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Equity Bank shuts down seven branches in South Sudan

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya's Equity Bank Group has closed more than half of its branches in war-ravaged South Sudan because of a mix of hyperinflation, a battered local currency and an economic slowdown, its chief executive officer said.

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