Diamond Trust Bank Tanzania Plc
Company typePrivate
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1945
HeadquartersPlot 991, Kahama Road, Masaki Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Key people
Karim Wissanji
Chairman
Ravneet Chowdhury
Country Manager & CEO
ProductsLoans, savings, checking, investments, debit cards, credit cards, mortgages, electronic funds transfer
RevenueIncreaseAfter-tax: TSh 11.95 billion (US$5.19 million) (2021)
Total assetsTSh 984 billion (US$450.7 million) (2016)
Number of employees
567
Websitewww.diamondtrust.co.tz

Diamond Trust Bank Tanzania Plc (DTBT) is a commercial bank in Tanzania, licensed by the Bank of Tanzania.[1]

Overview

Diamond Trust Bank Tanzania PLC is a large financial services provider in Tanzania, with total assets valued at TSh 1,405 billion (approx. US$610 million) as at 31 December 2021. At that time, shareholders' equity was valued at TSh 209 billion (approx. US$99.74 million). The bank has a network of 29 branches, of which 15 are in the Commercial City of Dar es Salaam, while the remaining 14 are spread across major commercial centers in the country.[2]


History

Diamond Trust Bank (Tanzania) Limited (DTB Tanzania) was founded in 1945, as Diamond Jubilee Investment Trust (DJIT) with its head office in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and branches in Mombasa (Kenya) and Kampala (Uganda). Subsequently, branches were also opened in Nairobi and Kisumu in Kenya. At the time, DJIT operated as a community-based finance house offering savings and extending credit to members of the Ismaili Community.[3]

In 1965, DJIT was divided into three companies – DJIT Tanzania, DJIT Kenya and DJIT Uganda with the respective head offices in Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and Kampala. DJIT Tanzania changed its name to Diamond Trust of Tanzania (DTT) in 1990. Under the name change, the Bank extended its facilities from a community-based finance house into a non-bank financial institution, and began offering financial services to the general public.[4]

DTT was recapitalized in 1995 through injection of funds by its shareholders. Diamond Trust Bank Kenya and the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) emerged as its two principal shareholders, holding 33% and 31% shareholding respectively. In 1997, DTT was licensed as a full commercial bank and changed its name to Diamond Trust Bank Tanzania Limited (DTBT).[5]. DTBT was declared as a public limited company in 2022 and now known as Diamond Trust Bank Tanzania Public Limited Company (DTBT Plc).

Diamond Trust Bank Group

DTBT is a member of the Diamond Trust Bank Group, a large financial services provider in East Africa with operations in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.[2]

Ownership

Diamond Trust Bank Group is the majority shareholder, owning 65 percent of the shares in Diamond Trust Bank (Tanzania) Limited, as at March 2016.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Banking Supervision - Directory of Financial Institutions Operating in Tanzania". Bank of Tanzania. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b Mbani, Mnaku (20 November 2015). "Diamond Trust Bank's Capital Hits TSh109 Billion Mark After 'Rights' Issue". Tanzania Business Times. Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III – The Diamond Jubilee: "An Incomparable Occasion in the World" - The Diamond Jubilee – Sixty Years of Imamat (1885-1945)". Simerg.com. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ Adam, Michel (2015). Indian Africa: Minorities of Indian-Pakistani Origin in Eastern Africa. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd. pp. 237–238.
  5. ^ "History - Diamond Trust Bank Tanzania". Diamond Trust Bank. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  6. ^ Ngigi, George (14 March 2016). "DTB firms grip on Tanzania unit with Sh1.1bn injection". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

External links

Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development
Banks of Tanzania
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