Christian Din Dika

Christian Din Dika (born December 1979 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian financier in capital markets in the CEMAC region. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Emrald Securities Services (ESS), a multi-business financial group headquartered in Douala.[1][2]

Early life and education

Christian Din Dika was born in Douala, Cameroon, in December 1979. He studied at the Catholic University of Central Africa (UCAC), where he earned a master's degree in Human Resource Management in 2000. He later completed a second master's degree at UCAC in Finance, Accounting and Business Management in 2006.[3]

Career

Din Dika began his career in 2007 at the Douala Stock Exchange, where he served as Head of Listing and Registration in the Markets Department.[1][4] In 2018, he was appointed Head of Operations.[5]

Following the acquisition of SCB, the Moroccan banking group Attijariwafa Bank created Attijari Securities Central Africa (ASCA) in 2016, an investment bank headquartered in Douala.[6] Din Dika was appointed regional head of brokerage and custody, later became regional head of securities, and eventually served as peputy managing director of ASCA. At the same time, he worked at Africa Bright Securities.[7]

In September 2020, Din Dika created Emrald Securities Services as the first independent group in the CEMAC zone to obtain approval from the Central African Financial Market Surveillance Commission (COSUMAF) for both a brokerage firm, Emrald Securities Services Bourse (ESS Bourse), and an asset management company, Emrald Securities Services Asset Management (ESS AM).[8][9][10]

ESS Bourse received its formal authorisation from the COSUMAF on 2 December 2020.[11][12] ESS AM, which was approved by COSUMAF under licence MFAC-SGP-05/2021, was officially launched in January 2022, offering mixed, monetary and bond mutual funds as well as discretionary mandate management to retail and institutional clients.[13]

In 2022, the Gabonese government entrusted ESS Bourse with the role of arranger and lead manager for a new bond issue through a public offering.[13][14]

In February 2025, Christian Din Dika expanded ESS Group by launching ESS Microfinance in Gabon after securing regulatory approval from the Central African Banking Commission (COBAC).[15][16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Christian Din Dika, un ambitieux financier à suivre". Cameroon CEO (in French).
  2. ↑ "Financial Afrik – Mensuel". Financial Afrik (in French).
  3. ↑ "Christian Din Dika : Emrald Securities Services a pour ambition de créer une banque". Forbes Afrique (in French).
  4. ↑ "Trivia: What is the smallest stock exchange in the world?". StraightStocks.
  5. ↑ "Acte portant unification du marché financier de la CEMAC" (PDF) (in French). Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement du Congo.
  6. ↑ "Christian Din Dika : Emrald Securities Services a pour ambition de créer une banque". Forbes Afrique (in French).
  7. ↑ "ESS Bourse reçoit son agrément de la COSUMAF". Africa Exclusive (in French).
  8. ↑ "Emrald Securities Services Bourse SA (ESS Bourse)". COSUMAF.
  9. ↑ "ESS Bourse reçoit son agrément de la COSUMAF". Africa Exclusive (in French).
  10. ↑ "After arranging the Congo loan, Christian Din Dika's Emrald Securities turns its attention to Gabon". Africa Business+.
  11. ↑ "BVMAC: Ceremony for the first listing of the securities EOCG 6.25% Net 2021–2026 and EOG 6% Net 2021–2026". Financial Afrik.
  12. ↑ "Christian Din Dika, le financier camerounais qui structure les emprunts obligataires du Gabon". EcoMatin (in French).
  13. 1 2 "Christian Din Dika, un ambitieux financier à suivre". Cameroon CEO (in French).
  14. ↑ "Emprunt obligataire : le Gabon réitère sa confiance à ESS Bourse". Gabon Review (in French).
  15. ↑ "Christian Din Dika lance une microfinance au Gabon". Madis Invest (in French).
  16. ↑ "Promotion des PMI et PME gabonaises". Jeune Afrique (in French).
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