Zimbabwean Heads Africa List Of Women To Watch In Banking And Finance

Zimbabwean Heads Africa List Of Women To Watch In Banking And Finance

Marjorie Mayida WOMEN to Watch in Banking and Finance program has announced the list of Top 10 women shaping Africa’s financial services sector. The list was compiled following a 3 month entry period which saw professionals from Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe submit applications. Kenyan WallStreet and Kaleidoscope […]

FEATURED: Equity Bank Rwanda IT system gets international certification

FEATURED: Equity Bank Rwanda IT system gets international certification

Equity Bank Rwanda PLC has received an International Standards Certification – ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 on IT Service Security Management Systems from the British Standards Institution (BSI). The certification cements the Bank’s commitment to prioritising customer safety and satisfaction, according to the lender. ISO 20000 is proof that the Bank’s service management system is robust enough in […]

Kenya’s Equity Group says 9-month pretax profit up, loan loss provisions fall

Kenya’s Equity Group says 9-month pretax profit up, loan loss provisions fall

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Equity Group Holdings said on Monday its nine-month pretax profit rose 85% to 36.6 billion shillings ($328.25 million), helped by rising interest income and falling provisions for bad loans. Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi told an investor briefing the lender’s net loans increased 23% to 559 billion shillings, while net interest […]