type private industry banking founded october 8 2008 headquarters avenue du bas congo n 4 kinshasa drc products loans checking savings number of employees 264 website advans banque congo contents 1 overview 2 history 3 ownership 4 external links 5 see also 6 references overview edit advans banque congo s.a. commonly referred to as advans banque is an independent commercial bank based in the democratic republic of congo with its headquarters located in kinshasa . the bank has a particular focus on the provision of financial services to micro small and medium congolese enterprises as its niche market . 1 history edit advans banque congo was incorporated in july 2008 and granted a commercial banking license in may 2009 by the central bank of congo . 2 ownership edit advans banque congo is a venture between advans sa formally knows as lafayette investment a venture capital firm registered in luxembourg as majority shareholder with kfw bankengruppe kfw african development bank international finance corporation and horus development finance as minority shareholders in the venture . advans sa aims to establish microfinance financial institutions in emerging economies . advans sa owns microfinance institutions in the democratic republic of the congo cameroon ghana cambodia pakistan cote d ivoire and tanzania . 3 the table below depicts the shareholding within advans b a nque congo 4 advans banque congo stock ownership rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 advans sa of luxembourg 55.5 2 kfw adb ifc & hdf 45.5 total 100.00 external links edit website of the advans sa group website of the advans banque congo see also edit list of banks in africa advans bank tanzania central bank of congo references edit advans banque congo historique archived july 7 2013 at the wayback machine . microcapital advans banque congo advans bank tanzania opens to the public shareholding in advans banque congo archived may 13 2013 at the wayback machine . this african bank or banking related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title advans banque congo & oldid 742629938 categories banks of the democratic republic of the congobanks established in 20082008 establishments in the democratic republic of the congoafrican bank stubshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 20 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view