Equity Group Holdings Limited
Public Company | |
Traded as |
KN: EQTY USE: EBL |
Industry | Banking and Finance |
Predecessor | Equity Building Society |
Founded | 1984 |
Headquarters |
9th Floor, Equity Centre Hospital Road, Upper Hill Nairobi, Kenya |
Key people |
Peter Munga Chairman James Mwangi Group CEO |
Products | Loans, mortgages, investments, debit cards, credit cards |
Revenue | Aftertax:US$164.9 million (KES:17.151 billion) (2014) |
Total assets | US$3.855+ billion (KES:400.993 billion) (Q2:2015) |
Number of employees | 6,000+ (2014) |
Website |
www |
Equity Group Holdings Limited (EGHL), formerly Equity Bank Group, is a financial services holding company based in the African Great Lakes region. EGHL's headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Overview
EGHL is a large financial services conglomerate. As of 30 June 2015, it had estimated assets exceeding US$3.855 billion (KES:400.993 billion) and estimated shareholders' equity of more than US$624.875 million (KES:64.996 billion).[1] EGHL has a customer base exceeding 10 million in the six African countries it serves, making it the largest commercial bank on the African continent by customer numbers.[2][3]
In June 2008, EGHL was voted by Euromoney Awards for Excellence as the best bank in Kenya. EGHL was named the overall best bank in Kenya at the Renaissance Capital Bank Awards in August 2008 and was cited locally as the only stock that returned positive shareholder value during 2008 at the Nairobi Stock Exchange. EGHL was named as the Best Performing Company in Africa during the annual African Investor Index Awards, held on 21 September 2009, in New York City.[4] EGHL has exclusive rights to issue American Express credit cards across the African continent outside South Africa.[5]
History
EGHL was founded in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community, as the Equity Building Society (EBS) in October 1984.[6] EBS was originally a provider of mortgage financing for customers in the low income population. Also because of its rural banking orientation, promotion of agribusiness is a significant and strategic intervention by the bank. By September 2015, Equity Bank had more than 9.2 million customers.[7] The Banker listed Equity Bank among the Top 1,000 Banks in the World with the highest return on assets in the African continent, generating a rate of 6.84 per cent on assets employed.[8]
Prior to November 2014, Equity Bank was both a licensed bank and a holding company for its subsidiaries. On 31 October 2014, Equity Bank Group announced its intention to incorporate a new wholly owned subsidiary, Equity Bank (Kenya) Limited, to which it would transfer its Kenyan banking business, assets and liabilities. The rationale for the re-organisation is that by converting Equity Bank into a non-trading holding company that owns both banking and non-banking subsidiary companies and provides strategic, brand, risk and talent management to its subsidiaries, the Group will be better placed to invest and to develop the existing and new businesses as part of its third phase of growth and transformation.[9] These resolutions were all adopted during an extraordinary shareholders general meeting held on 24 November 2014 leading to the formation of Equity Bank Kenya Limited.[10]
In September 2015, the group completed its acquisition of 79 percent of DR Congo based ProCredit Bank Congo SARL from Procredit Group.[11] This acquisition marked the group's entry into sub-Saharan Africa’s third most populous country.[6][12]
Ownership
The stock of Equity Group Holdings Limited is traded on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, under the symbol: EQTY. On Thursday 18 June 2009, the Group's stock cross listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange and started trading that day, under the symbol: EBL.[13] As of January 2015, shareholding in the group's stock was as depicted in the table below:[14]
Rank | Name of Owner | Percentage Ownership |
---|---|---|
1 | Norfininvest AS of Norway | 12.23[15][16] |
2 | British-American Investments Company | 10.63 |
3 | National Social Security Fund of Kenya | 5.58[3] |
4 | Genesis Investment Management LLP of the UK | 4.40[17] |
5 | Equity Bank Employees’ Share Ownership Plan | 4.07 |
6 | James Njuguna Mwangi | 3.45 |
7 | Fortress Highlands Limited | 2.73 |
8 | National Social Security Fund of Uganda | 2.44[18] |
9 | Andrew Mwangi | 2.44 |
10 | Nelson Muguku | 1.76 |
11 | Others | 50.46 |
Total | 100.00 | |
- By Virtue of his shareholding and units in British American Investments Company Limited and Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) respectively, Group CEO James Mwangi's total direct and indirect shareholding is 4.88%. Totals may be slightly off due to rounding.
Board of directors
The following are the board members of Equity Group Holdings Limited, as of 22 October 2016.[19]
- Peter Munga, CBS, Chairman
- James Mwangi, CBS Managing Director & CEO
- Benson Wairegi, EBS, non-executive Vice-chairman
- Temitope Lawani
- Bhartesh Shah
- Fredrick Muchokir
- Ernest Nzovu
- Babatunde Soyoye
- Shem Migot-Adholla
- Helen Gichohi, OGW, MBS
- David R. Ansell
- Alykhan Nathoo
- Dennis Aluanga
- John Staley
- Elizabeth Lwanga
- Mary Wamae, Company secretary
Member companies
The companies that compose the Equity Group Holdings Limited include but are not limited to the following:
- Equity Bank Kenya Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – A commercial bank in Kenya, serving individuals and businesses.
- Equity Bank Rwanda Limited – Kigali, Rwanda [20][21] – 100% Shareholding – A commercial bank in Rwanda, serving both individuals and businesses.
- Equity Bank South Sudan Limited – Juba, South Sudan – 100% Shareholding – A commercial bank in South Sudan.
- Equity Bank Tanzania Limited – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [22] – 100% Shareholding – A commercial bank in Tanzania.
- Equity Bank Uganda Limited – Kampala, Uganda – 100% Shareholding – A commercial bank in Uganda.
- ProCredit Bank Congo SARL – Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo – 79% Shareholding – A commercial bank in DR Congo.
- Equity Consulting Group Limited – Nairobi, Kenya
- Equity Insurance Agency Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – The insurance agency arm of the group. Offering bancassurance services to customers
- Equity Nominees Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – A Nominee company.[23] Holding investments on behalf of customers.[14]
- Equity Investment Bank Limited – Nairobi, Kenya [24] – 100% Shareholding – An investment bank in Kenya. A member of the Nairobi Securities Exchange and licensed by the Capital Markets Authority.
- Finserve Africa Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – A mobile virtual network operator(MVNO) in the Kenya.
- Equity Group Foundation – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – The philanthropy and corporate social responsibility arm of the group.
See also
References
- ↑ EGHL (August 2015). "Equity Bank Group Financial Statement As At 30th July 2015" (PDF). Equity Group Holdings Limited (EGHL). Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ Flood, Zoe (3 July 2014). "Kenya's Mobile Innovation Brings Digital Money Closer". BBC News. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- 1 2 Juma, Victor (6 August 2015). "Helios exits Equity Group with sale of final stake to NSSF". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ Juuko, Sylvia (28 September 2009). "Equity Scoops Best Company Awards". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ Okuttah, Mark (15 October 2014). "Equity Bank To Issue AmEx Cards Across Africa". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- 1 2 EGHL (22 October 2016). "Equity Group Holdings Limited: Our History". Nairobi: Equity Group Holdings Limited (EGHL). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ↑ Okuttah, Mark (6 March 2015). "CBA now biggest retail bank with 10 million customers". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ↑ Business Daily Reporter (22 July 2014). "Super Profits Earn Equity, KCB Top Global Rankings". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ EBG (31 October 2014). "Circular To Shareholders for The Transfer of The Kenyan Banking Business To A Newly Created, Wholly Owned Subsidiary". Equity Bank Group (EBG). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ EBG (24 November 2014). "Results of the Extra-ordinary General Meeting of Equity Bank Limited held on 24th November, 2014". Nairobi: Equity Bank Group (EBG). Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Ngugi, Brian (17 September 2015). "Equity Bank Completes Acquisition of DRC's ProCredit Bank". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ Obulutsa, George (26 May 2015). "Kenya's Equity Bank To Expand To Congo via Acquisition - CEO". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Newvision, Archive (21 June 2009). "Equity Bank Cross-Lists On USE". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- 1 2 Herbling, David (2 January 2013). "Muguku Family Sells More Shares In Equity Bank". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ Business Daily Reporter (16 January 2015), "Equity's Largest Shareholder Helios Sells 12 Percent Stake", Business Daily Africa, Nairobi, retrieved 16 January 2015
- ↑ Gachiri, John (18 January 2015). "Norwegians Snap Up Equity Stake In Africa Buying Blitz". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ Anyanzwa, James (4 July 2015). "Equity Bank goes for long-term investors in plan to 'conquer Africa'". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ↑ Ngigi, George (24 June 2015). "Helios loses top slot in Equity after stake sale to NSSF Uganda". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ Bloomberg Research (22 October 2016). "Company Overview of Equity Group Holdings Limited: Board Members". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ↑ Namata, Berna (4 April 2011). "Equity Gets Kigali's Nod To Set Up Shop In Rwanda". The EastAfrican (Nairobi). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ Staff Reporter, . (7 November 2011). "Rwanda: Equity Bank Enters Rwanda". East African Business Week (Kampala). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ Kimani, Mwaura (31 January 2011). "Equity Bank Eyes 20 Percent Profits Outside Kenya". The EastAfrican (Nairobi). Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ↑ "Nominee Director and Nominee Companies". www.offshore-islands.com. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ Kangethe, Kennedy (19 August 2013). "Kenya: CBA Capital, Equity Investment Bank Join NSE". 98.4 Capital FM (Nairobi) via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
External links
- Equity Bank Homepage
- Nairobi Securities Exchange Website
- Central Bank of Kenya
- Equity Bank Builds KSh20 Billion War Chest for Africa Buyouts