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Equity Bank u Rwanda rwatangije ibicuruzwa bishya bitanga inguzanyo, byibanda ku bihumbi by’abahinzi-borozi bato n’ubuhinzi.

20th Apr 2021

Rwamagana, Ku ya 20 Mata 2021 … Equity Bank Rwanda yishimiye gutangaza ko hatangijwe ibicuruzwa bishya by’inguzanyo mu rwego rw’ubuhinzi byibanda ku buhinzi n’abahinzi mu Rwanda mu munyururu umunani: ibigori, ibirayi bya Irilande, umuceri, ikawa, icyayi, amata, ibishyimbo n’imboga n’imboga.

 

Equity Bank yatangiye ibikorwa byayo mu Rwanda mu 2011 kandi itanga ibicuruzwa byinshi birimo inguzanyo zishingiye ku mibare n’abagore hamwe n’umutungo wa miliyari 160 z’amafaranga y’u Rwanda. Mu rwego rwo kureba mu myaka itanu iri imbere, Equity Bank u Rwanda irateganya kuzamura ibikorwa by’ubuhinzi no gutanga byibuze 30% by’inshingano zayo zose mu gutanga inguzanyo. Kugeza ubu, ubuhinzi bungana na 30% by’umusaruro rusange w’igihugu ariko munsi ya 2% y’inguzanyo zigenewe umurenge.

 

Iterambere ryibicuruzwa bishya bitanga inguzanyo byatewe inkunga na UKAid binyuze muri gahunda yayo ya IMSAR, ifasha kunoza gahunda y’isoko ry’ubuhinzi mu Rwanda. Inkunga ya IMSAR yafashije banki kwiteza imbere, kugerageza no gutangiza ibicuruzwa by’imari byabugenewe kugira ngo bigere ku bahinzi n’ubuhinzi mu gihugu hose. Ubu bufatanye bugamije korohereza abantu kubona imari, imbogamizi ikomeye mu kuzamura ubuhinzi mu Rwanda.

 

Mu birori byo kumurika i Rwamagana ku wa kabiri tariki ya 20 Mata, BwanaHannington Namara, Umuyobozi wa Equity Bank Rwanda PLC, yashimye inkunga yatanzwe anagaragaza ko banki yiyemeje gushyira mu bikorwa icyifuzo cyayo cyo guteza imbere uburyo bw’imari ku bahinzi-borozi bato ndetse n’ubuhinzi n’ubuhinzi ku rugero. Mu kwibasira no gutanga inguzanyo mu rwego rw’ubuhinzi, yavugaga ati: “Abahinzi ntibahinga imyaka gusa, bafasha kugaburira no guteza imbere igihugu.”

 

Madamu Anna Wilson, Umuyobozi ushinzwe Iterambere muri Komisiyo Nkuru y’Ubwongereza i Kigali, na we yitabiriye imurikagurisha maze yongeraho ati: “Ubwongereza bufite ubufatanye bw’iterambere rumaze igihe kinini n’u Rwanda burimo kwibanda cyane ku gushyigikira izamuka ry’ubukungu. Twishimiye kubona ibigo nka Equity Bank u Rwanda byiyemeje no kwagura umutungo mu rwego rw’ubuhinzi, bifite akamaro kanini mu kuzamura ubukungu ndetse no kuzamura ubukungu ndetse no kuzamura ubukungu.

 

Umuyobozi wa gahunda ziterambere ry’akarere mu ntara y’iburasirazuba, Bwana Rugaju Berwa Alexis wari witabiriye ibirori yagize ati: ” Twishimiye cyane ubwo bufatanye kandi turabasezeranya ko tuzashyigikira byimazeyo gukorana n’abahinzi bo muri aka karere kugira ngo tubashyigikire kugeza ubuhinzi ku rwego rwo hejuru ”

 

Ibyerekeye IMSAR
Gutezimbere Isoko ry’Ubuhinzi mu Rwanda (IMSAR) ni gahunda yo gufasha mu Bwongereza igamije kuzamura iterambere no kugabanya ubukene mu Rwanda. IMSAR ikora kugirango igaragaze kunanirwa kw’isoko – nko kugera ku nyongeramusaruro, imari, ubumenyi, n’ikoranabuhanga – no guteza imbere ingamba zo kubikemura ku bufatanye n’abakora ku isoko. Kugeza muri Mata 2021, IMSAR ifite abafatanyabikorwa 23 bagize uruhare mu kwinjiza, guteranya, no ku isoko ry’imari. Kugeza ubu IMSAR imaze kwinjiza miliyari 3.1 z’amafaranga y’u Rwanda mu ishoramari ry’abikorera kandi yorohereza ibicuruzwa byoherezwa mu mahanga bifite agaciro ka miliyari 1.5.

 

Ibijyanye na Equity Bank Rwanda
Equity Bank u Rwanda rwatangiye gukora mu 2011 kandi rwanditswe muri banki y’ubucuruzi na Banki nkuru y’u Rwanda. Banki ifite icyicaro cyayo giherereye i Kigali, ifite ikirenge cy’amashami 14 kandi ishyigikiwe n’abakozi 2800, abacuruzi 1220 hamwe n’urusobe rwa ATM 21.

Equity Bank u Rwanda ni ishami rya Equity Group Holdings Plc, isosiyete ikora ibijyanye n’imari yashyizwe ku isoko ry’imigabane rya Nairobi, Isoko ry’imigabane rya Uganda, n’imigabane y’u Rwanda. Usibye Equate Bank Rwanda, Itsinda rifite amashami y’amabanki muri Kenya, Sudani yepfo, Uganda, Tanzaniya, DRC, n’ibiro bihagarariye ubucuruzi muri Etiyopiya; hamwe n’ibindi bigo bitari amabanki akora ibikorwa byo gutanga amabanki yishoramari, kubitsa, ikigo cyubwishingizi, abagiraneza, ubujyanama, na serivisi remezo.

Equity Group ifite umutungo urenga miliyari 10 USD. Hamwe nabakiriya barenga miliyoni 14.3, Itsinda nimwe mumabanki manini kubakiriya bayo mukarere. Itsinda rifite ikirenge cy’amashami 336, abakozi 53,151 hamwe n’abacuruzi 34.862 na ATM 725. Itsinda ni banki nini mu gushora imari muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba no Hagati. Amabanki Top 1000 Banki Yisi 2020 yashyize Banki ya Equity Bank 754 muri rusange ku rutonde rwayo ku isi, ku mwanya wa 62 mu majwi (Umutungo shingiro ku mutungo ugereranije), uwa 55 ukurikije inyungu ku mari shingiro na 20 ku nyungu ku mutungo. Muri uwo mwaka, Moody’s yahaye Banki ku isi yose B2 ifite imyumvire mibi kimwe n’urwego rwigenga rwa guverinoma ya Kenya kubera kumenyekanisha ibicuruzwa bikomeye bya Banki, ibicuruzwa biva mu mahanga ndetse n’imiterere y’inkunga itajegajega, hashyirwaho francise yo mu gihugu ndetse hanakoreshwa uburyo bwinshi bwo gukwirakwiza imibare n’ubundi buryo. Equity Group Holdings Plc igengwa na Banki Nkuru ya Kenya.

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