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Ouagadougou, 30 June 2025 – Vista Group Holding announces the completion of its majority acquisition of Société Générale Burkina Faso.
This strategic transaction significantly strengthens Vista’s presence in the Burkinabè market, alongside its two other entities already operating in the country: Vista Bank Burkina, established in 2021, and Vista Assurances Burkina, recently launched.
With these three institutions – banking and insurance – Vista now ranks among the leading financial groups in Burkina Faso in terms of customer base, distribution network, and the breadth of its service offering.
“This acquisition marks a decisive milestone for Vista in Burkina Faso,” said Simon Tiemtoré, Chairman of Vista Group Holding. “Since 2021, Vista Bank Burkina has been providing innovative and inclusive banking solutions. With the launch of Vista Assurances and the integration of this new bank, we are building a comprehensive financial ecosystem capable of supporting every Burkinabè citizen and business towards sustainable growth.”
This acquisition is fully aligned with Vista Group Holding’s pan-African strategy to expand its operations to 25 countries in the coming years, with a clear ambition to promote financial inclusion and support economic development across the continent.
A subsidiary of Lilium Group LLC, Vista Group Holding offers a full range of financial products and services: accounts, payments, savings, loans, insurance, and tailor-made solutions for individuals, businesses, and governments.
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About Vista Group
Vista Group, owned by Lilium Group LLC, offers a full range of innovative banking products, solutions, and services accessible to everyone, including individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), businesses, and governments. It helps to promote financial inclusion, economic growth, and prosperity in its countries of operation.
Vista Group is a financial services’ holding company that is building a world-class pan-African financial institution group that contributes to economic growth and financial inclusion in Africa. Vista has entered into strategic partnerships with various global financial institutions to drive its growth strategy by focusing on MSME (SME banking, leasing, factoring, mesofinance, women’s banking, etc.), trade and supply chain finance, corporate banking and bancassurance. Through these partnerships, Vista also aims to increase profitability while reducing operating costs and mitigating risk. Vista Group is focused on maximising the opportunities in its respective markets to become the financial institution of choice through its innovative banking and insurance products.