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A hackathon to imagine African smart cities

Societe Generale is a main partner to the BtoB event between France and Africa

Once again this year, Nice will welcome the Choiseul Africa Business Forum, at the heart of the French Riviera on October 3 and 4.

On the occasion of the 2019 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7)* taking place in Japan at the end of August, Societe Generale Japan hosted its first "Japan-Africa Seminar" for Japanese clients on 27 August. In Africa, which has been dubbed "the Greatest Frontier of the 21st Century", the population is expected to double to 2.5...

Once again, Societe Generale partners up with Forum Les Héroïnes that will be held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on September 24, then in Dakar, Senegal on November 16.

Discovering the still widely-ignored "unlisted African" asset class.

Societe Generale is once again partner of the "RFI Challenge App Afrique".

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Societe Generale and YUP's shared ambition is to become a major actor of the development of financial inclusion in Africa. Therefore, the two entities are creating synergies that aim to relieve the Societe Generale branches' congestion and optimize the classical banking system by expanding their network thanks to alternative banking solutions.

Société Générale Maroc launched a Mobile Branch; a branch on wheels that allows the bank to reach the target market (professionals and individuals) to make it easier to contact clients and offer them expertise.

The French-African Foundation aims to organise and foster the meeting of visions, projects and financings between the next generation of African and French leaders and the experienced actors of economic, political and social French-African relations.

On 10 July, Societe Generale was granted the Africa's Best Bank Award for Corporate Responsibility award, by Euromoney – the British finance magazine of reference for 50 years – during the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2019 dinner in London. This prize rewards the Bank's long-term commitment on the continent. Furthermore, Société Générale Algérie and...

The Annual Women In Africa (WIA) Summit takes place on June 27 and 28 in Marrakech.

YUP extends its offer once more and launches Yup Music, a music platform supported by Universal Music Group. The app will be available shortly and will provide a genuine music offer in several countries of West, East and Centre Africa.