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419: Rick Sems on where Equity Bank grows next by Wichita Business Journal

On the show today: Al and Steve speak with Brad Elliott, founder, chairman and CEO of Equity Bank, about building a $5.5 billion institution through an aggressive M&A strategy.Brad shares how the bank attracts and develops talent as well as offers his take on GenAI and how to cultivate trust in digital and physical channels.

Hour 1 - Local and national news and sports on Steve and Ted. The NBC Tournament has a long history in the city of Wichita, and it will continue.

Hour 1 - The Wichita City Council finalized a naming rights deal in the works for months.

The Wichita City Council puts the final vote to a naming rights deal in the works for the last several months.

Hour 3 - Equity Bank looking at buying the rights. Wind Surge agree, now it goes before the Wichita City Council.

UNDP's Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) launched its 1.5° Partnership for Action on Climate Transition (PACT) programme during Finance Day at COP29 today to mobilize financial institutions in supporting Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) aligned with the 1.5°C target. In response to the growing urgency of the climate crisis, UNDP's FC4S will work towards driving climate action by mobilizing financial institutions to actively support the development and implementation of NDCs aligned with the 1.5°C target. PACT will work through local financial centres, including FC4S members, by leveraging existing relationships and data to facilitate dialogue between financial institutions and governments. By aligning the strategies of financial institutions with NDC targets, FC4S PACT will reinforce sustainable investment pathways and strengthen national climate action plans. Marcos Neto, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP's Bureau of Policy and Programme Support stated, "With the launch of FC4S 1.5° PACT, we're empowering financial centres to turn ambitious climate commitments into measurable progress. This programme will provide financial institutions with advanced tools and collaborative frameworks essential for impactful and transparent transition finance strategies aligned with national and global climate goals." Core Elements of FC4S PACT: Transition Finance Review: Providing a comprehensive assessment of the current state of transition finance at the financial centre level. NDC Target Analysis: Assessing the alignment of private sector commitments with NDC targets, identifying gaps, and providing actionable insights for policy reforms. Financial Centre Transition Finance Plans: Developing a Milestone-Based Roadmap and Finance Tracker/Dashboard to support financial centres in achieving NDC targets and facilitating climate transition. Forum for Action on Climate Transition (FACT): A platform to share best practices, linked with international policy cooperation forums such as the G20, G7, APEC, ASEAN, UNDP SIF, and the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action. Oscar Njuguna, Group's Director, Sustainability at The Equity Bank and FC4S Co-chair, stated, "We are excited to launch FC4S 1.5° PACT, bringing together the frameworks, data, and partnerships needed to empower institutions with credible transition strategies aligned with the NDCs. FC4S is committed to driving not just progress but also purpose, through equipping the financial sector with the tools to create solutions that integrate climate resilience into sustainable economic growth." FC4S 1.5° PACT is further strengthened by the support of key partners, including KPMG. Mike Hayes, Global Climate and Decarbonization Leader, KPMG added, "This initiative has our full support as it will help to address one of the critical issues on the climate agenda which is to create alignment between national level corporate transition plans and country NDCs. This is about creating a new dynamic using financial centres which will increase both corporate and country level ambition and action." More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.

À Nairobi, l'évènement Inspire & Connect, organisé par Bpifrance, la Banque publique d'investissement française, s'est tenu vendredi novembre 2024. La journée a réuni quelques centaines d'investisseurs et décideurs économiques africains et français. Cela dans l'objectif de développer des partenariats entre entrepreneurs des deux pays et encourager les entreprises françaises à s'implanter dans la région. De notre correspondante à Nairobi,À Nairobi, entre panels de discussions et ateliers thématiques, les participants échangent, se rencontrent. Une délégation de huit entreprises françaises est au Kenya pour l'occasion. Parmi elles, Matières, spécialisée dans la fabrication et la conception de ponts modulaires métalliques. Elle est déjà présente en Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale. Vincent Lerond son responsable de secteur est venu à Nairobi avec une ambition : « Essayer de décrocher un marché un peu plus conséquent avec ce qu'on appelle un lot de ponts. Plutôt que de livrer un seul pont, c'est monter un projet avec les autorités kényanes avec un ensemble de ponts. Donc, on est intéressés effectivement à se développer sur l'Afrique de l'Est. Et le Kenya est vraiment une bonne porte d'entrée pour des pays comme la Tanzanie, l'Ouganda. »En 2020 déjà, le président français Emmanuel Macron appelait les entreprises françaises à s'implanter au Kenya. L'intérêt est croissant, elles sont aujourd'hui 140 dans le pays, contre 35 en 2012. Dans une grande diversité de secteurs : énergie, grande distribution ou encore agriculture.À lire aussiKenya: à Nairobi, opération séduction des entreprises françaises« Des profondeurs de marché exceptionnelles » en Afrique de l'EstPour Yves Battesti, responsable Afrique de l'Est pour Bpifrance, les opportunités dans la région sont encore trop méconnues. « C'est vrai que, lorsque l'on discute avec les entreprises françaises que Bpifrance accompagne, chaque année en France, celles qui sont exportatrices en Afrique ont surtout l'habitude de prospecter les géographies ouest-africaine. Et cela a trait probablement à la facilité d'accès de marché, pour ces entreprises françaises, du fait de la proximité linguistique, de la devise également naturellement et de tout un ensemble de facteurs. Ce qu'on a identifié, il y a plusieurs mois en Afrique de l'Est, c'est qu'il y a des profondeurs de marché qui sont tout aussi exceptionnelles, ajoute Yves Battesti. Quand on regarde les taux de croissance consolidés de l'ensemble des pays d'Afrique de l'Est, il est supérieur au taux de croissance consolidé de l'ensemble de l'Afrique subsaharienne. Cette croissance tire les opportunités de marché pour entreprises kényanes, entreprises françaises. » Financer les industries locales Des opportunités dans les domaines de la tech, de l'énergie et des transports notamment. James Mwangi, directeur général de la banque kényane Equity Bank, y voit aussi un atout pour les industries locales. « Depuis 60 ans, l'Afrique exporte principalement des matières brutes. Pourquoi est-ce qu'on n'utiliserait pas la technologie, les connaissances et les capitaux français pour ajouter de la valeur aux produits africains ? Que ce soit le thé, le café ou le cacao. »Un protocole d'accord vient justement d'être signé entre Bpifrance et Equity Bank pour cofinancer des partenariats entre les entreprises des deux pays.

Equity Bank founder Brad Elliott talks about the birth and growth of the bank over the last two decades.

Rick Sems, newly named CEO of Wichita's Equity Bank, joined the podcast to talk about his career and the bank's direction after so many recent acquisitions.

The Wings To Fly Initiative by Equity Bank on #DriveInn with Emily Gumbo the project and SoniSideUp by Capital FM

Hour 3 - Equity Bank stock is up after their latest acquisition.  We wrap up a Thursday show with business news from The Wichita Business Journal on Steve and Ted in the Morning.

James Mwangi, CEO of Equity Bank, has transformed lives and livelihoods throughout East and Central Africa by giving impoverished people access to banking accounts and micro loans. He's been so successful that in 2020 Forbes coined the term “the Mwangi Model.” But can we really have both purpose and profit in a firm?

"Its not that [they] have a lot to lose... they don't know how much they have to gain." Leadership matter.  It sets the tone.  And leadership can give people the best opportunity to succeed when the Leader has principle centered values.  Brad Elliott has led Equity Bank from 19 people to over 800 people and from assets of 30 million to more than 4 Billion-- he leads with principle centered values.  He says regularly, "the right thing to do is the right thing to do" and he lives those words.   We are grateful for his time on the ictpodcast.  We talk about the economy, recession, entrepreneurship and why hard work remains the difference in the success of any aspect of life. 

Join our community NEWS HIGHLIGHT British fintech Railsr eyes sale weeks after heavily discounted fundraising. Sky News has learnt that the company is working with bankers at FT Partners on a range of strategic options, including an outright sale amid growing impetus for consolidations. Link here BREAKING NEWS African neobank Kuda arrives in the UK as its second market in order to add remittances to its growing list of features in order to give Africans easy access to financial services. Link here Adatree, in partnership with Accurassi is making possible for thousands of Australian households to securely and easily transition homes to zero carbon. Link here Techurate introduces Tigiverse, an intelligent automation solution for banks to digitalize customer interactions and helps replace paper-based systems and promotes Green Banking. Link here PayPal users in Kenya can now access withdrawal services through Equity Bank's Mobile App and Internet banking platform. This is a withdrawal service that is mostly used by freelance writers and business people, and also households that are involved in international money transactions. Link here

• Ann Rohmer speaks with Pattie Lovett-Reid – Home Equity Bank – Chief Financial Commentator on how to save during these challenging financial times and how to survive the current financial storm. • Tina Cortese is with the President and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) who discusses the annual labour survey showing that shows labour & skills shortages are harming the Canadian economy with losses totalling nearly $13B • Kevin Frankish looks at some Halloween road safety reminders with CAA's Teresa DeFelice. • Kevin Frankish introduces us to an 85 year old York University graduate - Hortense Valerie Anglin. Hortense is from Markham and was honoured at York's Fall Convocation. She was inspired by her 79-year-old younger sister, Osra Lindo, who received an undergraduate degree after learning about York's pathway bridging program in a flyer she found at her local library. • Jim Lang discusses the Black Girls Hockey Club who is pleased to announce our scholarship awardees for Fall 2022. We would like to thank the Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, and an anonymous donor for their continued support of BGHC. BGHC is equally proud to partner with Bauer Hockey to provide $1,000 worth of equipment to exceptional Black girl hockey players throughout Ontario.

Equity Bank Uganda Limited has unveiled the $ 6 billion Africa Recovery and Resilience Plan to help businesses hit hard by Covid-19 recover. Dr James Mwangi the Equity holding Group CEO says the fund will not only support businesses to flourish but also spur economic recovery. Dr Mwangi says the project will be implemented through six strategic pillars of Food and Agriculture, Trade and Investment, MSMEs, Technology, Manufacturing and Logistics and Social and Environmental transformation all envisaged reaching millions of customers while creating over 25 million direct jobs. Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa revealed that Parliament has also finalized four laws aimed at boosting the performance of the private sector.

John Hanley, SVP and Senior Director of Marketing at Equity Bank, shares details about the upcoming ABA Bank Marketing Conference that helps support strong financial marketers.

The race to win the African finance technology (Fintech) race is a fierce one, and today's guest Obadeyi is at the forefront. As the current Group Fintech Manager at Equity Bank, and having previously worked at Glovo and Cellulant, Obadeyi Oluseye sheds light on how he went from a fresh univeristy graduate to a high-level professional, strategist and thought-leader within the industry in a few short years. We talk about his relocation to Kenya from Nigeria, the realities of the battle between crypto vs traditional banking, designing Fintech solutions that scale and the regulatory minefield that is our continent as a whole. Take a deep dive with us as we pick Obadeyi's brain and learn from him in this insightful conversation filled with many a plot twist! Support us further by subscribing to our Patreon Page here: https://www.patreon.com/boardroombanter?fan_landing=true

The Katy Trail State Park is the longest developed rail-trail in the country, spanning 240 miles between Clinton and Machens with 26 trailheads and four fully restored railroad depots along the way. Whether you are a bicyclist, walker, equestrian, nature lover or history buff, the trail offers opportunities for recreation, a place to enjoy nature and an avenue to discover the past. After spending nearly her whole adult life around the Katy Trail, Kim Henderson saw an opportunity to bring more tourism to the small trail town of Windsor by building a cabin rental business.  Kim is the owner and operator of Kim's Cabins. Located right on the Katy Trail, her business offers a tranquil escape with several recreational options for visitors. Before owning her own business, Kim spent several years at First Community Bank, now Equity Bank. She also served as the City Administrator of the City of Windsor until 2018 when she took her rental business full time. Kim gets to experience farm life on a daily basis and has gained quite the social media following by sharing photos of the nature and wildlife on her land.  Katy Trail State Park attracts people of all ages and interests. Tune in to hear how Kim's Cabins put Windsor on the map as a must-stay destination for those making the state-wide trek on the trail or those just looking for a weekend getaway.  What you'll learn:  Kim's background growing up in St. Charles, Missouri, moving to Wyoming to work in hospitality and then eventually settling in Windsor, Missouri The inspiration behind Kim's Cabins and the need it fills for those traveling through Missouri, especially by trail How people can get ahold of Kim, book her cabin and follow her on social media What it takes to run a rental business and how important it is for small business owners to make personal connections The ways people find and review Kim's business online through Google, community sites and social media Why more and more people are leaving cities for smaller communities and what trail towns have to offer those who are wanting to “getaway” What rural America means to Kim and the impact of Midwest hospitality she sees amongst trail people

Marcus speaks to Jean-Claude Tshipama, Deputy CEO of Equity BCDC, a leading financial institution in the Democratic Republic of Congo. EBCDC is a subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings Ltd, the Kenyan-domiciled banking group.. Prior to joining EBCDC, Jean-Claude worked throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and North America, serving in senior Commercial, Sales and Distribution roles for Microsoft, Eutelsat, Canal + and Digicel. In this podcast Jean-Claude speaks to Marcus about convergence between telecoms and financial services, as well as the potential for new technologies to cater for underserved markets in rural communities.

Great leadership empowers others to use their unique abilities.  Building that team is a painstaking process.  Brad Elliott began his start-up with 19 people and the intention to grow a bank that is a true partner with it's customer.  Brad will be the first to tell you that success is about getting the right people.  With one 700 employees today, Equity Bank has grown into one of the most prolific lending institutions always looking to be the best partner for the customer.  We are grateful to talk with Brad again on the ictpodcast.   

Presidents from both SA and Kenya have addressed the South Africa-Kenya Trade and Investment Business Forum as the countries look for ways to strengthen ties between the two nations. Kenya's Equity Bank is facilitating some of the deals that are being struck as a result of the engagements and Alishia Seckam spoke to the bank's MD and CEO James Mwangi for more detail

Episode 24 aired on NBC Radio December 24, 1950. On a street corner a man dressed as Santa Claus leaves his post beside a large red pot labeled “Help the Poor”. Shivering from the cold weather he enters the newly opened Equity Bank and approaches the bank guard…

Equity Bank chairman and CEO Brad Elliott joins the podcast to talk about the bank's big acquisition.

On this episode of the Post Podcast Hays Chamber president and CEO Sarah Wasinger shares information about Tuesday's Ag Appreciation event along with Kim Goodnight, regional manager of Local Government and Community Affairs for ITC Great Plains.   Transcript:   Sarah Wasinger   We do. He's kind of famous around these parts. It's the one and only Kim Goodnight and he works at ITC. And we were visiting this morning, and he is a man of many titles. So I might just let him kind of cover all of them. Kim Goodnight   Originally, I was hired as a regional manager, local government Community Affairs. And because we have such a large footprint, I mean, Kansas and Oklahoma. So it made sense that I took on additional responsibilities. And so I'm also manager of stakeholder relations and manager of customer and business solutions. So yeah, I've I'm used to wearing many hats though, Sarah, because my background was, I was a farmer for 38 years. And the same time I was county commissioner out there in Orange County, and also owned a car lot. So there you go, I mean, juggling Well, many balls, Sarah Wasinger   You've had, like five life already right? Kim Goodnight   Makes for a very diverse background. Sarah Wasinger   So James, I don't know if you remember or not. But we hosted ITC a couple of weeks ago for a chamber chat at our office. And yeah, I've had a lot of great information about the company. So one thing I think we would be remiss is to talk about what you guys actually do for energy and power and the regions that you serve. Kim Goodnight   Well ITC Great Plains builds, owns and operates high voltage transmission. And so when I'm doing like a three-minute elevator speech and trying to make sure somebody understands what we do, I say, We're the long-distance extension cord that allows these renewables and other generation forces to be put into the nation's grid. I mean, oftentimes, the generation source is nowhere near where you might have an interconnection and, and what that does when we build a high voltage line, it's something that the Southwest power pools is deemed to be important for the area. Right here in Ellis County, we have a postrock substation, it's a 345 kilovolt substation, so at high voltages, and that comes in connects spiritual Kansas, to post rock and then postrock, the line goes on up towards Nebraska. So it's almost at 225 mile 345 kilovolt line. And right now I can tell you that when you see either the wind generation going on out out there or, or whether it's gas generation, where you got to have the infrastructure in place to build support all of those. And out in western Kansas, where you see some wind generation popping up in places you did not see that, because there's a high voltage line or an interconnection at that point. Sarah Wasinger   So James, I don't know if you've been paying much attention between Hays and Ellis, but they have been doing some unique work along Highway 40. And they actually have the crew who will be hanging and suspended from the helicopters. And so I've my husband and I have driven that road several times and have seen this random helicopter and I'm like, Oh my gosh, how does one get into that line of work? And Eric shared with us a few weeks ago that it's the short straw. You draw the short straw for that? Kim Goodnight   Yeah, well, we are currently one of our capital project is installing fiber. Instead of installing that below ground, we're installing it on our 345 structures. And so a helicopter is up there flying. You've got a guy flying it a guy out there in the basket. And I've gotten a few calls from people that say okay, we just want to know who's making more money, the guy flying the helicopter or the guy outside in the basket. I think the guy in the basket, probably doing a little bit better. I think hope so it's a it's a dangerous job. And safety is our number one concern for all of these. So when the wind gets a little bit high, which happens often out here, you know, 20 miles an hour 2025 is not uncommon. We quit, quit flying that helicopter 25. But anyway, we can go four miles at a stretch with this with this fiber, and then they have to drop it down a pole and do a splice and then they can go on other four miles. And I think that's important to mention because where we have to access our right away, we're very cognizant of the landowners and the crops and different things that are going on when we do have to access that pole. And so whether it's damages that we pay due to the crops or making sure communication with the landowner, are is upfront. So that's important to us. Sarah Wasinger   So, James, we are so excited, because as we've been talking, ag appreciation. James Bell    Yes, Ag Appreciation Day.  Sarah Wasinger   And one thing that ITC has been just so generous with their time and efforts. And capital is just by supporting our local chamber and a lot of our different events, especially ag appreciation and obviously, with Kim's background, and that kind of speaks to the heart of, you know, the farmers that he was just talking about and how they work together. So, Kim, do you want to talk a little bit about what you guys love the most about ag appreciation. Kim Goodnight   One thing about as I mentioned before, because we have our transmission lines and poles crossing across private property, and landowners are very important to us to be able to make sure that we return that ground back to its original condition after our construction, whether it's gates that we need to install because we do have to access that easement every now and then. But they can continue to operate that ground like it's third, you know, we need I think it's 150 feet right away through there. But if it's through pasture ground or whatever, you know, the cattle continue to graze. And so it's important for us to have that connection with ag producers. Sarah Wasinger   Well, very good. So James, I know that we've been talking a lot about how this event is not possible without all of our great sponsors but tickets can still be picked up today. Really they can be okay, we got a few hours we do so at the moment starts at five o'clock tonight. So we did do a lot of calling around yesterday with our sponsors just to make sure we can tell people as of yesterday, this is still who has tickets. So Carrico Implement, Equity Bank, Golden Bell Bank, High Plains Farm Credit, KSU Ag and Research Center, Nex-tech and Western Beverage is sharing that they will deliver tickets to the car if you call 625-3712 when you get there, but all of these locations should still have tickets. And we just want to say thank you to our farmers and ranchers obviously they have such a big impact not only economically, but just on the quality of life and Ellis counties. So, um, they'll get a meal tonight, the first 200 families will actually receive goodie bags from our sponsors, and Marlis and I counted yesterday, we are right at I think 100 prizes that are going to be given away the farmers. So we think that it's going to be a great evening, a lot of fun. So again, there's a chance for some rain tonight, which means farmers can take the night off, James Bell   In case you had nothing else to do. Sarah Wasinger   That's right. And then of course we want to give one more final shout-out to all of our barn racer sponsors for being so instrumental in our planning process. And those businesses include Astra bank Kericho implement commerce bank, equity bank, Golden Bell bank guitarist Christina Mexicana and trio chophouse Hays med High Plains Farm Credit insurance planning and ag pro crop insurance, ITC and x tech. So, again, come join us this evening, have a great night and our team is going to be spending a lot of time out of the office today. So if for any reason you go to the chamber office, looking for tickets, you may or may not find people there and a friendly reminder, we don't have tickets at the office. So those locations we shared would be the places people can go for those tickets.  James Bell   Very cool. So yeah, if you're still wanting to get a ticket, make sure to hit one of those businesses today. And I love that Western Beverage is out there hand-delivering them. Sarah Wasinger   Some curb service for ya. James Bell   Absolutely. Now, before we move on into kind of the rest of this stuff for today, this event next year is going to change a little bit right? Sarah Wasinger   It is, so we are shifting it to January 13 in 2022. We've gotten a lot of great feedback from our farmers and ranchers. September you know, believe it or not, the weather's still nice. They're doing a lot of things like drilling, working cattle planting and getting ready for fall harvest. So we think that January is going to be a lot better and less things going on for them. We hope that at that point in time, they're not quite cabined yet just because that might be a little early, but whether at that point in time will be the only thing that we're hopefully fighting against. So we've heard you, we care about you. We want to make sure that it's convenient for you to come and no you didn't get amnesia when you start hearing us talk about this again in December in January.  James Bell   Very cool. Now we got to talk about this you had your quarter three business showcase. I didn't did Oh gosh, what was it last Friday you get some winners on that right?  Sarah Wasinger   We do. So, we did a Facebook Live drawing with our premier sponsor premier Business Management yesterday, and Wendy Armbruster. She's famously known as Dustin's Armbrusters' wife around here. But she went ahead and drew five lucky winners, Kelly Hines, Monica Goetz, Marie Froelich, Natasha Cecil and Savannah Pfeifer. So we wanted to congratulate those folks, and anybody who did participate in the business showcase this last go around, please be sure to keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page, because we'll be trying to tag and share a lot of the differences in storage rights that are participating businesses had, including the chamber drawing for chamber checks, which will be held tomorrow via Facebook Live. James Bell   Cool, lots of winners, lots of good stuff there. And I'm sure everybody had a great time, just get down in the community and, and you're gonna do another one of these here. Pretty soon I'm assuming quarter force coming up. Or maybe we're in quarter four, I don't know that's that's your world, Sarah Wasinger   We have two more sponsors are participating businesses that can still go if they want to. So we've got eight of the 10 spots filled. If they want to go ahead and get in the chamber newsletter that will go out on October 4, we are shifting the release date for that newsletter just because Friday, people are going to be busy at Oktoberfest. And we know they're probably not going to be paying a lot of attention to email, but they can get in touch with us at the chamber office to get added to that list. And then that will start October 29. And we'll run that a full three weeks.  James Bell   Very good. And I'm sure we'll be talking about that more in upcoming segments, but Sarah before we run out of time. We've got just about a minute left here. You've got some regular events coming on this week. I think the first one, we've talked about this already this Ark Park presentation. How cool is this? Sarah Wasinger   So excited. It's such a huge project for our community. And it is beautiful. People have been using it so much every evening, but it'll be at 4 p.m. Tomorrow, we did have a previous communication that went out that said 4:30, so please be sure to know that it will start promptly at four. And then we have a ribbon-cutting and joint brick presentation with our friends at DHDC on Thursday, and that'll be at Farmers Insurance Chelsea Proel agency at 4:30. And then of course, it wouldn't be homecoming week unless we weren't on fhsu campus. So we'll be celebrating our chamber chat and a ribbon-cutting at 9 a.m. at the FHSU Fischli-Wills Center for Student Success. So a lot going on. And just wanted to tell people that we hope you come join us tonight for a great evening. And, again, thank him for everything that you ITC do to support our chamber and our community. Kim Goodnight   Thank you very much. I think it's important to surround yourself with good people and be involved with the chamber here in Hays. It is very important to us.

Amarnath Chowdary, Founder & CEO, ModefinIn the 2021 IBS Intelligence Sales League Table (SLT) Modefin was ranked “SLT New Entrant – Star Performance” in the category Digital Banking and Channels. The IBSI SLT 2021 includes systems purchases made by over 1000+ banks across 180+ products from 60 suppliers across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, APAC and ASEAN. Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Modefin was founded in 2011 and is now the preferred FinTech partner for over 65 banks in 20+ countries, with on-ground presence in Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the company's journey with Amarnath Chowdary, Founder and CEO of Modefin.

In this episode, the Hisa teams talks about Equity Bank's and Family Bank's performance for the quarter, why the Central Bank maintained the lending rate at 7% and Aliko Dangote's renewed investment drive in Tanzania. We also discuss expected funding from the AfDB and World Bank, investment in startup sectors beyond fintech and the MGM acquisition by Amazon. Highlights: Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli – Business Writer & Host, Hisa Technologies Audio Production by Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli

In this episode, the Hisa teams talks about Equity Bank's and Family Bank's performance for the quarter, why the Central Bank maintained the lending rate at 7% and Aliko Dangote's renewed investment drive in Tanzania. We also discuss expected funding from the AfDB and World Bank, investment in startup sectors beyond fintech and the MGM acquisition by Amazon. Highlights: Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli – Business Writer & Host, Hisa Technologies Audio Production by Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli

In this episode, Group Executive Director at Equity Group Holdings PLC and Angaza Awards Finalist Mary Wangari Wamae talks about the importance of coordinated effort to encourage more women to occupy top management positions. She reflects her transition from law to banking, spearheading the group's listing in various countries in the region and growing the bank's balance sheet from Ksh 4 billion in 2004 to Ksh 1.1 trillion in 2021. Finally, we wrap the episode with a discussion on what it takes to scale the career ladder, the importance of integrity creating networks, and how receiving accolades and recognition inspires others.  This episode features: Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli – Business Writer & Host, Hisa Technologies Audio Production by Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli Episode Artwork by Muteti Munyambu – Hisa Technologies

In this episode, Group Executive Director at Equity Group Holdings PLC and Angaza Awards Finalist Mary Wangari Wamae talks about the importance of coordinated effort to encourage more women to occupy top management positions. She reflects her transition from law to banking, spearheading the group's listing in various countries in the region and growing the bank's balance sheet from Ksh 4 billion in 2004 to Ksh 1.1 trillion in 2021. Finally, we wrap the episode with a discussion on what it takes to scale the career ladder, the importance of integrity creating networks, and how receiving accolades and recognition inspires others. This episode features: Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli – Business Writer & Host, Hisa Technologies Audio Production by Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli Episode Artwork by Muteti Munyambu – Hisa Technologies

Agostino Tuzi speaks to some key stats and facts around how the reverse mortgage is increasingly a source of...Down payment funds for millennials.

Equity Bank's share dipped by 8.29% after the bank failed to declare a dividend. This, however, is a short term reaction given its strong financials and picking digitization strategy. The MPC is likely to maintain status-quo interest rates, as reducing the rates would not favour banks as much as it would favour borrowers. NCBA reported a 41% profit decline with a significant hit in earnings per share, declaring a dividend nonetheless. The new measures in five counties are likely to affect EABL. However, the effects will be negligible given that the lockdown affects five counties only, and EABL has taken steps to promote online sales. Changes in leadership outlook in Tanzania and the discovery of a new variant could change its COVID-19 measures, affecting EABL's performance in the country. EABL and UNFPA have cancelled their affiliation with Homeboyz Radio, a subsidiary of Homeboyz Entertainment but the effects are likely to be short term. 

Equity Bank's share dipped by 8.29% after the bank failed to declare a dividend. This, however, is a short term reaction given its strong financials and picking digitization strategy. The MPC is likely to maintain status-quo interest rates, as reducing the rates would not favour banks as much as it would favour borrowers. NCBA reported a 41% profit decline with a significant hit in earnings per share, declaring a dividend nonetheless. The new measures in five counties are likely to affect EABL. However, the effects will be negligible given that the lockdown affects five counties only, and EABL has taken steps to promote online sales. Changes in leadership outlook in Tanzania and the discovery of a new variant could change its COVID-19 measures, affecting EABL's performance in the country. EABL and UNFPA have cancelled their affiliation with Homeboyz Radio, a subsidiary of Homeboyz Entertainment but the effects are likely to be short term.

Brad Elliott is one of the best leaders in this country.  In Business, in life, in Family— Brad’s steadfast leadership prevails.   “The right thing to do is the right thing to do, no matter what.”   Often times doing difficult things at the highest level means just doing the right thing.  We are grateful that Brad has come back on the ictpodcast to discuss life in these remarkably challenging times.  

Sean Van Horn is the co-founder of Freight House Fitness, a local Kansas City fitness center where people are blessed with a feeling of being welcomed, loved, & healed. Not just physically but mentally and spiritually. The story of how Sean and his wife Kendra created Freight House is one of inspiration and faith. In 2010 Sean was currently laid off from his job on the railroad and really wanting to make the leap into being a personal trainer. Kendra was a former athlete and always into working out for as long as she could remember. She even remembers using her mom’s ab roller when she was little in the living room while watching cartoons. Kendra knew Sean’s desires and she knew that Sean could be a great trainer. Kendra was working full time as a hair stylist and was super creative, artistic and had a passion for design. They had a few years of partying and really trying to find themselves and deal with their past hurts. In 2013 they went through an inner healing ministry at their church and it was at that moment they came together in their relationship and started to get a vision for Freight House Fitness. Sean and Kendra wanted an environment fueled by Kendra’s creativity and Sean’s gift of helping people accomplish their goals and become the best version of themselves. Today Sean and Kendra are so blessed to have an amazing group of trainers helping them and a community filled with some of the most genuine, loving people around. This was their dream and their vision. In this episode, Sean tells us how he improvised, adapted, & overcame his business model during the COVID-19 crisis.

Sandy is the founder of C2FO and serves as Chairman of the Board and CEO. In addition, he is Chairman of the Board of The Collectors Fund, a private equity fund focused on alternative asset classes. Prior to founding The Collectors Fund and C2FO, Sandy founded Perfect Commerce (fka eScout.com) and served as the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2000-06. Prior to founding Perfect Commerce, he served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of UMB Bank and CEO of UMB Financial, a NASDAQ traded financial services company more than $20 billion in assets. Sandy began his career with UMB after graduating from Northwestern University in 1987. He majored in American History. Sandy is an active angel and venture investor and serves on the corporate boards of UMB Financial (NASDAQ: UMBF), UMB Bank, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV), and AXA Art USA (NYSE: AXA). He previously served on the board of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe) and BATS Exchange, two of the largest stock exchanges in the world. Sandy and his family are active in academic, civic and philanthropic endeavors. He serves on the board of the Agriculture Future of America (AFA), a non-profit scholarship and leadership development organization that he co-founded. Sandy and his family live on a farm in Kansas City, Mo., where they raise and care for their horses, sheep, and any and all wild animals (not including their four children).

Jon Holzmeister has been in sales leadership for the majority of his career. At age 24, Jon was Unitog’s youngest sales manager managing the Southeast Region, which included Atlanta and Charlotte. After his success at Unitog Jon moved to AngioDynamics, a pre-IPO medical device company where he achieved a growth rate that exceeded 20% annually. In 1999, Jon returned to Kansas City where he became the Vice President of Sales for Marketshare Group where he remained for 17 years. Marketshare Group specialized in consumer direct mail, list brokerage, email and mobile marketing -- at their height, Marketshare Group mailed to over 16 million consumers. Jon then moved in the VP of Sales and Marketing role at NetStandard, an outsourced technology for the SMB space.  At NetStandard, he achieved year-over-year growth each year of his tenure, including 2019, which is the largest revenue in company history.  Which brings us to today, Jon is the President of the Kansas City Region for Accelerent, a Business Development platform with business leaders that are focused on helping each other build their businesses.  Accelerent currently has six market-locations including Kansas City, Washington DC, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Phoenix, and Denver. Each partner is exclusive to its business category and Accelrent brings them together in a variety of environments to build relationships and create new business. Accelerent uses a proprietary suite of tools, training, strategy, and support to generate measurable results for its partners. Before joining Accelerent, Jon was a partner for three years in which Accelerent was a core pillar in his business development platform. He understands first hand how Partners can use Accelernet to fuel their growth and benefit from building long-term relationships. 

Our series on how banks are leading their communities through the COVID-19 crisis continues as we talk to John Hanley, SVP and Senior Director of Marketing at Equity Bank, a $4B asset community bank with branches in Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Listen to John and Hunter talk about Equity has responded to COVID crisis, how their organization and culture was built to adapt quickly, and John's thoughts on re-planning the marketing year and what you can do right now to improve your foundational marketing activities. John even promised to keep the Pearl Jam references to a minimum. Something that is incredibly difficult for him to do.

In the midst of this economic uncertainty due to this COVID-19 crisis, I thought it would be good to bring on two seasoned marketing professionals to discuss what we should be focusing on now. This episode is full of actionable tactics, strategies, and pivoting mindsets that will allow you to better deal with our new reality. Mike Snyder is a managing partner of RSM Marketing, a firm of 35 professionals working across six brands. RSM has offices in Wichita and Kansas City and has clients nationally through its novel Outsourced Marketing Department through a flat-fee subscription service. John Hanley is Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing for Equity Bank, a $4-billion regional community bank. John leads all marketing, communications, messaging, media, public relations and brand strategy throughout Equity's network in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

Banker Brad Elliott says it's important for business owners to stay positive and focus on company survival.

Christina M. Long brings more than 15 years of communication and design experience to CML Collective. Her background in education, working for the state's largest public school system, as well as her years reporting for the state's largest newspaper, The Wichita Eagle, has helped Long develop an expertise in crafting, packaging and delivering messages for a variety of audiences. Dedicated to her community, Long also serves as the President/CEO of Create Campaign, Inc., which helps urban entrepreneurs in Kansas to launch, innovate and excel. Long serves as the historian for Wichita Urban Professionals; editor of its premier publication, Urban Magnate; is the leader of NetWork Kansas' Wichita Urban E-Community and a board member of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce.  Recent awards include being named the Wichita Regional Chamber's Exceptional Young Leader,  Wichita Urban Professionals' Urban Woman Professional of the Year, 40 Under 40, Kansas Minority Business Advocate of the Year by the Kansas Department of Commerce's Office of Minority and Women Business and an Emerging Leader by the Wichita Business Journal.  Long is a graduate of Wichita State University earning a degree in Communications with an emphasis in Journalism and a minor in Ethnic Studies. She is married and has three children.

During his entire career, Dan Shurtz has always been driven by his passion to help others accomplish their goals and exceed their own expectations. With over 20 years of experience contributing to and leading organizations in Retail, Real Estate, Marketing & Advertising, and Senior Living, Dan has seen the power that culture has on the success or failure of individuals, teams and entire organizations. It is his desire to help organizations unlock their full potential by helping them unlock the full potential of their people.  Dan believes each of us was created for a purpose and that our great responsibility is to discover that purpose and achieve it to our fullest potential. The Culture Print™ was created to help people and organizations do just that. Dan created The Culture Print™  to help people and organizations fulfill the purpose and potential they were created for. He does that by unlocking the power and impact of an engaged workforce and help organizations foster engagement through discovery, declaration, and demonstration of their unique Culture Print. They believe the foundation of a successful organization is a culture that engages, empowers, and equips its people. At The Culture Print™, they bring clarity to your unique culture and arm your leaders with the language and tools required to inspire your workforce to achieve success and increase the impact your organization makes on your employees, customers, shareholders, and the communities you serve.

The Fouts family has built one of the largest, family-owned zoos in the country from nothing. They didn’t receive any government funds or grants to build it. They did it with hard work, dedication, and passion to be stewards for animals in their care and in the wild. They did it with the support of visitors like you. By 2004, over 4,000 people were visiting the park despite having very few amenities and no parking lot. At that time, Jim and Sherri, along with their son, Matt, decided to expand. However, they knew for it to be successful, it would have to be a world-class facility. They took a portion of the 51 acres and constructed a zoo from the ground up. Some of you may have seen the movie We Bought A Zoo with Matt Damon, well they BUILT a zoo from the ground up! On August 2 of 2008 Tanganyika Wildlife Park officially opened with 15 exhibits and three interactive areas. Over the past eight years, we have grown into the third-largest animal collection in Kansas, and one of the largest attractions in the state. We have over 40 exhibits featuring 10 interactive stations, over 400 animals and 37 successful breeding programs.  Our family-owned facility right here in Goddard, KS continues to be a world leader in breeding rare and endangered species. 

Kevin Kunz is the President and CEO of SleepTopia Inc, one of the leaders in home sleep testing. He founded the Kansas based home sleep testing in 2013 after realizing the need for a better, affordable solution for sleep testing. He has spent most of his professional career in healthcare because he loves being in a role where he can help people live better, healthier, and more fulfilled lives. He believes this all begins with education and awareness of the dangers associated with undiagnosed sleep apnea. He is considered an expert in the field of home sleep testing and obstructive sleep apnea and has given several lectures on the subject. He is passionate and excited to continue applying his philosophy to healthcare and entrepreneurship.

Since 2009, Dallas has been the President of Benefit Management LLC (BML), specializing in providing customized cost containment solutions to enhance employer’s self‐funded health plans. Dallas has also been integral in the development and marketing of BML's new Value‐Based Administration division and possesses the experience, skillset, and knowledge necessary to successfully lead BML in his role as President. Dallas earned his master’s degree in the Social Sciences from Baker University. He joined the BML family in July of 2009 in the Sales and Marketing department, then worked as a Group Sales Consultant and SVP of National Sales. In addition to success at BML, Dallas is an active industry leader, serving multiple terms as a board member of the Wichita Association of Benefit Professionals (WABP), formerly Wichita Association of Health Underwriters (WAHU), including a term as President. His community involvement extends outside the insurance industry with his membership in the Wichita Business Coalition on Healthcare.

David Barnes is the Chief Operating Officer & Co-Owner for Tallgrass Freight in Olathe, KS. David saw tremendous success as an owner of a digital marketing agency (Sweet Spot Marketing) between 2007-2015.  This meteoric rise of this company gave him the leadership, business, & life lessons in eight years that many never achieve in a lifetime. It also gave him the financial freedom & confidence to take advantage of a co-ownership opportunity for his current role at Tallgrass Freight. David is the epitome of the tenacious & intentional entrepreneur that possesses a humble/teachable spirit; a very powerful combination. In this value-packed conversation we discussed David's habits and mindset of success to include: The power of confidence in your abilities and the people around you. The value of mentorship and surrounding yourself with the right people. The importance of a vast and deep network. The requirement for being tenacious and never giving up. Being prepared to yes to opportunities.

In 2003, Eric Maddox collected the intelligence which led to the exact location of Saddam Hussein—the Ace of Spades in the infamous Deck of Cards. His technique shaped the future intelligence collection for the military and civilians around the world. Today, he shares that technique—empathy-based listening—with people and companies around the world as an inspirational speaker, author, consultant, and negotiator. Empathy based listening teaches that trust is the most important element in all relationships. When you have trust, you turn clients and customers into champions and advocates. You gain and maximize influence. There is no other skill needed more to improve every aspect of your personal and professional life.

Heading up the team at Field Station: Dinosaurs is Guy Gsell. An adventurer, teacher and life- long dinosaur lover, Guy has produced educationally themed theater, live events and exhibits in a career that spans thirty years and three continents. As the Founding Director of Discovery Times Square in Manhattan, Guy created sold-out workshops and ancillary programming for the famous “King Tut” exhibit as well as “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” and “daVinci’s Workshop”. He was a Producer at the 2011 World Science Festival and, for six years, Managing Director of the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank, New Jersey where he launched one of the State’s top theater education programs. He spent twelve seasons touring the world’s theaters and classrooms with the renowned Paper Bag Players, America’s foremost theater company for children. He has taught at the high school and college level, acted off-Broadway, written two plays, appeared on Jeopardy! and appeared at some of New Jersey’s legendary music venues as a singer-songwriter. At the Field Station, Guy is finally able to combine his serious dinosaur obsession with his love for family entertainment, hands-on teaching and working with children.

An IT Executive and Entrepreneur, Rodney has spent the last 20 years working on his IT management career and real estate business.  Rodney hails from a working-class family in southeast Kansas and moved to Wichita in 1993.  Knowing no one, living in a one-bedroom apartment and working at a fast-food restaurant, Rodney attended Wichita State, where he got involved in student life and a fraternity which eventually helped Rodney create a network and a place to call home.  After graduating with Honors from WSU, Rodney chose to pursue the military instead of graduate school.  Rodney did a short stint in the US Army and then returned to Wichita to begin a family and working on the IT industry. Rodney has since moved on to own Cana Wine & Cocktails – craft cocktail and wine bar and Shift Auto Society – a country club for car guys, both in downtown Wichita, with plans set to acquire more commercial real estate in the near future in downtown.  Rodney enjoys a challenge and continues to grow his side businesses while balancing out his day job helping customers leverage IT investments with business objectives. Rodney went on to get his Masters of Management of Information Systems from Friends University and has been honored as a WBJ 40 under 40 and Wichita State Senior Honor Man.

Jane Brown fills in for Libby Znaimer. She is joined by Steven Ranson, President and CEO of HomeEquity Bank. There's good news and bad news when it comes to longevity! The good news is we're living longer. The bad news is that we need more money to fund our long lives. That's where the HomeEquity Bank and the CHIP Reverse Mortgage come in. Steven Ranson answers your questions on all you need to know.

An experienced business owner and manager with an Executive MBA, B.J. has spent the last 18 years as the Director and ultimately President of a family-owned company. Entrepreneurship runs in his blood. B.J. enjoys the challenges and has the skills to conduct business with the regulatory agencies overseeing the brewing industry. He also brings extensive marketing and customer relations experience to Walnut River Brewing Co., as well as sales know-how. He has been a successful fundraiser and, most importantly is passionate about business and beer. B.J. has been honored in Wichita Business Journal’s 40 under 40, and his broad business horizon serves him well as Walnut River Brewing Co.’s Business Operator.

A restaurant operator to the core, Scott loves the sights, sounds and smells of a well-run restaurant. Growing up in St. Louis, he got his start in the restaurant business at age 15 catering events for groups of two to 6000. Paying his way through college by managing a steakhouse, he earned a degree in restaurant and hotel management. Redler moved to Minneapolis and then Washington, DC, to manage a 5-star restaurant. Back in St. Louis, he launched his first restaurant as a sole proprietor—a quick-service Chinese food concept called Shanghai Charlie’s. After selling that, he moved back to DC to serve as Executive Vice-President for the American Café. Scott eventually moved to Wichita, KS, accepting the position of Executive Vice President of a local restaurant group. In 1997, Scott together with Bill Simon opened Timberline Steakhouse. In 2002, Redler again partnered with Bill Simon and his brother Randy to launch Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers.  Freddy's based in Kansas, has grown to more than 340 locations at last tally, and the entire chain generated $474.7 million in system-wide sales last year, creating $21.3 million in revenue for the home office—about $10 million of that as profit.

An EU initiative launched to develop and modernize Kenyan smallholder farming

Julie Huber joined Equity Bank in January 2003 and currently oversees mergers and acquisition integration and major projects for the $4.0-billion bank in her role as Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Julie began her banking career with Peoples Bank and Trust in McPherson, Kansas, and soon supervised retail, operations, compliance, training and security functions for Sunflower Bank over 8 years. She has been a member of Equity Bank's senior leadership team since the bank's inception, serving roles in human resources, retail, finance, training, and compliance, as well as two years as Chief Risk Officer, 4 years as Chief Credit Officer, and the last two years in her current role. Julie is an alumnus of McPherson College, with B.A. degrees in Business Administration and History and also earned an MBA from Baker University. She graduated from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking in 2006 and was honored by the Wichita Business Journal as a class member of “40 under 40” in 2008 and Women In Business in 2013. Julie is a 2012 graduate of the Bank Leaders of Kansas (BLOK), sponsored by the Kansas Bankers Association.  Julie has previously served as President for the Andover Advantage Foundation in Andover, Kansas, and currently serves as a Board Trustee for McPherson College.

Clint Whitney is CEO and President of Superior Tool Service (STS) headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. STS began operations in 1987 and, today, serves more than 400 machine shops worldwide utilizing state-of-the-art CNC tool grinding machines to manufacture precision quality cutting tools. Clint, from Clearwater, Kansas, began grinding tools for STS in 1998 and owns the company with his wife, Christie, and Buddy Harrison. All three work inside the company. Clint has used his background of mechanic schooling and his apprenticeship of grinding as the catalyst to grow the company and seek out new services and products to offer. Since his start of running the company in October 2014, they have added STS Supply, a distribution company, and STS Coatings, a PVD coating center, and STS Firearms, a firearm modification company. With this expanded growth they have doubled the number of employees and sales. He believes using his passion for constant learning and pushing others out of their comfort zone, has contributed to their success. Visit SuperiorToolService.com for more information.

Scott Schwindaman has been president and CEO at Lubrication Engineers since 2007, having started as a laboratory technician in 1981 while he was still in college and working his way up through the ranks. Today, he oversees a company that has more than 100 employees in the U.S. and a large network of independent consultants and distributors who sell LE products and services worldwide. Since 1951, Lubrication Engineers has manufactured and distributed high-performance lubricants made of highly refined base oils and proprietary additives. To complement its lubricants, LE offers a full line of lubrication reliability products and services. LE’s domestic facilities include a manufacturing facility, laboratory, warehouse and office in Wichita, Kan.; a sales and technical support office in Fort Worth, Texas; and warehouses in Knoxville, Tenn., and Las Vegas, Nev. Throughout his time at the company, Scott’s hard work and initiative have propelled him from his original lab position to research assistant, R&D manager, quality control manager, assistant plant manager, plant operations manager, plant manager, and executive vice president. He also serves as vice president of Alpha BioSystems, Inc., a small upstart company that manufactures all-natural, nontoxic products for improving soil health and yielding stronger crops and vegetation. Scott recently finished his term as the 2017 chairman of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors. He founded and is a board member of the Chamber’s Diversity & Inclusion Task Force. He is on the executive board of the Greater Wichita Partnership (GWP) and was instrumental in the formation of two Wichita business initiatives: the Entrepreneurial Task Force and the e2e Accelerator / Incubator. He is on the executive board of Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA), serving as treasurer; and is a member of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). Scott has a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology from Wichita State University and has completed master’s level business courses at WSU in addition to other executive business training. He and his wife, Janet, have three grown children and seven grandchildren. Scott and his family raise, train and breed horses at their Cowskin Creek Clydesdale Farm in Goddard, Kan.

Steve Werner is the CEO & Founder of Lawn Buddy, an on-demand lawn care service, that connects lawn care providers, "lawntrepreneurs", to homeowners, via a user-friendly app and website Werner says the technology has evolved into an operating system for lawn and snow-removal services, and it's starting to be used in other industries. Werner describes his company and his leadership/entrepreneurship journey in this episode.  We explore how his time in the United States Marines has helped and hindered his progress. You can learn more about his website here, and connect with Steve via LinkedIn. This show is brought to you by our sponsor Equity Bank.

Dr. Sheree Utash has served as president of Wichita Area Technical College (WATC) since 2015 and has overseen the transition of the college to the WSU Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech). Prior to that she served eight years at the college as vice president of academic affairs. With 6,500 students, WSU Tech is the largest technical college in Kansas and acts as managing partner for the National Center for Aviation Training. Dr. Utash offers a unique blend of teaching, administrative and leadership experience in both higher ed and private industry. She has provided administrative oversight for the college's academic programs, with emphases in manufacturing, aviation, design, IT, specialized trades, health care and general education. Dr. Utash has overseen faculty, grants management, adult literacy, academic planning and resource management. Her role involved the formation and leadership of the lead institution for the National Aviation Consortium, a $15 million grant project with direct working relationships with two-year colleges in five states. Additionally, Utash has managed and facilitated the college’s last self-study with its major accrediting body, the Higher Learning Commission, North-Central Association. Utash earned her Ed.D Community College Leadership at National American University, a Master of Arts, Liberal Studies in Communication / Education / Sociology from Wichita State University and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism / Marketing from Kansas State University.

Canadians 55 years of age, or older are more internet savvy now than ever before. In fact, over 90% of Home Equity Bank

Jeff Lange embodies the spirit of the Kansas Entrepreneur. A native Kansan, Jeff first learned the excitement and perils of owning a business by growing up with a family farm business. Jeff’s next experience came when he pursued a career in real estate and eventually opened Lange Real Estate. In 1998, he and a partner entered the storage business. A ... Read More

My guest on the podcast is WBJ aviation reporter Daniel McCoy, who takes an in-depth look at the effort to attract more flights to Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport. Thanks to our sponsor, Equity Bank.

Allen Fee serves as President of Fee Insurance Group. Mr. Fee also serves as Director at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Inc. He has served as chairman for several organizations including the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, United Way, Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce. He began his career with the family business upon graduating from KU in 1984. Fee Insurance ... Read More

Michelle Becker is the Founder & CEO of Profit Builders Inc.  Founded in 1994, Profit Builders is an industry leader in Outsource Accounting specializing in a full platform of accounting services. Profit Builders is proud to support leading Small to Mid-Size businesses across 40 states. Their areas of specialty include Restaurant, Health Care, Construction and Agriculture. Profit Builders is known for working closing with business ... Read More

Trevor is a proven, results-oriented entrepreneur with a passion for innovation & empowering others. His extensive background in sales and marketing provideshim with the experience to develop products and implement his strategic vision in innovative ways. Trevor is currently President of Buddy Brands, a vertically integrated pet products company he founded in 2011.  Buddy Brands makes solution based products under ... Read More

Karyn Page is recognized at the local, state, and national level for her expertise on export promotion and export ecosystem development in both private and public sectors. She consults small businesses and communities across multiple industries on trade strategy, advocacy, compliance, market entry, and identifying global opportunities. Ms. Page currently serves as President and CEO of Kansas Global Trade Services, ... Read More

Dan McKenzie is the CEO of Ensignal Inc as well as CFO of Golden Wheat Inc. Ensignal began in 2000, with an acquisition of a 14 store operation headquartered in Steamboat Springs Colorado. Over the ensuing time frame, Ensignal has grown into sizeable regional Verizon Premium agent, with 94 locations in eight states. The company’s primary market focus has always ... Read More

Ronnie Leonard is the President and CEO of Balco, Inc., a local manufacturing company. She has been with Balco for 22 years-16 years as the CFO and the past 6 years as CEO. Ronnie graduated from Wichita State University in 1987 and worked for Baird, Kurtz & Dobson as a CPA for 5 years and as a controller for NPC, ... Read More

Teresa Lovelady joined the HealthCore Clinic (formerly Center for Health and Wellness) as President and Chief Executive Officer in March 2011. Teresa has been a medical patient at the Center since 2003 and served as a consumer board member since May 2009. She brought a wealth of experience to the board as a patient and as a professional in the ... Read More

Jon Rolph was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. After graduating from Baylor University, he worked for the National Student Leadership Forum in Washington D.C. In 2002, he moved back to Wichita to work in his family’s business, Sasnak Management, where he is now the President. Sasnak owns and operates over 60 Carlos O’Kelly’s and Applebee’s across 10 states, along ... Read More

Bud Gates has served as Chairman and CEO of Easygates, LLC, from March 2007 to present. In addition, he serves as President and CEO of Gates Enterprises, Inc., 1985 to present. Gates was owner and operator of Rent-A-Center and ColorTyme franchises from 1996 to 2006 and Pizza Hut franchises from 1985 to 2007. The company owned and operated Heroes Sports ... Read More

Syndeo is Kansas-based, independently owned human resources company. The Syndeo family of companies is made up of Syndeo Outsourcing — a full-service human resources outsourcing (HRO) provider, Syndeo Payroll Solutions — a full-service payroll services provider, and Syndeo Staffing — a full-service recruiting and staffing services provider. While all of these options are available to companies, these branches of Syndeo ... Read More

Victor Lukic joined GPI as president in November of 2012 following the unexpected death of Grant Nutter. Vic has extensive experience in companies which manufacture proprietary products. He has work in companies of varied sizes and in diverse industries from truck bodies to cabinets to pumps. Vic has degrees in both Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering. Since arriving at GPI ... Read More

Jared Peterson began working at Vermillion in 2009 as a Sales Associate, specializing in sales of wire harness and custom cable for the aerospace and defense industries. He quickly rose through the ranks and became Director of Manufacturing Operations in 2014.  During that time, Jared worked closely with the former president and in 2017, the president retired, leaving Jared at ... Read More

Congolese Jean-Claude Tshipama is the CEO of Eutelsat's Konnect Africa subsidiary which delivers satellite broadband connectivity services in Africa. Jean-Claude has over 16 years’ experience in telecommunications, computer and Pay TV industries’. He holds an MBA from HEC-Montreal in Canada and a Master’s degree in Economics from the Protestant University in Congo. Jean-Claude was formerly the Commercial Director at Celtel in DR Congo, and also previously served as Director of Sales and Distribution at both the Digicel Group and at the Microsoft Corporation's Africa business. Prior to joining Eutelsat, he was notably CEO of Canal+ in DR Congo, and he currently serves on the board of Equity Bank in Kenya. In this conversation with Andile Masuku and Musa Kalenga - taped at Afrobytes Tech Marketplace 2018 - Jean-Claude discusses his new role at Eutelsat and shares some of the values that inform his personal and professional mission. Listen in to hear him respond to questions about his organisation's ability to remain competitive in the world's increasingly crowded satellite and broadband marketplace.

Equity Bank has aggressively pursued mergers and acquisitions in its 16 years.

Brad shares his stories of growing up and how his work ethic, and commitment to people, has driven the success of Equity Bank.

Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell has a message for owners of small- and medium-sized businesses in the area. "We care about you," Longwell says. This week Longwell also discusses balancing growth with keeping Wichita's favorable quality of life, and he lets us in on plans for his political future. Our thanks to Equity Bank for sponsoring the BizTalk with Bill Roy podcast. Music: Going Higher - Bensound.com

Spencer Okach, Equity Bank and Paypal Partnership: Paypal is global online payments leader. Learn more about the opportunities for East Africa Ecommerce as well as a new channel for Remittance through the partnership with Equity Bank. Segeni Ngethe, MamaMikes and AirPesa: Lessons from East Africa oldest Ecommerce Company from gifting to airtime remote top. Kojo Ayirebi, Zished: A gifting e-commerce platform enabling the African diaspora to remain connected and able to share in moments with loved ones back home starting with Ghana. Roble Musse, Coinfling: A Mobile Money Transfer Company initially focusing on USA to Kenya transfers. Moderated by Vivian Chan, Advisor at Savannah Fund. Previously at Microsoft and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Author:  Gerhard Coetzee, Kamau Kabbucho, Andrew Mnjama This study report starts with Equity Bank’s market and how that translates into a product range and delivery system. It also addresses the issues related to the ownership and governance of the organisation. It further surges ahead in various aspects of management, as the governance level directs and focuses the institution while the management level is needed for implementation. It also measures the management and institutional performance of the bank. This report also relates to human resource issues and how these can contribute to success.

Author:  Graham A.N. Wright, David Cracknell Today Equity Bank is a remarkable institution. But in 1993, the Central Bank of Kenya confirmed that, as Equity Building Society, it was technically insolvent and had poor board supervision and inadequate management. Non-performing loans were 54% of the portfolio, and accumulated losses totalled KSh.33 million against a paid-up capital of KSh.3 million. Equity’s liquidity ratio stood at 5.8%, far below the required 20%.This paper documents the history of this remarkable institution and assesses some of the lessons that can be learned by others seeking to follow its path.Equity’s progression from what was effectively a small family firm to a high potential organisation on to a high performing and now listed institution was not without challenges and struggles. While the paper provides the details of Equity Bank’s Strategic and Operational History, it mainly focuses on key lessons for those aspiring to follow Equity’s extraordinary trajectory.

Marguerite Robinson, a frequent adviser to Equity Bank, gives her views of the Equity Bank success story. She describes the roles of staff and management and explores the contribution of MicroSave.

Author:  David Cracknell, Graham A.N. Wright Today Equity Bank is a remarkable institution. It has become the most highly capitalised bank in Kenya with total shareholders funds of more than $250 million as of March 2008, serving more than 2 million customers, through 76 branches and more than 350 ATMs. But in 1993, the Central Bank of Kenya confirmed that, as Equity Building Society, it was technically insolvent, had poor board supervision and inadequate management. This note outlines the success factors underlying this remarkable change.

Interview with james Mwangi, CEO, Equity Bank, Kenya, on client protection, youth programs, and the future of Equity Bank.

Interview with Dr. James Mwangi, CEO, Equity Bank, Kenya, on financial crisis and the role of savings.

Interview with Dr. James Mwangi, CEO, Equity Bank, Kenya, Dr James Mwangi talks about the main drivers and challenges of rapid growth, the role that MicroSave played in the development of the bank, and the mistakes made and lessons learned over the past 16 years.

Interview with Samuel G. Kamiti, General Manager, Alternative Business Channels, Equity Bank, Kenya.

Watch the examples of various ways to monitor a loan. Listen to Equity bank loan officers and credit administrators talk about their most effective practices of monitoring loans.

Equity Bank in Kenya, shares its experience on processing and approving larger loans. Dick Turner concludes the topic of loan approval practices.

Through its Action Research Programme, MicroSave learns and disseminates lessons relating to market-led microfinance. This Briefing Note highlights key lessons from the experience of its partner Equity bank, in designing, testing and rolling out a cash flow based individual business loan product.

The concept of the Lending Cycle is an excellent training tool for new loan officers and other staff engaged in lending operations. Using the individual loan product of Equity Bank as an illustrative example, we move through the first steps of the Lending Cycle, namely New Customer Introduction and Filter. We asked Martin Holtmann, who is Head of Microfinance at International Finance Corporation (IFC), to be our guide

Biashara Imara product development, product features and marketing Biashara Imara, these are the topics of this episode.

Biashara Imara is the individual loan product developed by Equity Bank in Kenya. Biashara Imara means "strong, solid business." What are the distinctive characteristics of the product and who are the clients – these are the topics of this episode.

The Equity Bank business model has attracted both local and international recognition. On many occasions the Bank has been invited to various international forums and bodies to share on its successes. Equity has also become a hub of other institutions worldwide keen on learning and exchanging insights on the Equity model of extending financial services to the low income segment and the un-banked population. My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-e19242056f8f109c3a90b2b6399ac482}