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DRC is a cocktail of challenges and opportunities for Equity Bank

By Ronak Gadhia | 2yrs ago

DRC has become a meaningful market for Equity Bank since acquiring BCDC in 2019. In the financial results for the nine months to September 2023, the DRC subsidiary contributed about one in every Sh3 of the group's net profit.

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