CRDB Bank’s new Dubai office to link East, Central Africa to global financing
From left; CRDB Bank group ceo, Abdulmajid Nsekela, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Amb Mahmoud Thabit Kombo and the chairperson of the CRDB Bank board of directors, Prof Neema Mori (right), jointly officiate the launch of the CRDB Bank Dubai Representative Office at the InterContinental Hotel, Dubai. PHOTO | COURTESY
Dubai. Africa–UAE economic ties entered a new phase on January 20, 2026, with the launch of the CRDB Bank Dubai Representative Office at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), making CRDB the first Tanzanian bank to establish a presence in one of the world’s leading financial hubs.
The move places Tanzania, and the wider East and Central Africa region, with a combined economy approaching $800 billion, directly within the global capital ecosystem, using a home-grown African institution as the conduit between regional opportunity and international finance.
