2014 by selling its 34 % stake in the consortium to citadel capital of egypt for an estimated us 37.8 million kes 3.216 billon . 12 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 . 13 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 . 14 member companies edit the companies that comprise the transcentury group of companies include but are not limited to the following as at december 2014 . 7 east african cables nairobi kenya transcentury s first major investment . it is a cable manufacturing company that is listed on the nse as cabl . it has subsidiaries in kenya and tanzania and distribution networks across the eastern africa region . in 2014 transcentury owned 64.3 percent of east african cables . 15 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 a share swap . this transaction increased the group s shareholding in east african cables to 68.38 % . 16 avery east africa limited nairobi kenya avery supplies manufactures maintains and repairs weighing scales . transcentury owns 94.4 % of avery . civicon mombasa 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 around tullow oil s exploration blocks in northern kenya . transcentury owns a controlling stake in civicon . 17 kewberg johannesburg 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 . 18 tanelec arusha tanzania tanelec limited offers comprehensive repair and service on switchgears and transformers . the company services tanzania kenya uganda and zambia . transcentury owns 70 % of tanelec . 19 cableries du congo kinshasa dr congo a cable manufacturing and distribution company . transcentury owns 100 % of cableries du congo . development bank of kenya nairobi kenya a commercial bank in kenya whose primary focus is to promote and develop commercially viable projects in kenya . transcentury owns 10.70 % of development bank of kenya with the balance held by icdc . 20 ownership edit the shares of the transcentury are listed on the nairobi securities exchange under the symbol tcl . as of december 2014 the shareholding of transcentury was as follows 7 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 edit transcentury is governed by an eight person board of directors with zephania mbugua as the chairman and ng ang a njiinu as the acting ceo . 21 see also edit nairobi securities exchange rift valley railways list of conglomerates in africa references edit tcl 23 march 2016 . transcentury limited contact us . nairobi transcentury limited tcl . retrieved 23 march 2016 . ngugi brian 29 march 2016 . transcentury gets six months to clear sh40 billion bond debt . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 29 march 2016 . okoth jackson 26 april 2014 . transcentury seeks nod to sell subsidiaries . the standard kenya . nairobi . kiuna gachao 2014 . transcentury a kenyan success story . theworldfolio.com . retrieved 23 march 2016 . were emmanuel 5 june 2009 . kenya s new capitalists go big on private equity . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 23 march 2016 . mugwe david 6 july 2011 . transcentury to go public at the price of sh50 a share . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 23 march 2016 . a b c tcl march 2015 . transcentury annual report & financial statement as at 31 december 2014 pdf . nairobi trascentury limited tcl . retrieved 23 march 2016 . press release 16 january 2013 . transcentury sells stake in tea subsidiary to private equity firm catalyst pdf . nairobi transcentury limited . retrieved 23 march 2016 . oyeniyi oluwaseun 21 january 2013 . catalyst pe acquires tanzania s chai bora . ventures africa magazine . lagos . retrieved 23 march 2016 . juma victor 13 november 2013 . mbaru sells shares in transcentury valued at sh108m . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 23 march 2016 . wahome muna 6 june 2011 . eabl to pay sabmiller sh20bn for subsidiary . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 23 march 2016 . musisi frederic 3 april 2014 . citadel capital gains more rvr stake . daily monitor . kampala . retrieved 23 march 2016 . monitor reporter 26 august 2010 . railway deal signed . daily monitor . kampala . retrieved 23 march 2016 . juma victor 2 june 2014 . transcentury pays off equity bank with rvr cash . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 23 march 2016 . gachiri john 26 february 2014 . transcentury eyes tighter east african cables grip in share swap . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 23 march 2016 . bdafrica.com reporter 15 july 2014 . regulator approves aureos transcentury share swap . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 23 march 2016 . gachiri john 11 december 2013 . transcentury s subsidiary wins new tullow deal . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 23 march 2016 . kwb 23 march 2016 . kewberg about us . johannesburg kewberg.com kwb . retrieved 23 march 2016 . tnct 23 march 2016 . about us history tanelec limited . arusha tanelec.co.tz tnct . retrieved 23 march 2016 . dbk 23 march 2016 . shareholders of development bank of kenya . nairobi development bank of kenya dbk . retrieved 23 march 2016 . juma victor 15 january 2016 . transcentury ceo gachao kiuna resigns . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 23 march 2016 . external links edit who owns kenya citadel capital catalyst principal partners retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title transcentury limited & oldid 732997161 categories companies of kenyacompanies listed on the nairobi stock exchange1997 establishments in kenyacompanies established in 1997companies based in nairobinairobiconglomerate companies of kenyahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload 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