Following the phenomenal success of Kenya’s 10-year-old M-Pesa programme, mobile money and mobile banking initiatives have begun popping up across the African continent. Beginning as a simple and secure way to transfer small amounts of money, mobile money programmes have evolved to offering subscribers a full suite of financial services,...
The insurance sector in Côte d’Ivoire has been posting solid growth figures for years. The pickup in the country’s economy after 2012 has made the sector increasingly attractive, prompting the arrival of new competitors aiming to establish a foothold in West Africa’s biggest insurance market.
THE COMPANY: Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire (SGBCI), the largest bank in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, was created in 1962 from the local branches of France’s Société Générale with the participation of the government and several international financial partners.
THE COMPANY: Established in 1956, SIFCA Group took over Société Africaine de Plantations d’Hévéas (SAPH) through its subsidiaries OMNIPAR and SIPH in 1999. The rubber industry leader in Africa, SAPH has a production capacity of 180,000 tonnes per year and five main integrated farm units located in...
THE COMPANY: Established in Côte d’Ivoire approximately 60 years ago, Société de Limonaderies et Brasseries d’Afrique (Solibra) produces and markets beers, soft drinks and mineral water. Solibra, which is part of Castel Group, has four production sites – two plants in Yopougon, one in Bouaflé and...
Côte d’Ivoire’s capital markets are closely linked to the broader fortunes of the eight-member UEMOA, of which it is a member. The country is also home to West Africa’s regional stock exchange, the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM), one of the fastest-growing stock exchanges on the continent.
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