Bank of Africa Group (BOA), also known as Bank of Africa, is a multinational pan-African banking conglomerate, with banking operations in eighteen African countries, and a representative office in Paris, France. It is a subsidiary of the Moroccan group BMCE (Moroccan Bank of Foreign Commerce) and its head office is in Dakar, capital of Senegal.The maiden bank of the BOA Group, BOA Mali, was established in late 1982, in Bamako, Mali, by local businesspeople.