Announced January 2026: Development Partners International (DPI) exited its holding in ABI, the holding company of Banque Atlantique, present through 10 banks and 4 insurance companies across Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea and Niger, selling 20.17% to Morocco’s Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) in a transaction exceeding US$200m that valued ABI’s equity at more than US$1bn and took BCP to 100% of the group (ABI ranked the fifth-largest banking group in the UMOA region and Guinea with MAD 38.9bn of outstanding loans at mid-2025).
One of the largest private-equity exits in Africa of the year and the clearest statement yet of Moroccan capital consolidating WAEMU banking.
Value: >US$200m; ABI valued at >US$1bn (verified against public announcements).
Advisers: Asafo & Co advised DPI (announced 6 January 2026); BCP-side advisers (not disclosed).
Recorded by The Meridian research desk from public announcements, regulatory filings and financial press coverage. Dates and values are as publicly reported.
