{{Short description|Kenyan charity foundation}} {{Citations needed|date=September 2024}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox organization | name = Equity Group Foundation | full_name = Equity Group Foundation | logo = Equity Group Logo.png | image_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'' | fields = * Education & Leadership Development * Agriculture * Health * Entrepreneurship & Financial Education * Energy & Environment * Social Protection | board_of_directors = *''James Mwangi - Executive Chairman''<ref name="bod">{{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}}</ref> * 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'' | num_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.<ref name="egf1">{{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 }}</ref>{{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.<ref name="egf1" />{{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<ref>{{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|archive-date=2 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902080134/http://equitybankgroup.com/index.php/investor-relations/financial-results|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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}}
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