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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88375, member: 27"] Equity Group just printed KSh75.5 billion in profit after tax for FY2025, a 55% jump that apparently set a Kenyan corporate record. Headline financial numbers [LIST] [*]Equity Group Holdings posted record-breaking FY2025 earnings. [*]Profit after tax leapt 55% to KSh75.5 billion. [*]Total income climbed 12% to KSh217.7 billion. [*]Their balance sheet swelled 9% to KSh1.97 trillion. [/LIST] Efficiency and digital dominance [LIST] [*]Cost-to-income ratio dropped from 58.2% to 51.0%. [*]Over 98% of transactions happened outside physical branches. [*]Digital channels handled 88.4% of all customer activity. [*]Loan loss provisions fell 28% year over year. [/LIST] Regional subsidiaries pulling serious weight [LIST] [*]DRC profit after tax surged 58% to KSh24.7 billion. [*]Uganda's earnings exploded 500% to KSh3.6 billion. [*]Rwanda posted KSh5.4 billion with a 22% loan-book bump. [*]Tanzania profits grew 125% to KSh2.7 billion. [/LIST] Equity Bank Kenya's standalone performance [LIST] [*]EBKL profits jumped 63% to KSh39.2 billion. [*]Net interest income rose 28% while interest costs dropped. [*]Return on equity strengthened from 20.2% to 26.8%. [*]EBKL handles 45% of all Kenyan bank SME lending. [/LIST] Insurance arm expansion [LIST] [*]Gross written premiums shot up 75% to KSh9.17 billion. [*]Equity Life Assurance serves 6.9 million unique customers. [*]General insurance pulled KSh1.79 billion in its debut year. [*]Health insurance netted KSh40 million profit in four months. [/LIST] Dividends and shareholder returns [LIST] [*]Directors recommended KSh5.75 per share in dividends. [*]That payout totals KSh21.7 billion for shareholders. [*]Dividend growth hit 35.3% compared to last year. [/LIST] Foundation and social impact highlights [LIST] [*]EGF supports 1,115 scholars with global university funding. [*]Nearly one million entrepreneurs got trained through EGF. [*]Over 44.6 million trees were planted across the continent. [*]600,000 youth received AI and data analytics training. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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