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Rwanda: Equity Bank Looks to Scale Up SME Lending

Rwanda: Equity Bank Looks to Scale Up SME Lending
Jul 23, 2014

Kenyan-based Equity Bank Group will significantly increase its funding to small-and-medium enterprises, real estate and manufacturing sectors in the near future, James Mwangi, the group managing director, has said.

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