Equity Bank signals plan to buy stake in local rival

Equity bank on Muindi Mbingu Street in Nairobi's CBD. Picture taken on October 10, 2021. PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG

Equity Group is ready to acquire a local rival if acquisition targets emerge, marking a shift to its previous strategy of seeking organic growth.

Equity Group chief executive Dr James Mwangi said this is part of the bank’s growth strategy in the Kenyan market, an approach that had been focused in other regions like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.

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