Strong recruitment by leading banks helped expand payrolls despite automation trends, with lenders replacing thousands of workers who exited.
By
George Ngigi
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
Kenya’s top four banks last year made 6,058 new hires despite fears that increased digitisation in the sector would trigger job losses in an economy struggling with high unemployment.
Eight public sector banks, including SBI, collectively added 13,223 employees in FY26, boosting their total workforce to over…
CBK) shows that the lenders’ pre-tax earnings in the review period stood at Sh111.8 billion, rising from Sh98.2 billion a year…
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The lender expanded its workforce and branch network across East Africa as customer numbers and profits continued to grow.
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