KCB Group Sees Strong 11% Profit Boost

Kenya's KCB Group announced an 11% increase in its full-year 2025 pre-tax profit, largely driven by a rise in interest income. The bank's operations outside Kenya notably contributed 31% to the profit growth. Overall asset growth was recorded at 9% as of the end of the year.

Kenya's KCB Group reported a remarkable 11% increase in its full-year 2025 pre-tax profit, a gain primarily attributed to heightened interest income.

Operating across various African countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Burundi, the bank disclosed a pre-tax profit escalation to 90.9 billion Kenyan shillings ($703.83 million) from the previous year's 82 billion shillings. Notably, the bank's subsidiaries outside Kenya generated 31% of the group's total pre-tax profit.

KCB Group's net interest income saw an 8% rise to 148.0 billion shillings. Despite a slight increase in loan impairments to 32.4 billion shillings, the bank experienced total asset growth of 9%, reaching 2.15 trillion shillings, as reported by Lawrence Kimathi, the group's finance director.

(With inputs from agencies.)