Cairo Bank Uganda

Cairo Bank Uganda has its headquarters at Arie Towers, at Plot 16 Mackinnon Road, Nakasero Hill, in the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital city.{{cite web|url=https://cbu.co.ug/contact-us/ | title=Contact Us: Head Office Location |publisher=Cairo Bank Uganda |date=September 2020 |author=Cairo Bank Uganda | access-date=10 January 2020 |location=Kampala}} The geographical coordinates of the bank's headquarters are: 0°19'17.0"N, 32°35'05.0"E (Latitude:0.321389; Longitude:32.584722).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B019'17.0%22N+32%C2%B035'05.0%22E/@0.3213889,32.5847222,392m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Headquarters and Main Branch of Cairo Bank Uganda, Kampala, Uganda |access-date=10 January 2021}}

CBUL focuses on serving small and medium businesses (SMEs), educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and corporate entities. In 2020, the bank re-branded and turned its focus on meeting the banking needs of SMEs. Cairo Bank Uganda Limited is a fully owned subsidiary by Banque du Caire (BDC), an Egypt-based financial services conglomerate with total assets in excess of US$12 billion, as of September 2020.{{cite web| url=https://businessfocus.co.ug/cairo-international-bank-rebrands-to-cairo-bank-uganda-promises-customers-new-innovative-products/ |title=Cairo International Bank Rebrands To Cairo Bank Uganda, Promises Customers 'New Innovative Products' |publisher=Business Focus Uganda |date=1 September 2020 |author=Taddewo William Senyonyi | access-date=10 January 2021 |location=Kampala}}

As of June 2023 the total assets of Cairo Bank Uganda were valued at USh378,563,372,000 (approx. US103,572,126) with shareholders' equity of USh163,190,161,000 (approx. US$44,647,616).{{cite web| url=https://www.cbu.co.ug/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FINANCIAL-STATEMENT-FOR-JUNE-2O23.pdf?x67179 |title=Extract of Unaudited Financial Statements For The Period Ended 30 June 2023 |work=Cairo Bank Uganda Limited |date=July 2023 |access-date=10 October 2024 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}{{cite web| date= 1 March 2024 |url=https://www.ceo.co.ug/a-new-dawn-for-ugandas-cairo-bank-as-egyptian-shareholder-infuses-fresh-capital/ |title=A New Dawn For Uganda's Cairo Bank As Egyptian Shareholder Infuses Fresh Capital |work=CEO Magazine Uganda |author=Muhereza Kyamutetera |access-date=10 October 2024 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}

Incorporated as Cairo International Bank in 1995, the bank began operations in the same year following the issuance of a commercial banking license by the Bank of Uganda. In 2020, Banque du Caire, which owned 62.4 percent of the shares of stock of the Ugandan subsidiary, acquired the 24 percent shareholding owned by Bank Misr and the 13.6 percent owned by Bank of Egypt, to become the sole owner of 100 percent of the stock of the Ugandan bank.{{cite web|url=https://cbu.co.ug/about-cbu/ |

title=About CBU: Our History |publisher=Cairo Bank Uganda Limited |date=1 September 2020 |author=Cairo Bank Uganda |access-date=10 January 2021 |location=Kampala}}

Cairo Bank Uganda (CBU) is governed by an eight-person board of directors. Sylvia Jagwe Owachi is the managing director. She replaced Ahmad Maher Nada, the previous CEO, who left CBU and took up an assignment at Banque du Caire in Egypt, effective January 2022. He served as MD/CEO at CBU for three and one half years.{{cite web| work=PML Daily | url=https://www.pmldaily.com/business/2021/12/cairo-bank-uganda-bids-emotional-farewell-to-md-ahmed-maher.html |title=Cairo Bank Uganda bids emotional farewell to MD Ahmed Maher |date=17 December 2021 |access-date=17 December 2021 |author=Javira Ssebwami | location=Kampala, Uganda}}

CBU has the following branches, as of September 2020:{{cite web| title=Branches of Cairo Bank Uganda | url=https://cbu.co.ug/contact-us/ |publisher=Cairo Bank Uganda Limited |date=1 September 2020 |access-date=10 January 2021 |author=Cairo Bank Uganda |place=Kampala}}

1. Main Branch : Lotis Towers, Plot 16 - Mackinnon Road, Nakasero, Kampala.

2. Kampala Road Branch: Greenland Towers, Plot 30 Kampala Road, Kampala.

3. Kikuubo Branch: Shamba Complex, Kyagwe Road, Kampala.

4. Garden City Branch: Garden City Shopping Mall, Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala.

5. Bugoloobi Branch: Plot 1-5 Spring Close, Bugoloobi, Kampala.

6. Bweyogerere Branch: Bweyogerere, Kira Town.

7. Mbarara Branch: Rwebikona Building, Mbarara – Fort Portal Road, Mbarara.

In September 2020, Cairo International Bank Limited changed its name to Cairo Bank Uganda Limited, relocated to new headquarter premises and changed focus to SME customers.{{cite web| url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1526079/cairo-international-bank-rebrands |title=Cairo International Bank Rebrands |

work=New Vision |date=September 2020 |author=Nicholas Kajoba | access-date=13 May 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}

• List of banks in Uganda
• Banking in Uganda
• Banque du Caire
• National Bank of Egypt

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• [http://www.cbu.co.ug/ Cairo Bank Uganda Website]
• [http://www.bou.or.ug Bank of Uganda Website]
• [http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23439:revealed-how-pension-billions-left-cairo-bank&catid=34:news&Itemid=114 Revealed: How Pension Billions Left Cairo Bank]

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