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Airtel Africa announces partnership with Ecobank Group to allow Airtel Money customers to improve their access to mobile financial services
Download logo Airtel Africa (Airtel.Africa), a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated ("ETI") (Ecobank.com), the parent company of Ecobank the...

Equatorial Guinea signs Lusophone Compact: new milestone in initiative to accelerate sustainable private sector development
Download logo The African Development Bank (AfDB.org) and the governments of Equatorial Guinea and Portugal have signed a country-specific memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the Lusophone Compact, which aims to accelerate...

Release of a unique publication on SDG 17 that promotes partnership to transform Africa and the world
An exclusive publication on the seventh Sustainable Development Goal, entitled “Goal 17 - Partnership: UNFPA's approach for transforming Africa and the world" will be published on 26 September in New York, during the 74th session of the United...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated Announces Appointment Of New Senior Fintech Advisor
Download logo Ecobank Group (https://Ecobank.com), the pan-African bank, is delighted to announce the appointment of Mrs. Aissatou Djiba Diallo, formerly of Microsoft, as its new Senior Fintech Advisor to strategically raise Ecobank’s support for...

UPDATE: Arise B.V becomes a shareholder of reference in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated
Download logo Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“ETI”) (https://Ecobank.com) announces that IFC and the funds managed by the IFC Asset Management Company (“AMC”) have completed the sale of their c.14.1 percent stake in ETI to Arise B.V....

Bringing together Africa's leading exploration companies and governments
Africa E&P Summit and Exhibition 2019 LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, May 8, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The organisers of the Africa E&P Summit are bringing together Africa’s leading exploration companies and governments, just one of the many reasons...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated announces the appointment of Ayo Adepoju as Group Chief Financial Officer
Download logo Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, ETI (https://Ecobank.com), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, announces that Ayo Adepoju has been appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer, with immediate effect. As a member of...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated Announces New Appointment – Group Consumer Banking Head
Download logo Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, ETI (https://Ecobank.com), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, announce appointment of Nana Araba Abban as Group Consumer Banking Head with immediate effect. Nana will be a member...

Africa’s leading exploration companies to meet in London
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, May 15, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The organisers of the Africa E&P Summit are bringing together Africa’s leading exploration companies and governments, just one of the many reasons why you should be attending frontier’s...

Angola to Sign Lusophone Country-Specific Compact
Download logo WHO: The Government of Angola, the Government of Portugal, and the African Development Bank WHAT: Lusophone Country-Specific Compact Signing Ceremony WHERE: Luanda International Fair (FILDA), Special Economic Zone WHEN: 10 July 2019,...

African Development Bank, Portugal and Cabo Verde sign compact to accelerate diversification, private sector development
Download logo The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the governments of Cabo Verde and Portugal have signed a country specific memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the Lusophone Compact, which aims to accelerate private...

Government promotions announced at the Africa E&P Summit
Bringing together Africa’s leading exploration companies and governments LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, April 30, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The 2019 Africa E&P Summit is bringing together Africa’s leading exploration companies and governments, just...

Ecobank hosted by London Stock Exchange after successful $500 million Eurobond issuance
Following its successful $500 million Eurobond issuance, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’) (www.Ecobank.com), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, was hosted by the London Stock Exchange to a market opening ceremony to...

Samuel Ashitey Adjei, MD of Ecobank Kenya and Regional Executive of Central, Eastern and Southern Africa (CESA), retires after 29 years of outstanding service to Ecobank
Download logo Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, (‘ETI’), (www.Ecobank.com) the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, announces the retirement of Samuel Ashitey Adjei, Managing Director of its affiliate Ecobank Kenya and Regional...

Shareholders hear Ecobank set for long-term sustainable growth as they approve all resolutions at 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lomé, Togo
Download logo Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com) leads the way as technology changes the traditional bank model; Reaffirms commitment to corporate sustainability. Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“Ecobank”), parent of the Ecobank Group, the leading...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated debut $450 million Eurobond oversubscribed
Download logo Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, ETI (www.Ecobank.com), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised $450 million in its debut Eurobond which was oversubscribed. The...

African Governement Promotions at the 2019 Africa E&P Summit
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, April 16, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Africa E&P Summit and Exhibition, is being held from the 22- 23 May and will bring together Africa's upstream industry at a world-class venue in London, for a unique event shaped...

Ecobank Academy and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) join hands in an effort to boost effective and sustainable leadership capabilities
Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com) is proud to announce that its prestigious Ecobank Academy will be training 150 senior leaders of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) from 45 African countries this week to...

March 13 Telephonic Press Briefing on Obangame Express 2019
Download logo March 13 Briefing with U.S. Navy Captain Eric Conzen, Commodore of U.S. Military Sealift Command Europe and Africa and Exercise Director for Obangame Express 2019, and Nigerian Rear Admiral Obed Habila Ngalabak, The Flag Officer...

Ecobank and Terre des Hommes launch Safe Savings Project to empower children in the street to escape poverty
Download logo Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com), the pan-African bank, is partnering with leading international children rights NGO Terre des Hommes (https://www.TdH.ch) to offer digital financial services to some of the most vulnerable children in Togo –...