Zenith Bank reports 8.7% increase in H1 PAT to N88.9bn
26 August 2019 |
3:16 pm
The Group Managing Director and CEO of Zenith Bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu says the first half of the year was very challenging and interesting. He made this remark when commenting on the bank’s half-year earnings with CNBC Africa’s Esther Awoniyi.
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