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Edit request – FY2025 financial and leadership updates

Disclosure: I am a paid editor. I work for Bean Interactive, a digital marketing agency engaged by Equity Group Holdings to propose factual updates to this article. Full disclosure is posted on my user page per Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

All proposed changes below are sourced from the Equity Group Holdings FY2025 Investor Booklet (March 2026) and the Equity Group Holdings leadership page, unless otherwise noted.

Extended content

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Overview section

Current text:

As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion (US$10.1 billion). The group also had over 14 million customers in six African Great Lakes countries, with KSh790.6 billion (US$7.61 billion) in deposits.

Proposed text:

As of December 2025, it had assets exceeding KSh1.97 trillion (US$15.2 billion). The group also has over 22.4 million customers in seven African Great Lakes countries, with KSh1.45 trillion (US$11.2 billion) in deposits.

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Current text:

As of the financial year ending 2020, EGHL reported an asset base worth Ksh1.015 trillion ($9.244 billion). The total group of customers was 14.3 million, with Ksh740.8 billion ($6.74 billion) in deposits.

Proposed text:

As of the financial year ending December 2025, EGHL reported an asset base worth Ksh1.97 trillion (US$15.2 billion). The total group of customers was 22.4 million, with Ksh1.45 trillion (US$11.2 billion) in deposits.

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Current text:

In 2019, over 97% of EGHL transactions were done outside branches; with 79% via money and 11% via agency. In July 2020, the Euromoney Awards for Excellence voted EGHL as the Best Bank in Africa and for the second time in a row, the Best Digital Bank in Africa.

Proposed text:

In 2025, over 98% of EGHL transactions were done outside branches; with 88.4% via digital channels and 6.1% via agency.

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Current text:

In 2021, 98% of the Groups transactions by count were done via its digital platforms which represented 65% of total value of transactions conducted by the group's customers. As of June 2021, EGHL total assets were valued at KSh1.12 trillion (US$10.12 billion), with shareholders' funds valued at US$1,096,000,000 (KSh121,279,000,000). At that time the bank group had over 15 million customers...

Proposed text:

In 2025, 88.4% of the Group's transactions by count were done via its digital platforms, which represented over 57% of the total value of transactions conducted by the group's customers. As of December 2025, EGHL total assets were valued at KSh1.97 trillion (US$15.2 billion), with shareholders' funds valued at KSh1.80 trillion (US$13.9 billion).

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History section

Current text:

In August 2021, data from EGHL reported that in six months ending June, Equity BCDC made a Ksh700 million ($6.37 million) profit before taxation making it the most profitable subsidiary of the group.

Proposed text:

In November 2023, data from EGHL reported that in nine months ending September, Equity BCDC made a Ksh11.4 billion ($74 million) profit before taxation making it the most profitable subsidiary of the group.

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Ownership section

Current text:

As of December 2016, shareholding in the group's stock was as depicted in the table below:

As of 31 December 2020, shareholding in the group's stock was as depicted in the table below;

Proposed text (replace both lines with one):

As of March 2023, shareholding in the group's stock was as depicted in the table below;

Also update the table: Change Arise BV shareholding from 11.99% to 12.76%.

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Board of Directors section

Current text:

The following are the board members of Equity Group Holdings Limited, as of July 2021.

# Isaac Macharia, Chairman

# James Mwangi, CBS, Group Managing Director & CEO

# Mary Wamae - Executive Director

# Dr. Edward Odundo - Non-executive Director

# Evelyn Rutagwenda - Non-executive Director

# Vijay Gidoomal - Non-executive Director

# Dr. Helen Gichohi - Non-executive Director

# Jonas Mushosho - Non-executive Director

# Lydia Ndirangu - Group company Secretary

Proposed text:

The following are the board members of Equity Group Holdings Limited, as of December 2025.

# Prof. Isaac Macharia, Non-Executive Chairman

# Dr. James Mwangi, CBS, Group Managing Director & CEO

# Dr. Nick O'Donohoe - Non-Executive Director

# Dr. Evans Baiya - Non-Executive Director

# Mr. Biraro Obadiah – Non-Executive Director

# Jonas Mushosho - Non-Executive Director

# Samuel Mwale - Non-Executive Director

# Ms. Farida Khambata - Non-Executive Director

# Dr. Lakshmi Shyam-Sunder – Non-Executive Director

# Dr. Lydia Ndirangu – Group Company Secretary & Head of Tax

References

MtKenyaReader (talk) 10:44, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Question: Wondering if you have any other sources besides these? Ideally we'd have reliable secondary sources Likeanechointheforest (talk) 18:59, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing this request. Yes, we can provide additional

secondary sources. Here are independent third-party sources that

corroborate the proposed figures:

For financial figures (assets, deposits, customers, shareholders' funds):

• The Trading Room (independent Kenyan financial news outlet), March 2026:

"Equity Group Holdings Achieves Historic Performance in FY 2025"

This article independently confirms total assets of KES 1.97 trillion,

customer deposits of KES 1.46 trillion, and shareholders' funds of

KES 309.5 billion as at FY2025.

For shareholding / ownership table:

• MarketScreener (international financial data platform):

Equity Group Holdings – Shareholders

This independently lists current major shareholders including Arise BV

at 12.76%.

For Board of Directors:

• Equity Group Holdings official leadership page:

equitygroupholdings.com/about-equity

For BCDC profit (History section):

• Standard Media (already cited as source 5 in the request):

Standard Media

We are happy to provide any additional sources if needed. MtKenyaReader (talk) 06:01, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Likeanechointheforest, I just wanted to follow up politely on our response from 11 April 2026, where we provided additional independent sources including The Trading Room, MarketScreener and Standard Media to support the proposed changes. Please let us know if you need any further information or clarification. Thank you for your time. ~~~~ MtKenyaReader (talk) 12:26, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Reply 8-JUN-2026

  Edit request declined  

• One of the provided references is a 112-page PDF in which none of the page numbers have been appended to the request.
  
• The request to list various board members/employees is declined, per WP:NOTDIRECTORY-#6.

Regards,  Spintendo  10:39, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback. We have addressed both issues below.

Regarding the Board of Directors section, we accept the decline

per WP:NOTDIRECTORY and will not resubmit that section.

Regarding the investor booklet citations, we have identified the

specific page numbers for each claim:

Overview section figures (sourced from the FY2025 Investor

Booklet):Overview section figures (sourced from the FY2025 Investor

• Total assets KSh1.97 trillion – Page 12 (Press Release) and

Page 76 (Balance Sheet)

• Customer deposits KSh1.46 trillion – Page 12 and Page 76
• 22.4 million customer accounts – Page 12 and Page 23
• 98.2% outside branch, 88.4% via digital channels –

Page 12 and Page 61

• Shareholders' funds KSh326.1 billion – Page 76

History section (BCDC profit):

• Equity BCDC profit figures – Page 13 (Press Release)

This claim is also supported by an independent source:

Standard Media

Ownership section (shareholding table):

• March 2023 shareholding data – Page 43

This claim is also supported by an independent source:

MarketScreener

We have also noted a correction to our earlier submission:

shareholders' funds should read KSh326.1 billion (not KSh1.80

trillion as previously stated). We apologise for this error.

We would be grateful if you could reconsider the remaining

sections of the request. Thank you for your patience. MtKenyaReader (talk) 12:52, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Correction to my previous reply: The heading "Overview section

figures" appeared twice due to a formatting error. Please disregard

the duplicate line. All other information in the previous reply

remains correct. ~~~~ MtKenyaReader (talk) 12:57, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Edit request – Q1 2026 financial and operational updates

Disclosure: I am a paid editor. I work for Bean Interactive, a digital marketing agency engaged by Equity Group Holdings to propose factual updates to this article. Full disclosure is posted on my user page per Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

This is a supplementary request to update figures to Q1 2026 results, separate from our pending FY2025 request. All figures are sourced from independent third-party publications.

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Overview section

Current text:

As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

(US$10.1 billion). The group also had over 14 million customers in six African Great Lakes countries, with KSh790.6 billion (US$7.61 billion) in deposits.As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

Proposed text:

As of March 2026, it had assets exceeding KSh2.04 trillion

(US$15.7 billion). The group also has over 22.7 million customers in seven African Great Lakes countries, with KSh1.48 trillion (US$11.4 billion) in deposits.As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

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Current text:

As of the financial year ending 2020, EGHL reported an asset

base worth Ksh1.015 trillion ($9.244 billion). The total group of customers was 14.3 million, with Ksh740.8 billion ($6.74 billion) in deposits.As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

Proposed text:

As of the first quarter ending March 2026, EGHL reported an

asset base worth KSh2.04 trillion (US$15.7 billion). The total group of customers was 22.7 million, with KSh1.48 trillion (US$11.4 billion) in deposits.As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

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Current text:

In 2021, 98% of the Groups transactions by count were done via

its digital platforms which represented 65% of total value of transactions conducted by the group's customers.As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

Proposed text:

In Q1 2026, 98.3% of the Group's transactions by count were

done via its digital platforms, which represented 89.5% of the total value of transactions conducted by the group's customers.As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

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New content – Equity Life Assurance Kenya (ELAK)

Proposed addition (new paragraph in Overview section):

Equity Group's insurance subsidiary, Equity Life Assurance

(Kenya) Limited (ELAK), was operationalised in March 2022. As of March 2026, ELAK had risen to 4th position in the industry in Gross Written Premiums with a 9% market share, and 2nd position in Group Credit Business with an 18% market share. As of March 2026, 21.3 million policies had been issued with 7.1 million unique customers, with over 79% of policies issued digitally. In 2025, ELAK was recognised as the Insurer of the Year at the Think Business Insurance Awards.As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

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New content – Equity Afia

Proposed addition (new paragraph in Overview section):

Equity Afia, a healthcare initiative under Equity Group

Foundation, was launched in 2015 using a franchising model to fund and support medical entrepreneurs who are alumni of the Equity Leaders Program. As of June 2025, Equity Afia had 154 clinics in Kenya with 4.9 million cumulative patient visits.As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

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History section – Cogebanque merger

Proposed addition (after the existing BCDC paragraph):

On 14 June 2023, Equity Group Holdings publicly disclosed its

entry into a binding term sheet for the acquisition of 91.93% of Cogebanque's issued shares from the Government of Rwanda and other sellers. On 3 January 2024, Equity Group Holdings announced the completion of the merger of Cogebanque and Equity Bank Rwanda, following the receipt of all corporate and regulatory approvals.As of August 2021, it had assets exceeding KSh 1.119 Trillion

MtKenyaReader (talk) 07:48, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

MtKenyaReader (talk) 07:48, 10 June 2026 (UTC)