CDH Investment Bank has pledged to continue creating value for its customers and communities through high impact investment and commercial banking services. 

Franklin Kennedy, CDH Investment Bank Board chairperson, said this on Saturday 1st October 2022 in Blantyre on the sidelines if the exclusive gala dinner which the Bank hosted as part of celebrating ten years of operations as a Bank in Malawi. 

He said: “Our vision remains to be the leading specialist bank in Malawi, and we are committed to this”.  “We also welcome competition but remain confident that our professional expertise and service quality- shall continue to make us the obvious leader in the investment banking space”. 

The Bankers Association of Malawi (BAM) has hailed CDH Investment Bank (CDHIB) for proving itself to be a bank with a difference in the manner it has conducted itself over the past 10 years.

BAM Chief Executive Officer Mrs Lyness Nkungula was speaking on Saturday 8th October 2022 at Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe during celebrations marking CDHIB’s 10th anniversary. 

Nkungula said since its inception, CDH Investment Bank has stood out as the investment bank of choice in Malawi through the various awards it has received over the decade. “The bank has played a key role in promoting financial literacy programs through participating and coordinating financial literacy awareness drives in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of Malawi.”

CDH Investment Bank participated in the 2022 Swing to Serve Presidential Charity Golf Initiative. The golf tournament was held at the Lilongwe Golf Club on Saturday 8th October 2022 and was hosted by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Malawi, Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, supported by Dr Saulosi Chilima, the Vice President. The tournament was held to raise funds for charitable causes affecting the most vulnerable. 

CDH Investment Bank contributed K1million towards the golf tournament. The bank was pleased to support the initiative which fits its corporate social responsibility (CSR) Policy that aims to support vulnerable people. CDH Investment Bank CSR policy supports education as one of our pillars for development and so the cause to assist deserving needy tertiary students to complete their studies is one. 

CDH Investment Bank has embarked on several activities to mark celebrations for its 10th anniversary in the country. The Bank started as Continental Discount House Limited (CDH) operating in the financial services sector since August 1998 before it converted to an investment bank in April 2012. 

On 4th April 2022, CDH Investment Bank marked its 10th anniversary as an independent bank in Malawi. The leading investment bank was borne out of a conversion of Continental Discount House Limited (CDH) which had operation in Malawi since August 1998 before it converted into an investment bank in April 2012. On 5th August 2022, staff of CDH Investment Bank came together to mark the beginning of their celebrations in Blantyre and Lilongwe.

In his vote of thanks at the cheque presentation on Monday, the CEO Summit organizing team, led by Harry Chima — managing executive for Wealth Magazine — said the contribution from CDH Investment Bank will help to make the preparations as well as the event to be successful.