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Licensed banks and lenders in Sub-Saharan Africa

For debt financing (investment loans, working capital, leasing), these are the institutions licensed to lend in each country. Every list comes from the regulator's official register (BCEAO, COBAC, central banks), with its link and date.

2636

licensed institutions

29

countries covered

520

banks and development finance institutions

By country

Types of institutions

  • Commercial banks485
  • Development finance institutions19
  • Merchant banks5
  • Credit institutions11
  • Finance companies152
  • Microfinance banks810
  • Microfinance institutions233
  • Savings and loans, credit cooperatives292
  • Other licensed lenders (mortgage, digital credit…)629

Registers being collected

These countries will be added once their official register has been collected: Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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