According to the just released 2025 sustainability report ,Equity Group invested a record UGX 3.10 trillion (US$771 million) in social impact anc sustainability initiatives across its regional footprint by 2025.
More than UGX 809.12 billion (approximately US$201 million) was deployed ir sustainable finance. The Group recorded more than 47,000 climate-related transactions distributed 75,855 clean-energy products and planted 9.1 million trees.
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The Group disbursed UGX 12.57 trillion (US$3.11 billion) to micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs), trained 962,924 entrepreneurs, supported 60,009 scholarships and facilitated 9,772 paid internships Social protection programmes reached 5.94 milion people, with UGX 5.40 trillior approximately US$1.34 bilion) disbursed through cash transfers. Equity Afya operatec 1 50 medical centres in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo’, recording more than 4.6 million cumulative patient visits
The report details a record UGX 3.10 trillion (US$771 million) invested in socia mpact and sustainability initiatives across its regional footprint by 2025.
The Uganda edition of the announcement highlights the role of Equity Bank Uganda in translating the Group’s regional sustainability ambition into locally relevant financial services, enterprise development and partnerships.
The report, themed “A Sustainable Wor ld is a Transformed Africa, outlines the Group’s progress in enterprise development, education, healthcare, financial inclusion, climate action and responsible business practices.
This demonstrates how Equity continues to integrate sustainability into its business strategy, governance, risk management and operations through its Tri-Engine Model, bringing together economic performance, social impact and sustainability to support long-term value creation.
Across the Group’s markets, the report highlights efforts to extend financial assistance anc ‘conomic opportunities to vulnerable populations, including refugees. By combining access to finance with cash transfers and capacity-building initiatives, the Group seeks to strengther household resiience and enable greater economic participation among underseryec communities.
Dr James Mwangi, Equity Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, said the Group’s performance reflected the deliberate relationship between commercial success and sustainabledevelopment.
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“Our 2025 performance demonstrates that commercia success and sustainable development are not competing priorities, but mutually reinforcing drivers of long-term prosperity. The stronger our business becomes, the greater our capacity to invest in people, enterprises and communities, while building resilience across the markets we serve. through our investments, partnerships and innovation, we are tran slating our purpose of transforming lives, giving dignity and expanding opportunities for wealth creation across Africa into measurable, enduring impact,” said Dr Mwangi.
Dr Mwangi added: “Our responsibility is to continue to turn potential into productive opportunity while protecting the natural systems that make prosperity possible. That means directing finance towards resilience, creating value within our economies, and ens uring that people ano nature are not treated as afterthoughts in development. That is the promise of the theme we share today.”
Gift Shoko, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Equity Bank Uganda, said the Group’s sustainability agenda is most meaningful when it responds to the opportunities ang development priorities of the communities and businesses served in each market,
‘In Uganda, our ambition is to ensure that banking contributes to lasting economic and social progress. This means supporting businesses to grow, widening access to appropriate financial solutions and working with partners to unlock opportunities for households, enterprises anc ommunities. Through our commercial banking relationships, we have an opportunity to support enterprises across sectors while strengthening how environmental and social considerations inform responsible financing decisions. The Group’s sustainability framework gives us a strong platform to connect financial performance with practical, inclusive development,” said Mr. Shoko,
H.E. Sebastian Groth, the German Ambassador to Kenya, said strong partnerships betweer governments, the private sector and development institutions are essential to achieving sustainable development at scale
‘Achieving sustainable development at scale requires strong partnerships betweer governments, the private sector and development institutions. The days of traditional aid are behind us, and we are moving from a relationship of giving to one of investing in a shared future on equal footing. By focusing on renewable energy, local value addition, and catalytic climate
finance, Equity Group is demonstrating that sustainability is not a luxury for the few, but the very engine of transformation for the many. Our goal in development cooperation is to use public unds to mobilize private capital. In simpler terms, we provide the spark, but the private secto provides the scale and keeps the fire burning.,” Groth said
Nasra Nanda, Built Environment Lead at the Executive Office of the President, congratulated Equity Group on its sustainability journey, highlighting the financial sector’s role in advancing sustainable`construction, supporting SMEs in the built environment and integrating nature. based resilience into investment decisions
“Sustainability is to live in it over time, and an investment is stronger when the asset car family can afford not only necessary but deeply practical: a home is only truly affordable if a vithstand the conditions it will face throughout its life. If nature is central to life, it must be tentral to how we plan, build, and invest, and financial| institutions have a decisive role to play in making resilient, sustainable construction accessible and inclusive for ordinary borrowers. This Can ho done by financing the enterprises and skils that will drive the transition and integrating nature and resilience into investment decisions from the outset. We must measure success through safer, more resilient and healthier ecosystems, with the built environment at the forefront,”‘ she said
