A leading pan-African banking group that participates in financing the sustainable development of an emerging Africa
Humans, committed and bold, Orabank contributes daily to improving the quality of life for all and to the sustainable development of Africa. Since 1988, we have been helping women and men realize their ambitions.
Orabank: Engaged, Bold, with you
The Orabank Group is a responsible bank, listening to its clients and partners, working to create a new model where the bank provides responsible service to its stakeholders and civil society. Founded in 1988, Orabank is a group whose growth has been accelerated by both the purchase of local and regional banks and sustained organic growth. Since 2009, Orabank has grown to a pan-African dimension of 12 countries of operation. This strong growth was accelerated, in particular, by the acquisition of the network of Banques Régionales de Solidarité (BRS) in 2013 and the consolidation of its location by the creation of banks in West and Central Africa.
A wider range of banking products and services
Orabank entities have universal banking activities centred around the Retail Bank, the Bank of Large Enterprises and the Digital Bank.
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Local presence at the service of growth
The Financial BC Group was established in 2000 in Lomé. Following a series é new developments and acquisitions, the Orabank Group is now present in 12 countries in West and Central Africa, spread over four currency areas: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad and Togo) through the Orabank network. In 2011, the group changed its name to Oragroup SA. Oragroup is an Anonymous Company (SA) of Togolese law and has a duration of 99 years. The Group’s strong growth was enabled by the acquisition of the network of Banques Régionales de Solidarité (BRS).
A stable shareholder
Oragroup SA is a holding company with a financial participation, set up in the form of an Anonymous Company with Board of Directors and registered in the Register of Trade and Credit Mobilier de Lomé under n°2000 B 1130. Capital of 69 415 031 000 F CFA. The Orabank Group is mainly owned by Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), an investment fund dedicated to the African continent. Since ECP Financial Holding’s entry into capital in 2008 and the change of name in Oragroup, the Group has gradually acquired a universal bank size to become a pan-African reference banking group.
Oragroup held its ordinary general meeting on Monday, June 29, 2020 in Lomé, for approval of the company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, issued in accordance with International IFRS.
Share ownership of Orabank Group as at 31 December 2019
Since 2008, the size of Oragroup has increased by 9 times thanks to strong organic growth and successful acquisitions.