The banking sector in Niger has just expanded with the launch on December 2 of the activities of Coris Bank International, Niger Branch. It was the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance in charge of the Budget, Mr. Ahmat Jidoud, who presided over the ceremony in the presence of members of the government, businessmen as well as the representative of Coris Banque International and guests. Coris Bank is now present in seven WAEMU member countries, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Mali, Togo, and Niger.
In the speech he delivered on this occasion, the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance in charge of the Budget, Mr. Ahmat Jidoud first recalled that WAEMU gave discharge at the end of October 2018 to Coris Bank International in order to to open a Branch in Niger. With the arrival of this bank, the Nigerien banking system is seen today, testifying once again to the performance and efforts of the Nigerien government to achieve and realize the ambitious projects of the renaissance program. Mr. Jidoud noted that in recent years, Niger has regained its letters of nobility on the sub-regional and international chessboard. Our country, he says, is today a privileged investment destination. « It is therefore an honor for me to be able to reconcile the noble ambitions of economic and social development with the pan-Africanist vision of the Coris Bank International group, thanks to the establishment of the Niger Branch and the official start of the activities of this new institution. financial institution which has the support of the State », declared the Minister Delegate for the Budget.
Ahmat Jidoud also founded the hope that the presence in the banking landscape of Coris Bank International will contribute through its diversified and innovative service offer to improving the banking rate of our populations and therefore their living conditions and to reducing unemployment, by creating jobs for our young people.
For his part, the chairman of the management committee of Coris Bank Branch of Niger, Mr. Nabi Issa Coulibaly stressed that the specificity of the Group, based on a solid base of experience and good knowledge of regional specificity, is presented today. today as the only banking group whose capital is held entirely by UEMOA nationals, very committed to the promotion of intra-UEMOA trade. He recalled that the Coris Group laid its first milestones in Burkina in January 2008 in the banking field with a pan-Africanist vision in order to participate in the socio-economic development of African countries with the vision of being the reference banking group in Africa. In addition, he mentioned that the Coris Group includes universal banking business clusters under the Coris Bank International label operating in seven African countries.
Speaking of Coris Bank International Branch of Niger, he confided that the cardinal values of the Group will be carried by women and men who are professionals and experts in banking professions. The team, he says, is essentially made up of young Nigerien executives who are perfectly integrated into the market and the socio-economic environment.
As for the Managing Director of Coris Bank International Branch of Niger, Ms. Rakiétou Idé Issaka, she reassured everyone of her commitment to work towards achieving the results and performances assigned in accordance with the Group’s strategic objectives. To this end, she specified that Coris Bank Branch of Niger, settles in a context of economic growth because the authorities of the 7th Republic have known in a few years, to activate the economic and financial mechanisms having made it possible to accelerate the development process. Coris Bank is both the bank for SMEs/SMIs, individuals, craftsmen, small traders, institutions and large companies. « We intend to fully play our role as a citizen bank and as such participate in the socio-economic development of the country for the development of our customers and the entire population in accordance with our social and societal responsibility », concluded Ms. Rakiétou. Ide Issaka.
