The bicycle parts trader from Burkina Faso who built a $9 billion banking empire
Idrissa Nassa started out trading bicycle parts and consumer goods in Burkina Faso. He now controls a $9 billion pan-African banking empire.
West Africa banking
BOAD backs Coris Bank with $52.5 million to support credit expansion
The West African Development Bank approved two refinancing lines totaling $52.5 million for Coris Bank International subsidiaries in Burkina Faso and Senegal.