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  2. Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries

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    BIO was formed in 2001 to fund investment projects in developing and/or emerging countries. BIO invests to help those economies attain some of the Sustainable Development Goals. At the beginning, the company financed regional or local intermediary structures, such as banks and investment funds. This was done to limit BIO's risk, allowing the ...

  3. Central Bank of West African States - Wikipedia

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    The Central Bank of West African States ( French: Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, BCEAO) is a central bank serving the eight west African countries which share the common West African CFA franc currency and comprise the West African Economic and Monetary Union . The BCEAO is active in developing financial inclusion policy ...

  4. Banque Belgolaise - Wikipedia

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    Banque Belgolaise. The Banque Belgo-Congolaise, abbreviated in 1965 as Banque Belgolaise, was a Brussels -based Belgian bank spun off in 1960 from the Banque du Congo Belge in the context of forthcoming Congolese independence. While retaining the brand Belgolaise, its registered name was changed to Banque Belgo-Zaïroise S.A. after 1971.

  5. United Bank for Africa - Wikipedia

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    Overview. United Bank For Africa is a large financial services group in Nigeria and on the African continent. As of December 2021, the group's financial assets were valued at ₦8.5 trillion (US$20.1 billion), with shareholders' equity of ₦724.1 billion (US$1.8 billion). At that time the group employed 20,000+ people. [9]

  6. BNP Paribas Fortis - Wikipedia

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    BNP Paribas Fortis is an international bank based in Belgium and is a subsidiary of French banking group BNP Paribas. The bank was created in May 2009 after BNP Paribas acquired 75% of the shares of the Belgian Fortis Bank from the Federal Participation and Investment Company. It was formerly, together with Fortis Bank Nederland, the banking ...

  7. Banque Nagelmackers - Wikipedia

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    Number of employees. 405 FTE (2020) Website. www .nagelmackers .be. Nagelmackers is a private bank in Belgium, the oldest in the country and the 14th oldest surviving bank in the world. [citation needed] It focuses on wealthy individuals and families, relying on a network of local offices. Since 2015, it has been owned by China's Anbang.

  8. Banque du Congo Belge - Wikipedia

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    Banque du Congo Belge. The Banque du Congo Belge ( BCB, Dutch: Bank van Belgisch Congo; lit. 'Bank of the Belgian Congo') was a Belgian colonial bank that mainly operated in the Belgian Congo from 1909 to 1960. Following Congolese independence, it kept operating as the Banque du Congo from 1960 to 1971, the Banque Commerciale Zaïroise from ...

  9. Colonial Charter on the Belgian annexation of the Congo Free ...

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    The Colonial Charter on the Belgian annexation of the Congo Free State ( French: Charte coloniale de 1908) was approved by the Belgian Parliament on 18 October 1908. On 15 November 1908, Belgium assumed sovereignty over the territories comprising the Congo Free State, officially making the Belgian Congo a colony of Belgium.