Further Growth & Consolidation
- Revised 5-year plan to become a US$ 5 billion operation by 2016
- Cumulative investment in excess of US$1.2billion
- Total assets of US$ 1.9 billion
- Oversubscribed debut international syndication of US$250 million
- European DA lines of credit of US$125 million
- First investment in Chad, Cameroon, DRC & Gabon
- Cape Verde becomes a member
- Debut international credit rating of A3 by Moody’s
- Third successive year of dividend payment
Net income: US$93 million