Bobo-Dioulasso: The Secretary General of the Hauts-Bassins region, Yiyé Abrahm Somdo, representing the governor of the region, inaugurated the new headquarters of the Caisse populaire de Colsama, on Friday May 24, 2024 in Bobo. It was under the sponsorship of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the BBS Sarl Company, and in the presence of the General Director of the Faitière des Caisses Populaires du Burkina (DG/FCPB), Zaratou Sondo.
Having been rented for around thirty years, the Caisse populaire de Colsama, in the town of Bobo-Dioulasso, has a new headquarters.
An imposing two-story building (R+2) proudly enthroned to the southwest of the Bobo-Dioulasso fruit market now houses the offices, the five counters and the ATM of this cash register.
‘After having gone through several rental premises, often very cramped, to accommodate our workers and our customers, we are pleased today to have inaugurated the headquarters of the Caisse populaire de Caolsama,’ rejoiced the General Director of the Head of the Cai
sses populaire du Burkina (DG/FCPB), Zaratou Sondo.
Built on an area of 525 m2, this building which cost nearly 500 million CFA francs officially opened its doors to users of the fund on Friday May 24, 2024 in the city of Sya.
This date, according to the Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA) of the Caisse populaire de Colsama, Seydou Gounouba, will remain engraved in memories.
‘Our fund comes from very far away. She finally just got her own seat. And this inaugural date of the jewel will be engraved in our memories for a long time,’ he was convinced.
The Colsama credit union, Mr. Gounouba said, covers districts no. 6 and no. 7 of the commune of Bobo-Dioulasso, and the rural communes of Toussiana and Péni, in the province of Houet.
Thus, the PCA invited the populations of these municipalities to use the services of their financial institution to fight against poverty.
‘We urge traders, farmers, breeders, artisans, salaried workers to open their accounts at the credit union in order to make their busin
esses prosper,’ invited Mr. Gounouba.
Sponsor of the inauguration ceremony of the headquarters of the Coalsama credit union, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the BBS Sarl Company, Boubacar Sidiki Barro, launched the same appeal to development actors to use the credit union to develop their activities and secure their money.
‘The credit union is there to help us develop our activities. Whether you are a farmer, trader, public or private worker, you can turn to the credit union for your financing needs. This is why I invite all stakeholders in the different development sectors to make the credit union their development tool,’ said Mr. Barro.
The credit union, continued the CEO of BBS Sarl, is a ‘real’ development tool.
For those who had doubts about the effectiveness of the credit union’s services, Souleymane Gounouba informed them that they have evolved over time.
According to him, they are able to satisfy their customers for financing any activity.
‘Credit unions are today at the forefront of techno
logical innovation through digital products, notably the digital tontine for collecting savings in places of business, and the magnetic card also called Danaya cash’, he informed.
Danaya cash, continued the PCA, allows withdrawals to be made in UEMOA (West African Economic and Monetary Union) countries.
The inauguration of the headquarters of the Colsama credit union, said the secretary general of the region (SGR) of Hauts-Bassins, Yiyé Abraham Somdo, representing the governor of Hauts-Bassins, constitutes an expansion of the family of the network of credit unions of Burkina.
This network, he said, currently totals 35 credit unions spread across the entire national territory which are coordinated by the Faitière des Caisses Populaires du Burkina (FCPB).
Before the inauguration of the headquarters, the SGR, Yiyé Abraham Somdo, accompanied by the general director of the FCPB, Zaratou Sondo, launched the drilling work for the Bobo-Dioulasso fruit market.
Source: Burkina Information Agency