Bank of Baroda Tanzania Limited has opened a new branch at Kenyatta road in Mwanza.
03 Dec 2021
Inaugurating its fourth branch located at Kenyatta road in Mwanza, the District Commissioner for Nyamagana district, Baraka Konisaga, said that the bank services are significant for socio-economic development.
Mr. Konisaga noted that the bank industry empowers all the economic activities in terms of investment,business payments and private transactions, deposit, and business credits to citizens.
“The Government recognizes and gives priorities in enhancing and developing this sector so as to reduce poverty in the country. The Government has set good investment environment and strengthen security,”Mr. Konisaga said.
He further noted that the availability of the Bank of Baroda services in the region and the country — is a pillar of economic development in the country since the sector has been significant to the economy of any country in the world.
DC Konisaga, also said that many business traders in Mwanza undergo a number of challenges of which the major one being lack of capital, adding financial institutions charge them high interest rates.
“The launch of Bank of Baroda will benefit a lot of people. I am proud to hear that you’re now getting back to the community purposely for development every year. The Government is proud to see your support in different sectors such as health and education. This is something to be emulated by other institutions in the country,” he said.
The DC has urged Bank of Baroda to provide quality service to the people so as to compete with other bank services in Mwanza.
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It has been a long and eventful journey of almost a century across 25 countries. Starting in 1908 from a small building in Baroda to its new hi-rise and hi-tech Baroda Corporate Centre in Mumbai, is a saga of vision, enterprise, financial prudence and corporate governance.
It is a story scripted in corporate wisdom and social pride. It is a story crafted in private capital, princely patronage and state ownership. It is a story of ordinary bankers and their extraordinary contribution in the ascent of Bank of Baroda to the formidable heights of corporate glory. It is a story that needs to be shared with all those millions of people - customers, stakeholders, employees & the public at large - who in ample measure, have contributed to the making of an institution.