

This year we are celebrating our Group’s 30th Anniversary.
BANK OF AFRICA was established at a time when the West African banking sector experienced serious difficulties. The founder’s goal of the first BANK OF AFRICA, BOA-MALI, created in 1983 and then headed by Paul DERREUMAUX, was to fill a gap by creating a private African bank, with African capital, and dedicated to serving the African economy.

The Ugandan economy remained resilient in 2011 despite bouts of both domestic and external shocks. The latter half of the year was characterized by an unprecedented set of challenges including high inflation, high interest rates and a steady depreciation of the Uganda Shilling. The year saw inflation touch its highest in over two decades, soaring from 5.0% in January 2011 to 30.5% in October 2011 before dropping to 27% in December 2011. This high inflation is likely to continue exerting pressure on household disposable income and will remain a major challenge to the macro-economic stability objective in 2012.
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While 2010 remained a challenging operating environment, the
Ugandan economy maintained an upward growth trend and
attained 6.7% growth despite the economic recovery slowdown
in major countries and the fiscal problems in some European
countries.

The Ugandan economy remained resilient and is estimated to have grown by 7% in 2008/9
despite the effect of the recession in the advanced and emerging market economies
emanating from the Global financial meltdown.