Public development banks, guarantee and grant funds

What you do

• Grant concessional loans to companies and cooperatives in agropastoral value chains
• Guarantee loans extended by commercial banks to agricultural operators
• Structure financing tailored to production and processing cycles
• Manage public grant funds for the benefit of project developers
• Co-finance investments in infrastructure and processing equipment

A public bank or fund receives resources from the State and development partners, together with applications from companies, cooperatives and local authorities. It delivers preferential loans, guarantees and grants. Within the Produce – Process – Export chain, it unlocks investment by processing units and farms that lack access to conventional bank credit, secures risk sharing with commercial banks and makes it possible to scale up structuring projects. Its appraisal standards set the bar for how project files are prepared across the sector.

Head offices are established in Yaoundé and Douala, with branches or partner relays in regional capitals such as Bafoussam, Bamenda, Garoua, Maroua, Ngaoundéré, Bertoua and Ebolowa. Some institutions with a sub-regional mandate cover all CEMAC member countries and operate through local partner banks.

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• Receive complete, well-structured and technically sound financing applications
• Reduce credit risk through better field monitoring of financed projects
• Extend the reach of guarantees to cooperatives and small processing units
• Mobilise concessional resources from regional and international partners
• Support exporters in financing compliance with market standards