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Zest, the fintech subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, has reported its first profitable quarter since its 2023 launch. The turnaround reflects the growing maturity of bank-backed fintech subsidiaries as they move from early losses to sustainable growth. Zest posted a profit after tax of ₦543 million ($372,438) in the third quarter of 2025, compared to

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Frank Ireri, the former Housing Finance boss who spent more than a decade trying to turn one of Kenya’s oldest mortgage lenders into a modern financial group, has died of cancer in Nairobi. He was 63. For much of the 2000s and 2010s, Ireri was a familiar name in Kenya’s banking sector—a confident, sharp-witted banker