Ụlọ Akụ̀ Azụmaahịa nke Congo

Banque du Congo Belge (1909-1960), Banque Belgo-Congolaise nke a makwaara dị ka **Belgolaise** (1960-2012), Banque du Kongo (1960-1971), Banque Commerciale Zaïroise (1971-1997), na Banque Com Merciale Du Congo (**BCDC**, 1997-2020) niile na-ezo aka n'òtù **ụlọ** akụ nke na-arụ ọrụ na Belgian Congo site na 1909 ruo 1960, Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) site na 1960 ruo 1964, Democratic Republic of the Kongo site na 1964 ruo 1971, Zaire site na 1971 ruo 1997, site na 1997 ruo 1997, karịa mgbanwe karịa karịa na Democratic Republic of Congo. Na-agafe n'ọtụtụ nhazigharị ihe karịrị otu narị afọ Na 2021, brussel based belogolaise merụrụ ahụ site n'aka onye nwe ya Fortis Group na 2020, Kinshasa dabeere na BCDC jikọtara ya na equity Bank congo (EBC) iji guzobe nha nhatanha banque commerciale du cong. 

## Ihe ndị mere n'oge gara aga
áká_èkpè|thumb|Isi ụlọ ọrụ Banque d'Outremer, rue Brederode 13 na Brussels

Mgbe Eze Leopold ll okike mepụtara Congo Free State na 1885, odeakwụkwọ ya Albert Thys na 1886 guzobere Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI) iji mebie akụ na ụba nke ókèala ahụ. Na Jenụwarị 7, 1899, na atụmatụ Thys, e guzobere Compagnie Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CICI) na Brussels na ndị nwere òkè nke gụnyere ụlọ akụ Belgium nke Société Générale de Belgique (SGB) duziri, yana ụfọdụ ndị France na-etinye ego nke Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas duziri, ndị Germany na-etinye mbongo na Deutsche Bank duziri, na ndị Britain na-etinye imali na Stern Brothers, Ernest Cassel, na Vincent Caillard duziri. Onye isi oche bụ Joseph Devolder nke SGB [fr], na Thys bụ onye isi nchịkwa ya. N'ihi mgbagwoju anya ugboro ugboro n'etiti CCCI na CICI, nke ikpeazụ gbanwere aha ya ka ọ bụrụ Banque d'Outremer (lit. 'Bank of Overseas'). A kwadoro ya n'akụkụ CCCI na rue de Brederode, n'akụkụ Royal Palace nke Brussels na n'ofe okporo ámá site na mgbakwunye ya nke a na-akpọ Norwegian chalet, nke e wuru afọ ole na ole ka e mesịrị iji kwado ọfịs Free State. Kama ịbụ ụlọ akụ, Banque d'Outremer rụrụ ọrụ dị ka ụlọ ọrụ na-etinye ego na ọrụ na Congo kamakwa Canada, China, Dutch East Indies, na Russia.

## Ụlọ Akụ̀ Congo Belge
E hiwere Banque du Congo Belge na 1909 site na nkwado nke Banque d'Outremer, ma na mbụ nọrọ n'ime isi ụlọ ọrụ nke ikpeazụ. N'afọ 1911, e nyere ya ikike ịnye akwụkwọ ozi maka Belgian Congo, nke ọ nọgidere na ya ruo n'afọ 1952, mgbe Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi (BCCBRU) nọchiri ya n'ọrụ a. N'afọ 1954, ọ kwagara n'isi ụlọ ọrụ ọhụrụ na Cantersteen 1 n'elu njikọ North-South na etiti Brussels, nke ndị na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ André na Jean Polak [fr] mere.

## Ụlọ Akụ̀ Belgolaise
thumb|Isi ụlọ ọrụ mbụ nke Banque Belgolaise na Cantersteen 1 na Brussels
Site na nnwere onwe nke Congo na 1960, Banque du Congo Belge gbanwere ọrụ ya na Europe dị ka Banque Belgo-Congolaise, nke a maara site na 1965 dị ka Belgolaise. A haziri ọrụ ndị dị na Congo dị ka Banque Commerciale Du Congo, na Belgolaise, steeti Congo, na ndị mmekọ onwe dị ka ndị nwere òkè BCDC. A haziri alaka ndị dị na Kigali na Bujumbura n'afọ ndị 1960, dịka Bank of Kigali na Banque de Crédit de Bujumbura. 

Belgolaise Bank gbasaa n'ahịa ndị ọzọ dị n'Afrịka na ngwụcha afọ 1980 na afọ 1990, Fortis Group nwetara ya na ngwụchaa afọ 1990. N'afọ 2000, Fortis enweghị ike ịchọta onye na-azụ ya, wee malite ire ya n'afọ 2005. Ọ bụ BNP Paribas Fortis rụzuru mmebi ahụ n'afọ 2018.

## Ụlọ Akụ̀ Ahịa nke Congo
thumb|Ụlọ Akụ̀ Azụmaahịa nke Congo na Lubumbashi
A gbanwere aha BCDC ka ọ bụrụ Banque Commerciale Zaïroise mgbe a gbanwere aha mba ahụ. Site na ọdịda nke akụ na ụba mba ahụ na ogologo agha obodo malitere na 1997, ụlọ akụ ahụ belatara ọrụ ya nke ukwuu. N'afọ 2004, na-eji ohere nke ọnọdụ mmekọrịta ọha na eze na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ka mma na ọganihu akụ na ụba na-esote, BCDC weghachiri netwọk ya na mba ahụ dum ma gbanwee nzukọ ahịa ya. BCDC ghọrọ ụlọ akụ na-ahụ maka ya na DRC, na-arụsi ọrụ ike na mba ahụ dum. Site na 2009, ọ bụ George Arthur Forrest na-achịkwa ya. Ka ọ na-erule ngwụcha afọ 2016, ọ nwetara $ 11 nde US dollar tupu ụtụ isi, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ nsonaazụ kachasị elu n'ime afọ 15. N'afọ 2017, BCDC na-arụ ọrụ n'alaka iri abụọ na atọ n'obodo iri na asaa na DRC. Gụnyere 10 na Kinshasa, 4 na mpaghara Katanga mbụ, na otu na nke ọ bụla n'ime obodo ndị a: Aru, Beni, Boma, Bukavu, Bunia, Butembo, Durba, Goma, Kananga, Kimpese, Kisangani, Lukala, Matadi, Mbuji-Mayi na Isiro. Ụlọ ọrụ Kananga, na Kasai Central, dị na Boulevard Lumumba.

Na 9 Septemba 2019, Equity Group Holdings Limited, otu ụlọ akụ dị na Kenya, kwupụtara na ọ nwetara òkè na BCDC n'aka George Forrest. N'ọnwa Disemba 2020, Equity Bank Group, ebe ọ natara nkwado nchịkwa site n'aka ndị na-achịkwa DR Congo, malitere usoro nke ijikọ BCDC na Equity Bank Congo (EBC), iji guzobe Equity Banque Commerciale du Congo (Equity BCDC), ebe otu ahụ nọgidere na-enwe pasent 77.5 nke òkè.

## Ihe odide


## Njikọ mpụga

* Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ gọọmentị
* Documents and clippings about Banque commerciale du Congo in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW