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Equity Group profits increases by 64% to US$80.6M

Equity group holdings total income grew by 29 percent to US$236.3M in the same period.

The Exchange by The Exchange
June 9, 2021
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Equity Group Holdings has recorded profits of US$80.6M after-tax in its first quarter of 2021 amidst the impacts of the pandemic on economies.

In its latest financial report, for the first quarter that ended on March 31, 2021, Equity group profits increased by 64 percent after-tax to US$80.6M compared to US$49.1M recorded in 2020, which shows recovery in the financial sector.

Equity group holdings total income grew by 29 percent to US$236.3M in the same period while staff costs, loss loan provisions and other operating expenses increased to US$127.9M from US$117.7M. During the same period, non-performing loan book grew by 11.3 percent compared to 14.6 percent which is the industry average.

The group’s interest income grew by 32 percent while non-funded income grew by 30 percent to contribute 42 percent of the total income.

While releasing the report, the Equity Group CEO James Mwangi said that the group’s strategy which entails purpose-first, inclusivity, affordability, agility, reach and equality helped in resilience and sustainability.

He also added that for the group to remain resilient amidst the pandemic, it has adopted a two-pronged strategy of being offensive and defensive.

“We strengthened our capital buffers by retaining profits and withholding dividend payouts, took long-term loan facilities that strengthened our liquidity buffers, supported host communities and our clients to mitigate the impact of the crisis on them by waiving fees and rescheduling their loans to match loan repayments to new cash flow patterns,” he said.

“Internally, we focused on risk mitigation and management in a challenging environment, enhanced our Non-Performing Loan coverage through provisions and sought collaboration with development financial institutions on credit and risk-sharing guarantees”, he added

Also read: Kenya’s Equity Group plans trans-Africa expansion with US$100M loan from AfDB

In terms of operations, the group focused on business transformation through innovation and digitization, geographical expansion and business diversification, asset quality and risk mitigation while pursuing efficiencies, generating and growing non-funded income, brand development through social impact investment, balance sheet optimization and agility and treasury efficiency.

“Evolving economic, social, political governance reforms and environment have strengthened prospects for long-term sustained regional growth and investment, this coupled with the development of physical and soft infrastructure enhance opportunities for private sector credit growth and productivity gains from cross border trade,” Mwangi said.

The group’s subsidiaries recorded resilience and robust growth of 40 percent of the total deposits and total assets and recorded 23 percent of profit before tax. EGH subsidiaries are in South Sudan, Rwanda, DRC, Uganda and Tanzania. According to the financial report, Uganda and Rwanda delivered the above cost of capital returns.

The group’s balance sheet recorded an expansion of 54 percent to record US$9.9B driven by a 58 percent growth in customer deposits and supported by US$1.3B funds from shareholders. It changed its strategy to adapt to the changing environment and implemented a swift business transformation that saw 98 percent of all transactions being digital in the count and 65 percent of volume by value.

The group CEO said that due to the pandemic, its customers adopted mobile and internet technology channels on self-service which made its financial services available 24 hour. The group also developed an investment portfolio mix as it focused on asset equality that resulted in sectorial and market diversification across different geographies.

EGH skipped its dividend payout for the second consecutive year. In 2020 the group’s net profit declined by 10.9 percent to US$186.3M from US$208.5M in 2019.

In 2020, Equity Group Holdings hit a balance sheet of US$9.2B (1 trillion shillings), becoming the first publicly listed lender in Eastern and Central Africa to reach the milestone, beating other players such as KCB Group and Absa Bank.

In a statement, Equity Group said that the 1 trillion marks on its balance sheet were achieved following the acquisition and integration of its business with Banque Commerciale Du Congo (BCDC). The bank increased its stake in Equity Bank Congo by another 7.7 percent taking its total holding to 94.3 percent. In 2015, Equity acquired 79 percent of Equity Bank Congo S.A merging it with Banque Commerciale Du Congo (BCDC), in which it had recently acquired a 66.53 percent stake at a cost of US$95M. The Group bought Equity shares previously held by KFW in Equity Bank Congo S.A for US$9M in 2020.


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