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Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie

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The Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (BICI) was a network of banks in sub-Saharan Africa created from 1962 onwards by Paris-based Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (BNCI). Following successive mergers it was inherited by BNCI's successors the Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP, 1966–2000) then BNP Paribas (since 2000). BNP Paribas sold most of the BICI network in the early 2020s.

Head office of BICICI in Abidjan, photographed in 2016

Overview

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BICICI branch in Bouaké

In July 1940, facing challenging prospects at home following the German invasion of France, the Paris-based BNCI acquired the Banque de l'Union Nord-Africaine in Algiers to develop its activity outside Europe. The BNCI renamed that bank as Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie en Afrique (BNCI-Afrique or BNCI-A), and opened a branch in Saint-Louis, Senegal simultaneously as another in Casablanca.[1] More sub-Saharan branches followed in subsequent years.

Following the loi-cadre Defferre of 1956, most sub-Saharan African French colonies became independent countries by 1960, and developed their own national banking policy frameworks. In this new environment, the BNCI reorganized branches of BNCI-Afrique into fully capitalized subsidiaries whose equity capital was opened to local partners including the newly established national governments.

Thus in 1962, four stand-alone banks were created in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal: respectively, the Banque internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie du Cameroun (BICI Cameroun) in Douala, the Banque internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie du Congo (BICI Congo) in Brazzaville, the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie de la Côte d'Ivoire [fr] (BICICI) in Abidjan,[2] and the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie du Sénégal [fr] (BICIS) in Dakar.[3]

More creations followed in the early 1970s: the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie du Gabon [fr] (BICIG) in Libreville in 1973, the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce, l'Industrie et l'Agriculture du Burkina Faso (BICIAB) in Ouagadougou also in 1973,[4] the Banque Togolaise pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (BTCI) in Lomé in 1974,[5] and the BICI-Tchad in N'Djamena in 1976.[6]: 5  The Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie de la Guinée (BICIGUI) was founded in Conakry in 1985,[7] the Banque pour l'Industrie et le Commerce des Comores (BICC) in Moroni in 1990, and the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie du Mali (BICIM) in Bamako in 1999.[8]

Meanwhile, in 1974 the BICI Congo was merged into a new entity, the Union Congolaise de Banque (UCB).[6]: 4  In the mid-1980s, BICI-Tchad merged with Banque Internationale pour l'Afrique du Tchad, the local affiliate of Banque Internationale pour l'Afrique Occidentale (BIAO).[6]: 6  In 1989, the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie du Niger (BICIN) in Niamey was acquired by the Nigerien affiliate of BIAO even as the BIAO Group was experiencing financial distress.[9] In the early 1990s, BNP exited Cameroon through a series of transactions Bank Brussels Lambert and Dresdner Bank.[6]: 4  In 2002, BNP Paribas withdrew from BTCI and left it in the ownership of the Togolese government.[10]: 12 

By 2012, the BICIGUI was the largest bank in Guinea.[11] By 2019, the BICIG was the second-largest bank in Gabon.[12]

In 2019, BNP Paribas signaled its intent to reduce its African footprint.[13] It exited Gabon, Mali and the Comoros in 2020,[14] Burkina Faso and Guinea in 2021,[5][15] and Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal in 2022:[2][16]

  • the government-controlled Fonds Gabonais d'Investissements Stratégiques (FGIS) acquired BNPP's 47 percent stake in BICIG in March 2020,[17] then sold majority control later that year to Atlantic Financial Group (AFG), controlled by Ivorian financier Bernard Koné Dossongui [fr];[18]
  • AFG also acquired BNPP's 85 percent stake[13] in BICIM in December 2020 and renamed it AFG Bank Mali in May 2024;[8]
  • Also in December 2020, AFG acquired BICC;[18]
  • Separately in 2020, Vista Bank, controlled by Burkinese financier Simon Tiemtoré [fr], announced its acquisition of BNPP's 52 percent stake in BICIGUI and BICIAB.[19] BICIGUI was renamed Vista Guinée (VistaGui) in July 2021;[20]
  • In October 2022, a consortium of Ivorian government entities acquired BNPP's 59.8 percent state in BICICI;[2]
  • In May 2023, the SUNU Group [fr], controlled by Senegalese financier Pathé Dione [fr], acquired BNPP's 54 percent stake in BICIS.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BNCI – Internationalisation via Africa". BNP Paribas. 11 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Stéphanie Roux (4 October 2022). "BNP Paribas et Proparco soldent leurs parts dans la BICICI". CF News.
  3. ^ a b "La BICIS rejoint le Groupe SUNU". SUNU BICIS. 2 May 2023.
  4. ^ Stéphanie Roux (27 October 2020). "Afrique #108 : BNP Paribas, Pharmavet Maroc, Tsebo, SN Power..." CF News.
  5. ^ a b "Notre historique". IB Bank Togo.
  6. ^ a b c d BNP Exploitation Internationale, BNP Paribas - Archives et Histoire Groupe - CARe (Content Archives Research)
  7. ^ "La Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie de la Guinée". PitchBook.
  8. ^ a b "Notre histoire". AFG Bank Mali.
  9. ^ "Historique". BIA Niger.
  10. ^ Implementation Completion Report (PPFI-Q0390; TF-29423; IDA-30450) on a credit in the amount of SDR 22 million (US$30 million equivalent) to the Republic of Togo for a public enterprise restructuring and privatization support project (PDF), Washington DC: World Bank, 5 May 2003
  11. ^ "Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie de la Guinee". International Finance Corporation. 2015.
  12. ^ "La Banque internationale pour le commerce et l'industrie du Gabon réalise un bénéfice de 11,3 milliards de FCFA en 2018". Le Nouveau Gabon. 2 July 2019.
  13. ^ a b Joël Té-Léssia Assoko (2 June 2019). "Banque : BNP Paribas cède cinq de ses filiales africaines". Jeune Afrique.
  14. ^ Stéphanie Roux (19 May 2020). "Afrique #92 : BNP Paribas, Covid-19, Bridges Builder, Novastar Ventures..." CF News.
  15. ^ "Vista Bank Group closes deal to acquire BNP Paribas' subsidiary in Guinea". Vista Bank. July 2021.
  16. ^ Stéphanie Roux (13 September 2022). "Sénégal : BNP Paribas se retire". CF News.
  17. ^ Omer Mbadi (7 April 2020). "Le français BNP Paribas sort définitivement du Gabon". Jeune Afrique.
  18. ^ a b "AFG finalise l'acquisition des filiales BNP Paribas au Gabon, au Mali et aux Comores". Direct Infos. 16 December 2020.
  19. ^ Ristel Tchounand (19 October 2020). "Banques : Simon Tiemtoré s'offre les filiales de BNP Paribas au Burkina Faso et en Guinée". La Tribune AFrique.
  20. ^ Mamadou Aliou Diallo (30 July 2021). "Guinée : Vista Bank officialise l'acquisition de la Bicigui qui devient Vista Guinée". Financial Afrik.


   

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