founded 1982 headquarters longonot road upper hill nairobi kenya key people corneille karekezi chairman james mugerwa managing director & ceo 1 products project finance institutional lending equity investments trade finance & social housing revenue us 4.75 million 2013 total assets us 270 189 481 2013 owner 44 african governments afdb africa re website homepage shelter afrique saf also known as company for habitat and housing in africa is a pan african finance institution created to exclusively support the development of the african real estate and housing sector . through its strategic partnerships it offers products and related services which support the efficient delivery of commercial real estate and affordable housing . contents 1 location 2 overview 3 shareholders 4 governance 5 see also 6 references 7 external links location edit the main offices of the organization are located in a building on longonot road upper hill in nairobi the capital of kenya . a regional office is located at 1129 muhktar el yakub s place central business district abuja nigeria s capital city . overview edit as of december 2013 update saf was a large multinational organization with total assets valued at approximately us 270.2 million and shareholders equity of about us 106.1 million . 2 besides using its own funds saf has a list of collaborating financial institutions which provide funding for onward lending in the real estate and housing arena within the continent . partner funding sources include a netherlands development finance company b french development agency c european investment bank and d commercial bank of africa . 3 saf also works in collaboration with several international organizations with similar objectives namely 1 . international union of housing finance iuhf 2 . centre for affordable housing finance in africa cahf and 3 . un habitat for a better urban future un habitat . 4 shareholders edit the organization has 44 member african countries and two african financial multinational institutions 5 afdb african re algeria benin botswana burkina faso burundi cameroon cape verde car chad congo djibouti drc eq guinea gabon gambia ghana guinea guinea bissau ivory coast kenya liberia lesotho madagascar malawi mali mauritania mauritius morocco namibia niger nigeria rwanda sao tome senegal seychelles sierra leone somalia swaziland tanzania togo tunisia uganda zambia zimbabwe governance edit corneille karekezi a national of rwanda serves as the chairman of the board of directors . the managing director is james mugerwa a national of uganda . 6 see also edit common market for eastern and southern africa pta bank african development bank east african development bank references edit mutegi mugambi 24 june 2014 . shelter afrique picks ugandan as new md . business africa daily . retrieved 26 june 2014 . saf . 15 march 2014 . shelter afrique 2013 annual report & accounts . shelter afrique saf . retrieved 26 june 2014 . anyanzwa james 22 june 2014 . shelter afrique secures ksh1 .7 billion housing projects in africa . the standard kenya . retrieved 26 june 2014 . saf . 2013 . shelter afrique history & partners . shelter afrique saf . retrieved 26 june 2014 . saf . 15 march 2014 . detailed shareholding in shelter afrique part of 2013 financial report . shelter afrique saf . retrieved 26 june 2014 . wahito margaret 22 august 2014 . kenya james mugerwa named shelter afrique boss . capital fm nairobi via allafrica.com . retrieved 25 august 2013 . external links edit shelter afrique in ksh790 million us 9 million deal with uganda firm shelter afrique fg to deliver 10 000 affordable houses in six months afolayan shelter afrique eyes nigerian market to raise cash for lending retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shelter afrique & oldid 711111359 categories international organizations of africainternational development in africaeconomy of africamultilateral development banksdevelopment finance institutionshidden categories use dmy dates from june 2014articles containing potentially dated statements from december 2013all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 march 2016 at 23 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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