Equity Group Foundation
{{Short description|Kenyan charity foundation}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Equity Group Foundation
| full_name = Equity Group Foundation
| logo = Equity Group Logo.png
| alt = Logo of the Equity Group Foundation
| abbreviation = EGF
| formation = {{start date and age|2008|01|01}}
| status = Foundation
| type = Nonprofit
| purpose = Transforming lives, giving dignity and expanding opportunities for wealth creation.
| headquarters = Equity Center, 8th floor, Wing B, Hospital Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya
| region_served = Africa
| addnl_location_city2 = 3 Columbus Cir Fl 15, New York, NY 10019
| addnl_location_country2 = United States of America
| fields = * Education & Leadership Development
- Agriculture
- Health
- Entrepreneurship & Financial Education
- Energy & Environment
- Social Protection
| board_of_directors = *James Mwangi - Executive Chairman{{cite web |title=2020 Transformational Impact Report |url=https://equitygroupfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Equity-Group-Foundation-Transformational-Impact-Report-2020.pdf |publisher=Equity Group Foundation |access-date=6 August 2021}}
- Ms. Zainab Jaffer - Member
- Mrs. Mary Wamae – Member
| key_people = * James Mwangi - Executive Chairman EGF, Equity Group MD and CEO
- Lauren Hendricks - CEO, EGF International
| parent_organization = Equity Group Holdings
| subsidiaries = Equity Group Foundation International
| students = 37,009
| website = equitygroupfoundation.com
}}
Equity Group Foundation (EGF) is an East African foundation based in Nairobi, Kenya. It was founded in 2006 to bolster corporate social responsibility (CSR) for Equity Group Holdings.{{Cite web|url=http://equitygroupfoundation.com/index.php/home |title=EGF - About us |accessdate=2015-02-10 |publisher=Equity Group Foundation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210225707/http://equitygroupfoundation.com/index.php/home |archivedate=2015-02-10 }}{{better source needed|reason=Primary source and dead link|date=September 2024}}
Overview
The main aim of Equity Group Foundation is to enhance the social and economic prosperity of people in the African region. This is through creating opportunities for people living at the bottom of the pyramid thus incorporating them into the modern economy.{{better source needed|reason=Primary source and dead link|date=September 2024}}
Equity Group Holdings Limited
Equity Group Holdings Limited is a large financial services conglomerate in East Africa{{cite web|date=October 2014|url=http://equitybankgroup.com/index.php/investor-relations/financial-results|title=Equity Bank Group Financial Statement As At 30th September 2014|accessdate=2014-11-23|publisher=Equity Bank Group}} whose stock is listed on the Nairobi and Uganda Securities Exchanges under the symbols EQTY and EBL respectively. The companies that comprise the Equity Group Holdings Limited include:
- Equity Bank Kenya Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}
- Equity Bank Rwanda Limited – Kigali, Rwanda {{flagicon|Rwanda}}
- Equity Bank South Sudan Limited – Juba, South Sudan {{flagicon|South Sudan}}
- Equity Bank Tanzania Limited – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania {{flagicon|Tanzania}}
- Equity Bank Uganda Limited – Kampala, Uganda {{flagicon|Uganda}}
- Equity Banque Commerciale du Congo – Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
- Equity Consulting Group Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}
- Equity Insurance Agency Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}
- Equity Nominees Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}
- Equity Investment Services Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon| Kenya}}
- Finserve Africa Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}
- Equity Group Foundation – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon| Kenya}}
- Equity Group Foundation International - New York, USA {{Flagicon|USA}}
References
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Category:2006 establishments in Kenya
Category:Organizations established in 2006
Category:Organisations based in Nairobi