services founded 1995 headquarters dar es salaam tanzania key people william e. erio chairman charles g. singili managing director products loans checking savings investments debit cards total assets us 171.8 million tzs 299.5 billion june 2014 number of employees 244 2014 website homepage azania bank limited whose formal name is first adili bancorp limited and is commonly referred to as azania bank is a commercial bank in tanzania . it is licensed by the bank of tanzania bot the central bank and national banking regulator . 1 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 ownership 4 branch network 5 governance 6 see also 7 references 8 external links overview edit azania bank is a medium sized commercial bank that engages in retail banking lease financing foreign exchange transactions and import export financing as well the issuance of letters of credit . as of june 2014 update the bank s total assets were valued at about us 178.1 million tzs 299.5 billion . a that time the bank s shareholders equity was valued at approximately us 20.32 million tzs 34.2 billion . 2 history edit the bank was established in 1995 as first adili bancorp by tanzanian citizens together with national pension funds and international financial institutions including the east african development bank the swedish international development agency and an american merchant bank gerald metals inc. . today the main shareholders are tanzanian pension funds and tanzanian nations . 3 ownership edit as of november 2014 update azania bank s stock is owned by the following corporate entities and individuals 4 azania bank stock ownership rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 national social security fund tanzania nssf 34.8 2 parastatal pension fund ppf 30.1 3 public service pension fund pspf 17.2 4 local authorities pension fund lapf 14.2 5 east african development bank eadb 2.3 6 minority shareholders including azania bank staff 1.4 total 100.0 branch network edit azania bank has its headquarters in dar es salaam . as of may 2012 the bank maintains a network of branches at the following locations 5 6 masdo branch samora avenue dar es salaam kariakoo branch msimbazi street dar es salaam tegeta branch chief house tegeta dar es salaam mwenge branch mwenge dar es salaam mwanza mwaloni branch mwaloni fish market mwanza mwanza nkrumah branch nkrumah street mwanza kahama branch kahama central business district kahama shinyanga district 7 arusha city branch wapare street arusha mbauda branch mbauda corner arusha dodoma road arusha 8 moshi branch market street moshi mawasiliano branch mawasiliano towers sam nujoma road dar es salaam main branch geita branch geita katoro branch geita lamadi branch simiyu kagongwa branch kahama tcra branch dar es salaam . governance edit azania bank is governed by an eight person board of directors of whom one is an executive director and seven are non executive . the chairman of the board is william e. erio one of the non executive directors . the managing director of azania bank is charles g. singili . he is assisted by seven other managers in supervising the operations of the bank . see also edit economy of tanzania list of banks in tanzania references edit bot . directory of banks operating in tanzania . bank of tanzania bot . retrieved 8 november 2014 . azbt . july 2014 . azania bank limited report of condition of the bank as at 30 june 2014 pdf . azania bank tanzania azbt . retrieved 8 november 2014 . azbt . profile & history of azania bank tanzania . azania bank tanzania azbt . retrieved 8 november 2014 . azbt . shareholders in azania bank tanzania . azania bank tanzania azbt . retrieved 8 november 2014 . azbt . the branch network of azania bank . azania bank tanzania azbt . retrieved 8 november 2014 . daily news reporter . 24 may 2012 . azania bank embarks on expansion . tanzania daily news dar es salaam . retrieved 8 november 2014 . daily news reporter . 24 october 2010 . tanzania azania bank records positive growth . tanzania daily news dar es salaam via allafrica.com . retrieved 8 november 2014 . arusha times reporter . 26 february 2011 . tanzania azania bank opens new branch in mbauda . the arusha times . retrieved 8 november 2014 . external links edit azania bank is a key mortgage lender in tanzania azania bank eyes sme growth bank issues tsh65 .2 million to upgrade unplanned settlements v t e banks of tanzania big four banks crdb bank exim bank national bank of commerce nbc national microfinance bank nmb commercial banks accessbank advans bank akiba commercial bank amana bank azania bank bank m bank of baroda barclays bank tanzania commercial bank of africa dar es salaam community bank diamond trust bank ecobank equity bank first national bank tanzania fbme bank habib african bank i & m bank icb bank kenya commercial bank mkombozi commercial bank nic bank people s bank of zanzibar major foreign banks bancabc bank of africa citibank bank of india stanbic bank standard chartered united bank for africa 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