General Bank of Cameroon (ex-Société Générale Cameroun)

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Formerly Société Générale Cameroun, State-controlled (83.68%) since 12 May 2026. Cameroon's largest lender in Q1 2026 (17.6% of new loans). Arranger and lead of the XAF 60bn and 200bn Eneo / Socadel mandates.

At a glance

Based on observed investment behaviour: 2 recorded deals

Investor type: Bank (inferred, not verified)
Capital type: Bank (inferred from profile)
Observed ticket: Data unavailable
Countries: Cameroon (2)
Activities: Power transmission and distribution (2)
Instruments: Senior debt (2)
Stages: Debt (2)
Recent activity: 2 deals in 12 months, latest Sept 2026

Stated thesis versus observed behaviour

Fewer than three recorded deals: insufficient evidence to compare thesis and behaviour.

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Investment thesis

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Investment ticket: n/a
Instruments: Senior debt
Preferred sectors: Energy*
Target geographies: Cameroon
Stages (stated by the fund and from its deals): Debt

Deals in progress

Socadel (ex-Eneo)

September 2026 · Cameroon

Arranging mandateDebt350.633 M$Senior debtEnergyLead

Mandate signed ('not an immediate availability of funds'); adds to the XAF 60bn mandate given to General Bank of Cameroon on 1 July 2026.

Activity : Power transmission and distribution

Instrument : Structuring and syndication mandate: XAF 50bn revolving credit and XAF 150bn medium-term loan refinancing bank and supplier debt

State electricity company succeeding Eneo (Actis exit in 2025).

Why they invested

Financial restructuring of the national power distributor

Co-investors Afriland First Bank (Co-Lead), BGFIBank Cameroun (Co-Lead)

Source : investiraucameroun.comN3 · Single source

Eneo (Socadel) — investissements

July 2026 · Cameroon

Arranging mandateDebt105.19 M$Senior debtEnergyLead

Mandate given on 1 July 2026; financing not closed.

Activity : Power transmission and distribution

Instrument : Mandate to raise XAF 60bn for priority capex (generation, distribution, commercial)

Capex of the national power distributor.

Source : investiraucameroun.comN3 · Single source

In short

General Bank of Cameroon (ex-Société Générale Cameroun) invests across the following sectors: Energy, in the following areas: Cameroon. Check in 30 seconds whether your company fits these criteria.

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