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Regional units push Equity profit to Sh52.1b as Kenyan economy slows

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From left: Equity Group Non-Executive Chairman Isaac Macharia, CEO James Mwangi, and Equity BCDC Non-Executive Chairman Meti Mabanza, during the Q3 2025 investor briefing in Nairobi, on October 30, 2025. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Kenya's largest bank by customers Equity Group has reported a 32.66 per cent surge in its third-quarter net profit, which climbed from Sh39.2 billion in the previous year to Sh52.1 billion, powered predominantly by its thriving regional subsidiaries.

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