Afriland First Bank is a full-service
bank
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Becau ...
in
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
, with subsidiaries in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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,
Equatorial Guinea,
Guinea,
Liberia
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,
South Sudan
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,
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
and
Zambia
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. The bank was founded in
Yaoundé
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in 1987 under the name of Caisse Commune d'Epargne et d'Investissement. It is the largest financial services group in Cameroon.
Overview
The bank is a large financial services provider in with global customer deposits in excess of €2,840,404,000, as of December 2016. The bank with its subsidiaries around the world had a combined asset base valued at €2.98 billion in December 2016.
Subsidiaries
the bank maintains subsidiaries in the following countries:

*
Equatorial Guinea CCEI Bank GE*
São Tomé and Príncipe
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- First Bank São Tomé and Príncipe
*
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Afriland First Bank DRC
*
Liberia
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- Afriland First Bank Liberia
*
South Sudan
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- Afriland First Bank South Sudan
*
Guinea - Afriland First Bank Guinea
*
Ivory Coast
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- Afriland First Bank Ivory Coast
*
Zambia
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-
Intermarket Bank
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History
In March 2010, at the direction of the Bank of Zambia, Afriland First Bank Gro ...
(80 percent shareholding)
The banking group was granted a
commercial banking
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license by the
Bank of Uganda
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History
In 1979 and again in 1987, the Bank ...
, in September 2019. After starting operations on 1 December 2020, the subsidiary voluntarily surrendered its banking license in May 2022, following a "strategic business review" by Afriland Group, who were the shareholders.
Representative offices
In the following countries, the bank has representative offices only:
* Paris, France - Afriland First Bank Paris
*
Beijing
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, China, - Afriland First Bank China
*
Brazzaville,
Republic of the Congo - Afriland First Bank Congo Brazzaville
Branch network
, the bank maintains 32 networked branches inside the
Republic of Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
.
See also
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List of banks in Cameroon
This is a list of commercial banks in Cameroon
# Access Bank Cameroon
# Afriland First Bank
# Atlantic Bank Cameroon
Banque International du Cameroun pour l'Epargne et le Crédit(BICEC)
Banque Camerounaise des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises(BC-P ...
*
Economy of Cameroon
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*
Yaoundé
Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...
References
External links
Afriland First BankCompany Profile At Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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Banks of Cameroon
Banks established in 1987
Economy of Cameroon
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