The states of the central African sub-region need an institution like the Central African States Development Bank to raise finance for large projects. After a dormant period, the bank is focusing its strategy on private enterprise. Fabien Buliard reports.

The Central African States Development Bank (La Banque de Développement des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale – BDEAC) is sparing no effort to restore its credibility, following a period of dormancy throughout the 1990s in which it ceased all lending activities to focus on reimbursing its debt and recovering a staggering amount of outstanding payments.