Category Archives: Sumac Blog

In the end, we shall win this war By Sumac Media TEAM The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has threatened the whole world. Started in China, the pandemic has expanded its footprint across the globe in a short period of time. This rapidly increasing outbreak has induced governments around the world to take strict preventive […]

Strategy is critical during pandemic By Sumac Media TEAM The news is dominated by details of the COVID-19 pandemic. New, conflicting information is available daily. The number of confirmed cases continues to grow, as does the number of countries affected. The impacts on human health and the ultimate scale of the crisis are still being […]

A survival plan for small businesses during Covid-19 pandemic By SUMAC Media Team There’s no doubt that small businesses will be the hardest hit from the current COVID-19 pandemic. The bigger businesses have a better chance of surviving; however, small businesses tend to live only with a few months of cash flow (at most), so […]

Sumac CEO: There’s hope long after covid-19 By SUMAC Media Team Optimism is realism. That may be a hard concept to embrace in the middle of a rapidly worsening global pandemic and a crushing economic crisis. But history shows it is the right one. In fact, without that point of view, there very likely would […]

Changes in our business hours We wish to bring to the attention of all our clients, customers and the public at large that our business hours have been reviewed indefinitely, in light of the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world. It is an unfortunate situation, but one which we have to bear with, especially in […]

Sumac Chairman: Where it all began for this amazing bank They say every institution has a history. Some have a more remarkable one than others, and that is why we sought to understand the history behind Sumac Microfinance Bank, and why it has experienced a meteoric rise in 20 years since 2001. Sumac Microfinance Bank […]

March 23, 2020, Sumac CEO’s Statement to customers on global Coronavirus pandemic The current Covid-19 Coronavirus global pandemic is ravaging economies at a degree not witnessed since WWII. Kenya is not any different, and we continue to register new cases of infections since the first reported case a few days ago. This infectious disease has […]

Sumac CEO John Njihia: Five years on, this is our story It’s been five years since Sumac Microfinance Bank appointed John Njihia the CEO of the rapidly growing bank. Sumac Media Team sat down with Mr. Njihia to find out, first hand, what has been the driving factor in the unprecedented growth of the institution […]

Vacancy Announcement Position: ICT MANAGER Date: December 27, 2019 Job Reference; ICTManager/Dec27/2019/ We wish to announce to the general public that a vacancy has fallen at Sumac Microfinance Bank in the ICT department. We wish to recruit a successful candidate to fill up the position of an ICT MANAGER. Qualified and eligible individuals interested in applying for […]