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Equity banks IFC award over financing women
Equity Bank Kenya associate director of business banking Jeremy Kamau receives the platinum award for Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs from National Bank of Cambodia Governor Chea Chatwo. Looking on are IFC’s SME Finance Forum CEO Matthew Gamser (right) and Equity Group Foundation associate director of energy and environment Eric Naivasha. PHOTO | POOL
Equity Group has won a platinum award for Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs as vetted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global SME Finance Awards.
In the awards ceremony organised by IFC and held in Cambodia, the judging panel highlighted Equity’s business finance growth and noted it was higher than average for women-led small firms while risk metrics were about half the average.