Dissent is rare in the hushed world of the BGFIBank group. But a clash in 2026 between shareholders shook the upper echelons of the Gabon-based financial institution, where discretion is the order of the day.
Christian Kerangall, a Franco-Gabonese minority shareholder attempted, from July 2025 onwards, to block the initial public offering (IPO) of BGFI Holding Corp, the bank's parent company. That project has been driven for the past six years by its CEO Henri-Claude Oyima and is intended to usher
