Central Africa: Why SMEs are kept out of banks

On June 18, 2026 in Yaoundé, during the Promote Trade Fair, the governor of the Central African States Bank (BEAC), Yvon Sana Bangui, revealed that “in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), four out of five companies, or 80%, operate outside official registers, without certified accounting, without auditable balance sheets”. In this…...