Bank of Africa - Groupe Bank of Africa

the bank of africa group operates in 17 countries, including 8 in west africa (benin, burkina faso, ivory coast, ghana, mali, niger, senegal and togo), 7 in east africa and indian ocean (burundi, ethiopia, djibouti, kenya, madagascar, tanzania and uganda), the democratic republic of congo, and in france, through a network of 15 commercial banks, one financial company, one bank in the habitat, one brokerage firm, two investment companies, one asset management company and group 1 representative office in paris. since 2010, the bank of africa group is majority owned by bmce bank which gives it a powerful strategic and operational support, and direct access to international markets through its presence in europe and asia. the boa group now has about 5,000 employees and has at december 31, 2013 total consolidated balance sheet eur 4.8 billion and recorded on that date a consolidated net profit of 56.2 million euros.