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Co-op Bank, Absa profits , dividends increase

Absa Bank Kenya Chairman Charles Muchene speaking during the bank's 2022 full-year financial results investor briefing

Absa Bank Kenya Chairman Charles Muchene speaking during the bank's 2022 full-year financial results investor briefing at Villa Rosa Kempinski Nairobi on March 15, 2023.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

Co-operative Bank has posted a Sh22 billion net profit for the financial year that ended in December, a 33 per cent jump from the previous period.

The lender recommended a dividend of Sh1.50 per share, a 50 per cent increase on the Sh1 paid out last year, a major boost to the co-operative societies, the bank’s majority shareholders.