Banking and Finance
Our content covers the banking sector, financial markets, investment strategies, risk management, savings, credit systems, and international finance. This section analyzes economic trends, monetary policies, financial regulation, and corporate strategies that influence growth and economic stability.
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Capital Increase: BGFI Holding Completes 80 Billion FCFA Fundraising
The banking group completed the second phase of its capital increase via public offering on October 15, 2026. Following stops in Yaoundé, Douala, Brazzaville, and Libreville, the roadshow enabled executives to promote an operation involving the issuance of 1,006,975 new shares at a unit price of 80,000 FCFA.
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Private Placement: Cosumaf Lifts the 20 Billion FCFA Cap
Effective November 1, 2026, issuers in the sub-regional zone will no longer be subject to the 20 billion FCFA limit over a rolling 12-month period, previously applied to private placements. Approved on October 7, 2026, in N'Djamena by the Ministerial Committee of the Central African Monetary Union (UMAC), based on a proposal from the Financial Market Supervisory Commission (Cosumaf), this reform amends the July 2022 regulation.
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International Financial Markets: BDEAC Raises $222 Million for Regional Economic Development
The BDEAC reaches a major milestone under its 2023-2027 "AZOBE" strategic plan. On October 13, 2026, the institution successfully closed its inaugural bond issue on international markets.
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Industrialization: BGFIBank Cameroon and Tagidor Group Sign Agreement for Construction of a 31 Million Units/Year Soap Factory
This collaboration materialized through an immersion of the bank's Managing Director, Abakal Mahamat, at the heart of the installations of Elim Beverage & Foods SA, the group's subsidiary specialized in beverage and mineral water production, located in Bekoko, on the outskirts of Douala.
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Cemac: Non-performing loan rate falls to 15.4% as of June 2026
The banking landscape in Cemac shows notable signs of improvement in asset quality. According to the latest monetary policy report from the BEAC, the non-performing loan rate declined by the end of June 2026, down from 17.4% a year earlier.
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CEMAC: BDEAC Takes Stake in Central Securities Depository for 520 Million CFA Francs
According to its annual report, the Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC) acquired a 10% stake in the CEMAC Central Securities Depository (DCU-CEMAC), out of a total amount of 5.2 billion CFA francs.
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Performance: Afriland First Bank reports a total balance sheet of 2,576 billion FCFA as of end-August 2026
This performance highlights an architecture characterized by the predominance of direct customer financing, which amounts to 833.22 billion FCFA, or nearly 32.3% of total assets.
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BVMAC: After Clarification of Land Dispute, Renaprov Moves Closer to Listing on E-PME Segment
Renaprov Finance, a microfinance institution, is taking a decisive step toward the admission of its shares to the BVMAC. Following in-depth discussions with the general management of the stock exchange institution under the leadership of Louis Banga Ntolo, the company states it has provided the required clarifications to overcome the reservations that had led to the postponement of its file by the Admission and Development Committee.
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1st National Distributors Forum: Access Bank Cameroon Gathers and Celebrates Ecosystem Actors
The banking institution recently brought together over a hundred leading actors on the occasion of the first edition of its National Distributors Forum, held at the Krystal Palace in Douala.
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Governance: Yvon Sana Bangui Appointed President of the African Monetary Institute's Board of Directors
The march toward African monetary integration records a major institutional advancement. On the occasion of the annual meetings of the Association of African Central Banks (ABCA) held in Nairobi, Kenya, the governors of the continent's issuing institutions launched the operational phase of the African Monetary Institute (AMI).
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Cameroon-World Bank: Accelerating Water Security
The Minister of Water and Energy, Gaston Eloundou Essomba, received on September 16, 2026, the Head of the World Bank's Global Water Expertise Hub for West and Central Africa, Anna Cestari, in a framework of exchanges on the Water Security Project (SEWASH), the National Water Compact, and water resources management.
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ACEP Cameroon: Net Profit Rises to 803.6 Million FCFA in 2025
The second-category microfinance institution confirms the consolidation of its performance indicators at the end of the 2025 fiscal year.
