private industry financial services founded 1999 headquarters nairobi kenya key people james mwangi gacheru chairman samuel kimani chief executive officer 1 products loans checking savings investments debit cards revenue aftertax us 981 700 kes 96 million 2014 2 total assets us 143.2 million kes 14 billion july 2015 2 website homepage jamii bora bank jbb is a commercial bank in kenya . it is one of the commercial banks licensed by the central bank of kenya the national banking regulator . 3 contents 1 history 2 assets 3 ownership 4 branches 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit the bank was founded as a charitable trust by fifty destitute families on the streets of nairobi kenya s capital and largest city . in march 2010 it merged with another financial institution with a banking license and transformed into a fully fledged commercial bank . in march 2010 jamii bora merged with city finance bank cfb a small private financial services provider which in the past had provided services to large corporations and high net worth individuals . in the merger cfb acquired jbb and took on the name of its new acquisition . other investors in the bank include baraka africa fund baf and other individual investors . 4 assets edit in july 2015 the bank s total assets were valued at approximately us 143.2 million ksh14 billion . as of december 2014 update the bank s total assets were valued at about us 134 million kes 13.1 billion with shareholders equity of about us 23.5 million kes 2.5 billion . 2 5 ownership edit jamii bora bank is privately owned . a rights issue of us 4 to 6 million was successfully executed in the 4th quarter of 2010 . in november 2011 a new consortium known as asterisk holdings invested kes 410 million approx us 4.6 million in jamii bora bank . the major shareholders in the stock of the bank as of december 2011 are listed in the table below 6 jamii bora bank stock ownership rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 jamii bora scandinavian group 25.0 2 asterisk holdings 25.0 3 minority owners 14.0 4 jamii bora trust 12.0 5 900 former cfb investors 11.0 6 baraka africa fund 8.0 7 nordic micro 5.0 total 100.00 branches edit as of september 2015 update the bank maintains a network of branches at the following locations 7 koinange branch jamii bora house koinange street nairobi funzi road branch industrial area funzi road nairobi ongata rongai branch ongata rongai nairobi thika branch kenyatta avenue thika kikuyu branch brick house kikuyu kisumu branch guilders plaza odera kango street kisumu kayole branch kayole nairobi nyeri branch naivas mall banana branch davekon place limuru tigoni road banana town kiambu mtwapa branch mtwapa 8 muranga branch kiriti women house uhuru highway muranga mombasa branch southern house moi avenue mombasa eastleigh branch super arcade second avenue eastleigh nairobi kawangware branch mbugua plaza junction kawangware nairobi kariobangi branch outer ring road kariobangi nairobi kiongozi branch jamii bora house first floor koinange street nairobi main branch ngong road branch green house ngong road nairobi kirinyaga road branch kirinyaga road nairobi machakos branch machakos town kiritiri branch kitengela branch kiambu branch wangige branch utawala branch nakuru branch kisii branch see also edit list of banks in kenya central bank of kenya economy of kenya references edit juma victor 13 june 2012 . jamii bora shakes up board of directors . business daily africa . retrieved 22 july 2014 . a b c mwita martin 1 july 2015 . jamii bora rules out merger to raise ksh3 billion . the star kenya . nairobi . retrieved 4 july 2015 . cbk . central bank of kenya bank supervision commercial banks & mortgage finance institutions . central bank of kenya cbk . retrieved 22 july 2014 . anyanzwa james 30 march 2010 . city finance buys out jamii bora . the standard kenya standardmedia.co.ke . retrieved 22 july 2014 . mwita martin 1 july 2015 . kenya jamii bora bank to open branches in uchumi shops . the star kenya via allafrica.com . nairobi . retrieved 4 july 2015 . ngigi george 6 december 2011 . jamii bora bank targets mid tier status in upgrade . business daily africa nairobi . retrieved 22 july 2014 . jbb . branches of jamii bora bank . jamii bora bank jbb . retrieved 22 july 2014 . mwangi wachira 8 september 2013 . jamii bora deepens reach with mtwapa branch . business daily africa nairobi . retrieved 22 july 2014 . external links edit website of jamii bora bank website of central bank of kenya case study of jamii bora bank jamii bora investors to convert ksh400 million bonds into shares jamii bora profit jumps 129 percent on loan book growth the resilience of kenyan banking sector v t e banks of kenya central bank central bank of kenya commercial bank african banking corporation bank of africa barclays bank bank of baroda bank of india cfc stanbic bank chase bank citibank na kenya commercial bank of africa consolidated bank of kenya cooperative bank of kenya credit bank development bank of kenya diamond trust bank east african development bank ecobank kenya equity bank family bank fidelitybank first community bank giro commercial bank guaranty trust bank kenya guardian bank gulf african bank habib bank habib bank ag zurich housing finance company of kenya i & m bank limited imperial bank limited jamii bora bank kenya commercial bank middle east bank kenya m oriental bank national bank of kenya nic bank paramount universal bank post bank prime bank sidian bank spire bank standard chartered kenya trans national bank kenya united bank for africa victoria commercial bank financial services organization diamond trust bank group equity group holdings limited commercial bank of africa group guaranty trust bank east africa i & m bank group kenya commercial bank group nic bank group foreign banks bank of china bank of kigali hdfc bank nedbank the hongkong and shanghai banking corporation first rand defunct banks dubai bank kenya euro bank microfinance 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