*  *  *  Mr. Peter Munga, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Equity Bank Ltd.; Dr. James Mwangi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Equity Bank Ltd.; Board Members here present; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen: I am delighted to be here this afternoon on the occasion of the launch of Equity Bank’s mobile phone banking service.
Those days, like in late August this year, when US and global markets are roiled by some event in China, will probably become more common. The growth transition towards services will have implications not just for the value of resource shipments from Australia, but for the Asian regional manufacturing chain. But China's demographics are not favourable.