BARCLAYS BANK TANZANIA LAUNCHES A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART BRANCH IN MWANZA

Barclays Bank Tanzania (BBT) Managing Director, Abdi Mohamed (left) and Barclays Africa Group Limited Chief of Distribution for Barclays Africa, Vimal Kumar (centre), cuts a to officiate at the BBT Mwanza new branch opening ceremony at Rock City Mall in Mwanza on Monday. Looking on is Barclays Tanzania Retail Director, Kumaran Parther.

Barclays Bank Tanzania (BBT) Managing Director, Abdi Mohamed (centre) and Barclays Africa Group Limited Chief of Distribution for Barclays Africa, Vimal Kumar (right), opens a curtain to officiate at the BBT Mwanza new branch opening ceremony in Mwanza. Looking on is Barclays Tanzania Retail Director, Kumaran Parther.

Barclays Bank Tanzania (BBT) Managing Director, Abdi Mohamed (centre) and Barclays Africa Group Limited Chief of Distribution for Barclays Africa, Vimal Kumar (right), cuts a cake during the official launching ceremony of the banks Mwanza new branch in Mwanza. Looking on is Barclays Tanzania Retail Director, Kumaran Parther.

Barclays Bank Rock City Mall Branch Manager, Joseph Siyabo (left), addresses customers and media during the launching ceremony.

Barclays Bank Tanzania (BBT) Managing Director, Abdi Mohamed (centre) addresses banks customers and media during the official launching ceremony of BBT new branch in Mwanza on Monday. With him are; Barclays Africa Group Limited Chief of Distribution for Barclays Africa, Vimal Kumar (right) and Barclays Tanzania Retail Director, Kumaran Parther.

Monday June 20th 2016, Mwanza. Barclays Bank Tanzania Limited opened a new state-of-the-art branch in the new Mwanza Rock City Mall.

Speaking at the opening, Abdi Mohamed, the Managing Director of Barclays Bank Tanzania, commented, " I am very excited to open this new branch in Mwanza, a rapidly developing city.

The opening of the new branch means we can leverage on the social and economic development in the city of Mwanza. Barclays is fully committed to serving the Tanzanian market and we are very optimistic about all the business prospects that are available here.

To date, there has been substantial investment that has already been made to improve the way we do business with our customers through improved technology as well as our branch network".

Vimal Kumar, Barclays Africa Group Limited Chief of Distribution for Barclays Africa and Kumaran Pather, the Barclays Tanzania Retail Director, also attended the opening.

Vimal commented "I have made the trip from South Africa to Tanzania to meet our customers and to reassure them about Barclays' commitment to Tanzania and Africa as whole and to partake in this important branch opening in Mwanza".

Mr. Pather added by commenting, "This is the first of two new and modern branches that we plan on opening this week. On Thursday this week, we will open a new branch in the Dar City Mall. We believe in helping our customers prosper in all that they do, and by opening these new branches we would be that much closer in helping them realize their financial goals".