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Politicians must not be allowed to stifle innovation

Equity Bank’s planned entry into the cash-rich telecoms sector has been long in the works and a move Kenyans should toast to.

The biggest bank by customer numbers has had on its payroll a team of experts for close to 10 years looking into how best to enter a market that has seen so many firms give up their fight against the region’s most successful company – Safaricom.

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