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Absa Bank’s half-year profit dips on bad loans provision

Absa Bank branch on Mama Ngina street, Nairobi. [File]

Absa Bank’s net profit dropped by almost 90 per cent in the first six months of the year, largely due to a Sh5.4 billion provision for loan defaults by borrowers distressed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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