Gulf African Bank (GAB), whose full name is Gulf African Bank Limited, is a commercial bank in Kenya operating under an Islamic banking regime. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank and national banking regulator.[1]
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Banking |
Founded | 2008 |
Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
Key people | Abdalla Abdulkhalik (chief executive officer & board member |
Revenue | ![]() |
Total assets | US$212.805, 271 million (KES:21.918,943 billion) (2014) |
Website | www |
As of December 2014[update] the bank was a mid-sized financial services provider in Kenya. Its total assets were valued at approximately US$191.8 million (KES:19, 753, 647 billion), with customer deposits totalling approximately US$153.3 million (KES:15.8 billion), and shareholders' equity estimated at US$30.6 million (KES:3.15 billion).[2] At that time, the bank was ranked number 25, by assets, out of the 43 licensed banks in Kenya then.[3] The bank has plans to enter Uganda and Tanzania.[4]
History
editDiscussions to establish the bank started in 2005, by individuals and institutions from the Persian Gulf and Kenya. The bank began banking operations in 2008, after receiving a commercial banking license and authorisation to establish a Sharia bank, from the Central Bank of Kenya. Gulf African Bank is the second commercial bank in Kenya to receive authorisation to practice Sharia banking, after First Community Bank, which opened in 2007. At the time it opened, Gulf African Bank's capital base totalled over US$21 million (KES:1.75 billion).[5]
Ownership
editThe shares of stock in Gulf African Bank are privately held by institutional and private investors from the Persian Gulf, Kenya and the United States of America. Institutional investors account for over 90% shareholding. The major shareholders in the bank include the investors listed in the table below. In September 2012, the International Finance Corporation acquired 16% shareholding in the bank for US$5 million. It is not clear how the shareholding will look after the money changes hands.[6][7]
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- The totals are off because shareholding data after IFC investment is lacking.
Branch network
editAs of August 2014[update], the bank operates a network of branches at the following locations:[8]
- Head Office – Geminia Insurance Plaza, Kilimanjaro Avenue, Nairobi
- Lamu Branch – Old Telkom Office, Jomo Kenyatta Road, Lamu
- Kenyatta Avenue Branch – Ground Floor, Hughes Building, Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi
- Eastleigh Branch II – Shariff Centre Building, Jam Street, Eastleigh, Nairobi
- Bombolulu Branch – Madina Estate, New Mombasa-Malindi Highway, Bombolulu, Mombasa
- Westlands Branch – 9 West Building, Westlands, Nairobi]
- Enterprise Branch – Addis Ababa Road, Off Enterprise Road, Nairobi
- Upper Hill Branch – Ground Floor, Geminia Ins. Plaza, Kilimanjaro Ave., Upper Hill, Nairobi
- Jomo Kenyatta Branch – Kasa Building, Jomo Kenyatta Avenue, Mombasa
- Malindi Branch – Blue Marlin Building, Lamu Road, Malindi
- Garissa Branch – First House, Al-Waqf Quran House, Kismayu Road, Garissa
- Nkrumah Road Branch – Najat House, Nkrumah Road, Mombasa
- Eastleigh Main Branch – Eastleigh Mall Building, General Wariunge Street, Eastleigh, Nairobi
- Bondeni Branch – Abdel Nasser Road, Bondeni, Mombasa
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Directory of Commercial Banks And Mortgage Finance Companies" (PDF). Central Bank of Kenya. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Gulf African Bank Audited 31 December 2013 Financial Statements". Gulf African Bank. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Kenya Bank Rankings By Assets In 2013". Bankelele.Co.Ke. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ Juma, Victor (25 November 2010). "East Africa: Upbeat Gulf African Bank Eyes Regional Market". The Citizen (Tanzania). Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ Michira, Moses (3 June 2010). "Kenya: Gulf African Bank Joins Profit-Makers' Curve". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi) via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ Gachiri, John (6 September 2012). "Gulf African Bank in KSh674 Million Finance Deal With IFC". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ Sud, Neha; McNally, John (29 April 2014). "IFC Expands Partnership with Gulf African Bank To Support Islamic Finance And Entrepreneurs in Kenya". International Finance Corporation (IFC). Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "The Branch Network of Gulf African Bank". Gulf African Bank. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
External links
edit- Website of Gulf African Bank
- Website of Central Bank of Kenya
- Investor Interest In Sharia-Linked Products Grows
- Why Sharia-Compliant Economy Growing Fast