Annual Report & financial accounts 2008 of Shelter Afrique. The company is a Pan-African housing finance and development institution, established by African Governments, the African Development Bank, the African Reinsurance Corporation and the CDC Group plc (now ACTIS) in 1982 to address the need for an innovative and sustainable housing delivery system in Africa. It is an international body with juridical personality and full legal capacity established by the Constituent Charter of Shelter Afrique. In the Republic of Kenya, the Constituent Charter has the force of law in accordance with the Shelter-Afrique Act 1985. Its principal office is situated in Nairobi, Kenya.