AccessBank Tanzania
Private | |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 21 November 2007 |
Headquarters | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Key people |
Rouland Coulon chief executive officer[1] |
Products | Loans, checking, savings, investments, debit cards |
Total assets | US$109.8 million (2014) |
Number of employees | 700+ (2014)[2] |
Website | Homepage |
AccessBank Tanzania (ABT), whose official name is AccessBank Tanzania Limited, is a commercial bank in Tanzania. It is licensed by the Bank of Tanzania, the central bank and national banking regulator.[3][4]
Location
The headquarters of the bank are located at Derm House, Kijitonyama, on New Bagamoyo Road, in the central business district of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in the country.[5] The coordinates of the bank's headquarters are 6°46'37.0"S 39°14'45.0"E (Latitude:-6.776940; Longitude:39.245820).[6]
Overview
ABT is a commercial bank that focuses on the micro-finance sector, serving micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. As of December 2014, the bank's assets were valued at US$109.8 million. At that time, it had 170,065 deposit accounts, with total deposits of US$88.4 million, a loan book of US$71.3 million, and 27,516 loan accounts.[7] AccessBank Tanzania is a member of the AccessBank Group, which is composed of microfinance institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, and South America, who are majority owned by the AccessHolding conglomerate.[8]
Shareholding
The shareholding in the stock of the bank is illustrated in the table below:[9]
Rank | Name of Owner | Percentage Ownership |
---|---|---|
1 | AccessHolding | 50.73 |
2 | International Finance Corporation | 15.80 |
3 | MicroVest | 14.43 |
4 | KfW | 10.75 |
5 | African Development Bank | 8.30 |
Total | 100.00 | |
1 - "MicroVest is a private, for-profit investment group dedicated to reducing global poverty by applying a commercial framework to investing".
Branches
As of April 2016, ABT maintained branches at the following locations:[10][11]
- Kijitonyama Branch - Derm House, New Bagamoyo Road, Kijitonyama, Dar es Salaam Main Branch
- Lumumba Branch - Summit Tower, Lumumba Road, Dar es Salaam
- Temeke Branch - Temeke Street, Dar es Salaam
- Manzese Branch - Morogoro Road, Dar es Salaam
- Tabata Branch - Nelson Mandela Road, Dar es Salaam
- Mbagala Branch - Mbagala Rangi Tatu, Dar es Salaam.
- Kariakoo Branch - Mkunguni Street, Dar es Salaam
- Mwanza Branch I - Nyerere Road, Mwanza
- mwanza Branch II - Kishimba Building, Pamba Road, Mwanza
- Kahama Branch - Isaka Road, Kahama
- Tabora Branch - NSSF Building, Jamhuri Road, Tabora
- Mbeya Branch - Mbeya
See also
References
- ↑ Elinaza, Abduel (12 April 2014). "Tanzania: Accessbank Upbeat About Future Despite Challenges". Tanzania Daily News via AllAfrica.com. Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Mteleke, Salum (6 January 2014). "AccessBank Tanzania Records US$100 Million Assets". Tanzania Business Times. Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ BOTdate=13 April 2016. "Directory of Banks Operating in Tanzania". Bank of Tanzania (BOT). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ TBUK (13 April 2016). "About Triodos: AccessBank Tanzania". Triodos Bank United Kingdom (TBUK). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ ABT (13 April 2016). "AccessBank Tanzania: Contacts". Dar es Salaam: AccessBank Tanzania (ABT). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Google (13 April 2016). "Location of the Headquarters of AccessBank Tanzania" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ MMO (31 December 2014). "AccessBank Tanzania: Profile". Mixmarket.org (MMO). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ MCO (13 April 2016). "Access Microfinance Holding AG (AccessHolding)". Microcapital.org (MCO). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ ABT (13 April 2016). "AccessBank Tanzania: Shareholders". Dar es Salaam: AccessBank Tanzania (ABT). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Mihambi, Jovin (22 March 2013). "AccessBank Tanzania advance loans to clients value at TSh 200 Billion". Tanzania Business Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ ABT (13 April 2016). "AccessBank Tanzania: Branches". Dar es Salaam: AccessBank Tanzania (ABT). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
External links
Coordinates: 06°46′37″S 39°14′45″E / 6.77694°S 39.24583°E