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Ecobank Transnational Incorporated

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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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    • YMO Guinea, 3rd place
    • Winner, Public Choice, MiaPay Togo
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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…

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    • (L- R) Papa Madiaw Ndiaye, incoming Chairman of Ecobank Group, Jeremy Awori, Chief Executive Office Ecobank Group and Alain Nkontchou- outgoing Chairman Ecobank Group
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CORRECTION: Shareholders approve all resolutions at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI)’s 36th Annual General Meeting and its Extraordinary General Meeting

Following the General Meetings, the Board of Directors appoints Papa Madiaw Ndiaye as ETI’s new Chairman

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“ETI”) (www.Ecobank.com), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, today held its 36th Annual General Meeting in Lomé, Togo, which was followed by an Extraordinary General Meeting. Shareholders applauded the Group’s strong performance in 2023 with its net revenues exceeding US$2 billion mark for the first time…

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Shareholders approve all resolutions at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI)’s 36th Annual General Meeting and its Extraordinary General Meeting

Following the General Meetings, the Board of Directors appoints Papa Madiaw Ndiaye as ETI’s new Chairman

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“ETI”) (www.EcoBank.com), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, today held its 36th Annual General Meeting in Lomé, Togo, which was followed by an Extraordinary General Meeting. Shareholders applauded the Group’s strong performance in 2023 with its net revenues exceeding US$2 billion mark for the first time…

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Ecobank Group Strengthens Leadership Team with Strategic Top-level Appointments

These top-level appointments are strategically important as Ecobank enters its next phase of growth and transformation

Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com), the pan-African financial services group, announces the appointment of key senior executives to strengthen the Group’s leadership team and to drive delivery of its new Growth, Transformation and Returns (GTR) strategy. Abena Osei-Poku joins as Regional Executive Anglophone West Africa and Managing Director Ecobank Ghana; Martin Miruka as…

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Ecobank Group champions intra-African trade growth at Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2023

The event will provide a springboard platform for businesses to grow their intra-African trade and investments across the continent’s single market of 1.4 billion people created by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), the leading pan-African banking Group, sponsors the Intra-African Trade Fair 2023 (IATF 2023), the continent’s premier trade and investment event, which is taking place from 9-15 November 2023, in Cairo, Egypt. Theme this year is "Connecting African Markets”. The event will provide a springboard platform for businesses…

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African fintech industry players to converge in Lomé, Togo, for the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge Grand Finale

The Grand Finale will take place on Friday, 6th October 2023 and will be live streamed for everyone to participate

The 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge Grand Finale (www.Ecobank.com), hosted at the Ecobank Pan African Conference Center, will crown the winner of the $50,000 Ecobank Fintech Challenge prize and promote networking, regulatory, innovation and investment dialogue. The Grand Finale will take place on Friday, 6th October 2023 and will be live…

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All resolutions approved at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated’s 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EGM)

At the meeting, shareholders approved the accounts and the appropriation of profits for 2022

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“ETI”), the parent of the Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), the leading pan-African bank with a presence in 35 African countries, held its 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and an Extra Ordinary General Meeting, today in Lomé, Togo. At the meeting, shareholders approved the accounts and the appropriation of profits…

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Six Fintech Companies from Africa Emerge as Finalists in the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022

Finalists will compete for the top price of $50,000 and admission to the 'Ecobank Fintech Challenge Fellowship' program

The six finalists were chosen following extremely strong competition from over 700 fintechs from 59 countries; Grand Finale to be held on 28 October at the Ecobank Group (http://www.Ecobank.com) Pan African Centre in Lomé, Togo; Finalists will compete for the top price of $50,000 and admission to the 'Ecobank Fintech Challenge…

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Ecobank Group’s RapidCollect™ Enables Businesses to Collect Their Payments Across Africa with Only One Account

RapidCollect™ caters for the needs of business customers across Africa, as the continent is at a unique point in its history

With only one account, business customers can receive funds instantly from their clients in their home country and across Ecobank’s (www.Ecobank.com) pan-African network; Ecobank business customers can now make instant automated reconciliation leveraging Ecobank’s trusted technology The leading pan-African Banking Group, Ecobank Group, has simplified collections across Africa through RapidCollect™. RapidCollect™…