The Development Finance Company of Uganda Group, commonly referred to as the DFCU Group, is a
financial services
Financial services are service (economics), economic services tied to finance provided by financial institutions. Financial services encompass a broad range of tertiary sector of the economy, service sector activities, especially as concerns finan ...
company in
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
.
Overview
The Group is involved in
retail bank
Retail banking, also known as consumer banking or personal banking, is the provision of services by a bank to the general public, rather than to companies, corporations or other banks, which are often described as wholesale banking (corporate ba ...
ing,
consumer lending,
mortgage lending,
development finance
Development finance is a branch of development studies that deals with financing of economic and social development. It typically involves of both the mobilisation and dispersion of domestic and international sources of fiance. At the internationa ...
, medium and long-term
lease financing as well as
commercial real estate investments. DFCU was established in 1964 as a development finance company. In 2005 DFCU Group comprised the following subsidiaries:
* DFCU Limited
*
DFCU Bank Limited
* DFCU Leasing Limited
* Rwenzori Properties Limited
* Nakasero Properties Limited
DFCU Limited is the holding company and it is listed on the
Uganda Securities Exchange
The Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) is the principal stock exchange of Uganda. It was founded in June 1997. The USE is operated under the jurisdiction of Uganda's Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's ...
(
USE), under the symbol DFCU.
DFCU Stock
, DFCU
stock
Stocks (also capital stock, or sometimes interchangeably, shares) consist of all the Share (finance), shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided. A single share of the stock means fractional ownership of the corporatio ...
is owned by the following corporate entities and individuals:
DFCU House
DFCU Group built its new headquarters, which house the main branch of
DFCU Bank. The building is known as
DFCU House and rises ten stories high. Located at 26 Kyaddondo Road, on
Nakasero Hill, in
Kampala's central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...
, the development has underground and
surface parking, as well as rentable, retail and office space on several levels.
See also
*
DFCU Bank
*
Banking in Uganda
*
List of tallest buildings in Kampala
References
External links
DFCU GroupUganda Securities ExchangeBank of UgandaGoogle finance, Profile of DFCU GroupDFCU Stock Quote
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Companies listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange
Companies based in Kampala