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. SGBCI was...
THE COMPANY: Sicable, a subsidiary of Prysmian Energy Systems and Cables, is the main cable manufacturer in Côte d’Ivoire. It sells products ranging from high-voltage cables to low- and medium-voltage cables for houses to the national market. Sicable also exports to other neighbouring countries that share...
Regionalism is a feature not only of Francophone West Africa’s monetary regime and banking sector, but also of its financial markets. The bond market is dominated by sovereign issues from Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal, the two largest economies in the region. The equity market has two capitalisations – Sonatel and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated – while most of the companies...
THE COMPANY: Bolloré Africa Logistics CI (BAL), formerly SDV-SAGA Group, is among the major players in the transport, handling and logistics sector. The company is known for its multi-sectoral and multi-business offers. Its mission is to control the entire supply chain, allowing the company to provide its...
THE COMPANY: Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE) is a leading utilities company in West Africa. Created in August 1990 by the French group Bouygues and the electricity company EDF, CIE is a private Ivoirian company that holds a public service concession for the production, transportation, export,...
On their own, smaller emerging markets often struggle to achieve the necessary critical mass in their capital markets to support economic growth. Smaller stock exchanges are often insufficient in scale to justify international investors expending resources to track and invest in them. For this reason, the regional integration of exchanges is a...
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