Equity Group Holdings has announced a half year 2025 net profit of Sh34.6 billion. This net profit represented a gain of 17 percent and was derived from a pre-tax profit of Sh41.5 billion.

During the period under review, net interest income increased by 9 percent to Sh59.3 billion. Non-funded income, though, decreased by 4 percent to Sh40.9 billion. The total income for the period came in at 100.2 billion which was a gain of 3 percent.

The bank’s assets increased by 3 percent to Sh1.8 trillion. In the same vein, deposits grew by 2 percent to Sh1.3 trillion.

The group further announced that during the period, loans had increased by 4 percent to Sh825.1 billion.

Non performing loans increased by 16.2 percent to Sh139.4 billion, with the Group’s provisions reducing 34 percent to Sh6.9 billion.

The highest non performing loans segment was the Corporate segment with 24.5 percent. Out of the countries where the group has active operations, Kenya had the highest amount of non performing loans at 20 percent while Tanzania had the lowest at 2.9 percent.