NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Equity Group Holdings said on Monday first-quarter pretax profit rose 21% to 20.4 billion shillings ($155.73 million), helped by growth in interest income.
Equity, which also operates in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, said its net interest income was up 28% at 27.8 billion shillings.
($1 = 131.0000 Kenyan shillings)
(Reporting by George Obulutsa; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)