Alou Sidibé of Mali has been elected president of West Africa financial institutions confederation (CIF), PANA reported Thursday, quoting from official sources.
A graduate of a Paris Advanced Banking Studies Institute, Mr. Sidibé is also the chairman of the professional association of decentralised financial systems of Mali (SFD).
Based in Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso, CIF membership includes six micro-finance institutions of five West African countries, two of which are in Mali.
