#ThrowbackThursday by DTB [@DTBKenya]:
1. Upon completion of 60 years as Imam, the Ismaili community commemorated Mawlana Sultan Muhammad Shah’s Diamond Jubilee by weighing the imam against diamonds.
More than 0.5M pounds of diamonds were collected.
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1. Upon completion of 60 years as Imam, the Ismaili community commemorated Mawlana Sultan Muhammad Shah’s Diamond Jubilee by weighing the imam against diamonds.
More than 0.5M pounds of diamonds were collected.
#BankWithUsBankOnUs
2. Some of the funds were used to create the Diamond Jubilee Investment Trust Limited, a precursor to DTB Kenya, which was officially incorporated in Dar-es Salaam and then moved to develop branches in Kenya and Uganda.
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3. In 1965, DJIT was split into three companies – DJIT (Kenya), DJIT (Tanzania) and DJIT (Uganda).
It transformed itself from a community-based finance house into a growing non-bank financial institution (NBFI).
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It transformed itself from a community-based finance house into a growing non-bank financial institution (NBFI).
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4/4: In 1974, DJIT Kenya changed its name to Diamond Trust of Kenya.
It was then floated on the Nairobi Securities Exchange through an IPO with over 8,500 shareholders.
We continue the story next week.
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It was then floated on the Nairobi Securities Exchange through an IPO with over 8,500 shareholders.
We continue the story next week.
#BankWithUsBankOnUs
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