private industry financial services founded 1967 headquarters 4 wampewo avenue kololo kampala uganda 1 key people mathias katamba managing director products loans checking savings investments debit cards mortgages revenue aftertax ugx 14.7 billion 2015 2 total assets ugx 618.53 billion 2015 website homepage housing finance bank hfb is a commercial bank in uganda . it is one of the commercial banks licensed by bank of uganda the national banking regulator . 3 contents 1 overview 2 ownership 3 branch network 4 directors 5 executive management 6 see also 7 references 8 external links overview edit hfb is a full service retail bank that is primarily involved in mortgage banking . founded in 1967 as a housing finance company hfb became a fully licensed commercial bank in january 2008 having acquired a commercial banking license from the bank of uganda . the bank is the leading mortgage lender in the country with approximately 60 percent of all ugandan mortgage accounts . as of december 2015 hfb was the ninth largest commercial bank in uganda with an asset base valued at ugx 618.53 billion and shareholders equity of ugx 120.44 billion . 2 ownership edit hfb is 50 percent owned by the national social security fund uganda . the government of uganda through the ministry of finance planning and economic development uganda owns 45 percent . the remaining 5 percent is owned by the national housing and construction company a parastatal company jointly owned by the government of uganda 51 percent and the government of libya 49 percent . 4 hfb had planned to list its shares on the uganda securities exchange in 2012 5 however those plans have been postponed . 6 branch network edit hfb maintains its corporate headquarters and main branch at its newly constructed headquarters building on wampewo avenue on kololo hill . hfb s former main branch is located on kampala road . another branch within the kampala central business district is located in nakasero across nakasero road from the nigerian high commission . there are two other branches in kampala one each in the suburbs of namuwongo and ntinda . in february 2009 hfb opened a branch in mbarara in western uganda . in march 2009 hfb opened a branch in an area of kampala known as kikuubo . 7 in june 2009 hfb opened a branch in mbale promising at the opening ceremony to launch internet banking and rural mobile banking later in 2009 . 8 in july 2009 hfb opened a branch in arua its eighth in the country . 9 as of april 2014 update hfb maintained branches at the following locations 10 pearl lounge executive banking branch 4 wampewo avenue kololo kampala arua branch ob plaza 9 11 adumi road arua fort portal branch 4 kyebambe road fort portal garden city branch garden city mall 64 68 yusuf lule road kampala gulu branch 26 labwor road gulu jinja branch beamteks plaza 68 main street jinja kampala road branch 25 kampala road kampala kikuubo branch 15 nakivubo road kampala kololo branch investment house 4 wampewo avenue kololo main branch lira branch 4 bazaar road lira 11 mbale branch bugisu cooperative union house 2 court road mbale mbarara branch classic hotel building 57 high street mbarara mukono branch mukono najjanankumbi branch pelican house 1032 entebbe road najjanankumbi nakasero branch 34a nakasero road nakasero kampala namuwongo branch 38 kisugu road namuwongo kampala ndeeba branch 94 96 masaka road ndeeba kampala ntinda branch 1 kimera road ntinda ovino branch ovino market mall 22 kibuga road kisenyi kampala tororo branch 11 mbale road tororo directors edit hfb is governed by an eleven person board of directors of whom four are executive directors and seven are non executive . the chairman of the board is keith muhakanizi one of the non executive directors . 12 executive management edit nicholas okwir was the founding managing director of hfb . 13 in april 2013 mathias katamba became managing director succeeding the retiring okwir . there are fourteen other managers with whom the managing director supervises the daily activities of hfb . 14 see also edit list of banks in uganda banking in uganda references edit juuko sylvia 15 november 2010 . housing finance gets 15 billion mortgage fund . new vision . retrieved 25 april 2014 . a b hfb 22 april 2016 . housing finance bank summarized financial statements for the year ended 31 december 2016 . housing finance bank hfb . retrieved 5 june 2016 . bou june 2015 . list of licensed commercial banks as at june 2015 pdf . kampala bank of uganda bou . retrieved 16 december 2015 . shareholding in housing finance bank . housing finance bank . retrieved 25 april 2014 . kulabako faridah 17 november 2011 . housing finance bank to list shares at securities exchange . daily monitor . retrieved 25 april 2014 . oketch martin luther 17 february 2015 . they promised to sell shares what happened . daily monitor kampala . retrieved 17 february 2015 . oneal nicholas 3 march 2009 . housing finance goes to kikuubo . new vision . retrieved 25 april 2014 . odomel james 25 june 2009 . housing finance opens mbale branch . new vision . retrieved 25 april 2014 . drasimaku richard 22 july 2009 . housing finance bank enters arua . the observer uganda . retrieved 25 april 2014 . branches of housing finance bank . housing finance bank . retrieved 25 april 2014 . bou chief urges banks to lower interest rates to ease borrowing . new vision . 11 april 2011 . retrieved 25 april 2014 . the bank s board of directors . housing finance bank . retrieved 25 april 2014 . kulabako faridah 6 january 2014 . employers body to introduce training levy . daily monitor . retrieved 25 april 2014 . management team at housing finance bank . housing finance bank . retrieved 24 april 2014 . external links edit housing finance bank homepage uganda housing finance readies for agency banking v t e kampala district capital kampala divisions kampala central division kawempe division lubaga division makindye division nakawa division neighborhoods banda bugoloobi bukoto busega butabika bwaise ggaba kabalagala kamwookya kansanga kaleerwe kanyanya kasubi katwe kawaala kawempe kibuli kibuye kigoowa kikaaya kisaasi kiwaatule kulambiro kololo kyambogo kyebando lubaga lungujja luzira makerere makindye mbuya mengo mpererwe mulago munyonyo muyenga naakulabye naguru najjanankumbi nakasero nakawa nakawa naguru estates namirembe namungoona namuwongo nateete ndeeba nsambya ntinda old kampala port bell wandegeya banking bank of uganda uganda deposit protection fund abc bank uganda barclays bank of uganda bank of africa uganda limited bank of baroda uganda limited bank of india uganda dfcu group cairo international bank centenary bank citibank commercial bank of africa crane bank dfcu bank diamond trust bank ecobank efc uganda limited equity bank exim bank uganda finance trust bank guaranty trust bank housing finance bank kcb bank uganda limited nc bank uganda orient bank postbank uganda stanbic bank uganda limited standard chartered uganda tropical bank 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securities exchange uganda investment authority ruparelia group kyagalanyi coffee limited brookside dairy limited jesa farm dairy limited uganda retirement benefits regulatory authority capital markets authority of uganda uganda coffee development authority roko construction transport air uganda uganda air cargo kampala airport uganda national roads authority entebbe kampala expressway kampala jinja expressway kampala jinja highway kampala entebbe road kampala gayaza road kampala bombo expressway kampala busunju expressway kampala mpigi expressway kampala masaka road kampala mityana road kampala hoima road kampala northern bypass highway kampala southern bypass highway energy umeme electricity regulatory authority uganda national oil company petroleum authority of uganda uganda electricity generation company limited uganda electricity transmission company limited uganda energy credit capitalisation company notable landmarks bulange uganda parliament buildings kampala capital city 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