The story of the BANK OF AFRICA Group began in Mali in 1982, with the first BANK OF AFRICA, which was created with almost no external help. Today, the BANK OF AFRICA Group is established in 17 countries. There are: • Eight BOA banks in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Togo and Senegal), • Seven BOA banks in East Africa and the Indian Ocean (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania and Uganda), • One in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, • And also one in France, across a network of 15 commercial banks, one financial corporation, one banque de l’habitat, one leasing company, one brokerage firm, two investment companies, one asset management company and one Group representative office in Paris.