Côte d'Ivoire

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.

From the Arab Maghreb Union in the north to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the other end of the continent, the African Union recognises eight regional economic communities. UEMOA, of which Côte d’Ivoire is a founding member, is one of the continent’s more institutionally integrated unions, with member states sharing a...

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: 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.