youcan'tstopusnow wrote:selah, how sure are you that Equity Uganda has not made money in Q1 2011? Which bank doesn't take time to break even? Ata coop branches don't make profits in the first week. The reason behind Equity's heavy losses in Uganda is because it was an acquisition as opposed to a start-up. It took a while for whole systems to be overhauled. But a new management is in place and I believe the problems are behind them
Equity acquired Uganda Microfinance which was somehow struggling.They already had the branches which were not breaking even even before acquisation.
It takes time depending on the market to break even and start enjoying profits.
Look at South Sudan for example,there was a large number that was un-banked and thats why Equity and KCB broke even the 1st year of operations unlike Uganda which was soo developed and equity launched there like a competititor to other big established banks eg Nile,Stanbic,barclays and Catholic owned Centenary bank
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