Bank of Zambia data: commercial banks lent $4.3bn in 2025
Analysis$4.3bnMonday 26 October 2026
The Bank of Zambia's Financial and Other Statistics report for 2025 shows commercial banks lent about $4.3 billion (K87.8bn) across economic sectors, with manufacturing taking the largest share. The same report puts total 2025 transactions at about $190 billion (K3.9trn).
The sector data gives investors a view of where Zambian bank credit is going, and commentary questions whether SMEs get a fair share of manufacturing lending.
MTN Ghana and its separately incorporated Mobile Money Fintech Limited posted a combined profit after tax of about $670 million (GH₵7.75bn) for the nine months to September 2026, up 43 percent. The results cover the telco and its mobile money business, which became a separate company in March 2026.
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