The banking industry through Kenya Bankers Association(KBA) has launched the Kenya Bankers Association Institute (KBA I),a new platform established to strengthen professional development and capacity building across the banking and financial services sector .
The banking industry launched the Kenya Bankers Association Institute (KBA I), a new platform established to strengthen professional development and capacity building across the banking and financial services sector.
Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) Governor Dr. Kamau Thugge ,coincided with the signing of a collaboration agreement between KBAI and the Central Bank of Kenya Institute of Monetary Studies (CBK-IMS) to support joint training, professional certification, knowledge-sharing and research.
The partnership brings together KBA Institute’s industry expertise and CBK-IMS’s regulatory and monetary policy expertise,providing a framework for the two institutions to develop and deliver training programmes that respond to the changing skills needs of banking professionals and the wider financial sector.
Under the agreement,KBAI and CBK-IMS will jointly develop and deliver short-term, modular, industry-focused training programmes covering areas such as credit risk management, risk and compliance management, treasury management, and leadership.
The programmes will also address emerging areas including artificial intelligence and machine learning in financial services, cybersecurity and digital resilience, virtual assets and financial innovation, data protection and digital governance, climate risk and sustainable finance, and financial inclusion.
The collaboration will also support the development and implementation of certification for banking professionals in Kenya.
CBK-IMS will provide training and capacity-building programmes and bring regulatory expertise, while KBAI will lead curriculum development, examinations, participant registration, certification and professional membership.
Its work includes professional training,certification and examinations, continuing professional development,member development,and advocacy and research.
Raimond Molenje,KBA CEO
From Left: Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) CEO Raimond Molenje and Right: CBK Governor Kamau Thugge
The two institutions will also draw on their respective subject-matter experts and facilitators in delivering agreed programmes.
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Paul Arithi 
The launch,presided over by Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) Governor Dr. Kamau Thugge,coincided with the signing of a collaboration agreement between KBAI and the Central Bank of Kenya Institute of Monetary Studies (CBK-IMS) to support joint training, professional certification, knowledge-sharing and research.
