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XTransfer and Ecobank Group Partner to Empower African Small and Medium-sized Enterprises' (SMEs) Foreign Trade

XTransfer will leverage Ecobank’s extensive network across Africa, enabling its Chinese clients to collect funds in local African currencies while assisting African SMEs in making payments in their local currencies to negate foreign exchange issues

XTransfer, the world-leading and China's No.1 B2B Cross-Border Trade Payment Platform, and Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), the leading private pan-African financial services group with unrivalled African expertise, have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding of Cooperation (MOU) to roll out comprehensive cross-border financial services to Africa’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…

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Afreximbank and Ecobank partner to simplify trade and compliance for African businesses

The Ecobank Single Market Trade Hub connects registered businesses across Africa on a single platform, helping them benefit from opportunities in the unified market of 1.4 billion people created by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com) have embarked on a collaboration aimed at simplifying trade and compliance for businesses in Africa by integrating Ecobank’s Single Market Trade Hub and Afreximbank’s MANSA Digital Repository Platform. With the collaboration, African businesses will benefit from seamless shared services across the two…

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    • Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire and the International Finance Corporation partner to empower Ivorian women’s businesses (1)
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Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire and the International Finance Corporation partner to empower Ivorian women’s businesses

The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative is a free-to-access online business education programme available to women across around world

Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire (www.Ecobank.com), part of the leading pan-African financial services group, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Finance Corporation to roll out the 10,000 Women initiative to enable Ecobank Cote d’Ivoire’s women small and medium-sized enterprises (WSME) clients to build their capacity, transform and…

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Four Ecobank Affiliates named Bank of the Year in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2024

It is yet another reflection of the group’s long-standing dedication to delivering exceptional customer experiences, while offering innovative financial solutions that empower customers every day

Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com) affiliates in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia and Togo have each been named Bank of the Year 2024 in their respective countries in The Banker’s prestigious Bank of the Year Awards 2024. These awards highlight the transformative impact of Ecobank’s ongoing commitment to improving how customers access the financial…

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    • Ecobank opens the market at the London Stock Exchange to celebrate successful issuance of US$400 Million Eurobond (1)
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Ecobank opens the market at the London Stock Exchange to celebrate successful issuance of US$400 Million Eurobond

ETI will use the net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes for general corporate purposes, including refinancing the US$350 million Senior Bridge-to-Bond Loan Facility entered into in March 2024

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) (www.Ecobank.com), parent of the leading pan-African Ecobank Group, today opened the market at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to celebrate the successful issuance of its US$400 million Senior Unsecured Eurobond on the London Stock Exchange main market. Jeremy Awori, CEO, Ecobank Group, said: “Our successful Notes…

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Singapore-based TransferTo and Pan-African Ecobank Group Forge Strategic Partnership to Expand Financial Access and Cross-Border Payments Across Africa

Thunes, Ezra, DT One and Ecobank collaboration to expand access to credit, digital products and cross-border payment solutions

TransferTo (www.TransferTo.com), a  Singapore-based global technology group, and Ecobank Group (https://Ecobank.com), the leading pan-African financial institution, announce a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), laying the groundwork to transform financial access and cross-border payment solutions across Africa. This strategic partnership brings together TransferTo’s companies --  Thunes (www.Thunes.com), Ezra (https://Ezra.world), DT One (www.DTOne.com) and Tookitaki (www.Tookitaki.com) - with…

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    • Ecobank Partners with Nium to Unlock Real-Time Cross-Border Payments Across 35 African Markets (1)
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Ecobank Partners with Nium to Unlock Real-Time Cross-Border Payments Across 35 African Markets

Nium announces its partnership with Ecobank, a pan-African financial solutions leader, bringing real-time cross-border payments to 35 markets on the continent

Nium (https://apo-opa.co/3Cl0CMy), the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, announced a partnership with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated. (www.Ecobank.com), the leading independent pan-African financial services group, to enable seamless cross-border payments across 35 African markets for more than 32 million customers. This partnership is set to revolutionise the region’s payments landscape by…

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    • Jeremy Awori, Ecobank Group CEO, receives the "Best Bank" awards at the Global Finance Best Bank Awards 2024, held in Washington, DC, on October 26
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Ecobank Wins 14 Prestigious Awards from Euromoney and Global Finance, Strengthening its Pan-African Banking Leadership

The judges for these prestigious awards evaluated a wide range of criteria to recognise Ecobank’s achievements, including innovation, financial performance, and a strong business model

Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com), the leading pan-African financial services Group, has won a record number of 14 awards at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence, the Global Finance Best Investment Banks and Sustainable Finance Awards 2024, the Global Finance Best Bank Awards and the Global Finance Transaction Banking Awards. These awards serve as…

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    • (Front, from left) Sebastian Ashong-Katai, MD, Ecobank Sierra Leone and Samir Abhyankar, MD and Head of Financial Services, BII (Back, from left) Kevin James, Head of International Organisations & Development Finance Institutions – USA, UK & Europe, Ecobank; Jo Fry, Investment Director and Head of Intermediated Financial Services, BII; HE Morie Komba Manyeh, Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the UK; Wahid Ben Tanfous, Investment Manager, BII and Alex Kucharski, Head of West Africa for ARIA, BII
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British International Investment and Ecobank Sierra Leone sign $25 million risk sharing agreement to boost private sector growth

The investment will help Ecobank Sierra Leone to grow its loan book by increasing credit limits and extend lending tenors to up to five years

The facility will increase lending to businesses in Sierra Leone where access to finance is limited, support local currency lending and provide longer-term loans which are generally unavailable; It demonstrates BII’s ability to act as a first mover in frontier markets, navigating risk and working with partners to create impact;…

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    • Winner, Daba Finance, Ivory Coast
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Ivorian Fintech, Daba Finance Crowned 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge Winner, taking home US$50,000

Melanin Kapital from Kenya named runner-up and winning US$10,000, while Guinean fintech YMO takes third place with US$5,000

Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com), the leading pan-African financial services group, announced Daba Finance, the Ivorian Fintech, as the Grand Winner of its flasghip Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2024. Twelve (12) innovative fintech startups competed to impress the esteemed panel of five judges for the US$50,000 prize. The judges, comprised of renowned industry experts, evaluated the…