Regional Powerhouse for 128 Years

We leverage our products, policies, programmes, and actions to deliver social impacts in the markets we operate in. We are a regional powerhouse because, for 128 years, we have been committed to enabling progress - by uplifting families, communities, villages, towns, cities, businesses on the rise and those in the making, nations, and economies. We will not stop until we have made an impact on all our stakeholders' lives, because we are about people and building a sustainable tomorrow for generations to come.

Key Achievements Under Social SDG

100B

Over KShs. 100 billion lent to MSMEs

11674

More thank 11,674 MSMEs trained under Biashara Club

51%

51% of the staff constitutes of female employees.

350M

KShs. 350 million spent on COVID response.

150B

Over KShs. 155 billion loans disbursed to women-owned businesses.

30000

Created over 30,000 jobs under the youth programs

Value for Our Customers

We deliver high social value for our customers through driving financial inclusion, safety on digital channels, supporting schools to broaden access to education and delivering affordable housing among other key initiatives.

Driving Financial Inclusion

Financial inclusion remains a key consideration in the banking sector in the countries in which we operate. The Group continues to undertake various interventions to drive financial inclusion. These include.

Supporting Women-owned Businesses

The Bank launched the Female-Led and Made Enterprises (FLME) proposition in 2022, aimed at availing Ksh 250 billion in financing to these businesses over a five-year period.

FLME is a 360° intervention platform that seeks to grow the base of female entrepreneurs by offering more unsecured lending to address the challenges that most female customers cite as the major impediment to financing. The proposition also prioritises non- financial solutions through capacity- building programmes, training, workshops, mentoring, coaching, and networking opportunities through our Biashara Club.

Supporting schools to broaden access to education

KCB has traditionally supported the advancement of education across various levels. We bank the largest segment of both public and private schools, and we have maintained our position as a dependable partner over the years. We support schools in several initiatives including:

Supporting Communities

We are a responsible corporate citizen, and thus we play an active role in supporting the various communities we operate in. This is through both our targeted Foundation programmes and initiatives undertaken by our banking subsidiaries in the region.

The KCB Foundation is a vital arm through which we drive the creation of shared value. The Foundation was established in 2007 and mandated to implement the Group's corporate citizenship responsibilities. Since then, it has supported programmes in education, small enterprises, health, environment, and humanitarian aid with great emphasis given to underserved communities. The Foundation has two main objectives: To drive business for the KCB Group by positioning the Foundation as the preferred implementing partner of government, development agencies, and grant making institutions in the private sector that are underwriting community development programmes.

Section Focus Areas Under This Pillar

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