Popular financial institution, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has been awarded the Private Bank of the year 2021 by Global Finance. Global Finance is the voice of the global market renowned for its comprehensive coverage and analysis of the financial industry, international business and global economy. The leading financial institution with over 126 years in […]
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Ecobank Ghana wins big at CIMG Annual National Marketing Performance Awards
Dan Sackey is the Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana Ecobank Ghana won three prestigious awards at the 32nd CIMG Annual National Marketing Performance Awards held recently at the Labadi Beach Hotel. This was in addition to being retained as the only bank in the CIMG Hall of Fame category for the fourth consecutive year after […]
Financial independence is a marathon – EDC MD, Paul Mante
Managing Director of EDC Investments Ltd, Paul Kofi Mante, has explained that the journey to financial independence is not a sprint but a marathon. He attributes the rise in the ‘get rich’ mentality amongst the youth to the unrealistic notion that the road to financial independence is a 100m sprint. “We don’t acquire money all […]
‘BoG has lost focus’; it’s to be blamed for high lending rates – Togbe Afede
Togbe Afede XIV is President of the National House of Chiefs Togbe Afede XIV, the Paramount Chief of the Asogli Traditional Area, has blamed the Bank of Ghana for the high lending rates in the country. He said the Bank of Ghana has lost focus, competing with the banks for profits, instead of contributing to […]
Lions’ Den: Ecobank Reiterates Support for Budding Entrepreneurs
(L-R) – Patrick Akinwuntan, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria Limited; Femi Ayeni, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ultima Studios; Carol Oyedeji, Executive Director, Commercial Banking, Ecobank Nigeria; and Dan Ngerem, Founder and Chairman of Hensen Trust Group The Managing Director/Regional Executive, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has reiterated the bank’s commitment to raise future Africa multinationals […]
CHAD: BDEAC lends €6 million to Ziz for hybrid solar mini-grids in 2 cities
CHAD: BDEAC lends €6m to Ziz for hybrid solar mini-grids in 2 cities © BDEAC Chadian mini-grid provider Ziz Energie has received a loan of 4 billion CFA francs (more than €6 million) from the Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC). This financing will enable the electrification of two towns via hybrid solar mini-grids. […]
Ecobank Group appoints Zimbabwean for top Sadc post
Sikhulekelani Moyo, Business Reporter PAN-African banking group, Ecobank, has appointed Zimbabwean seasoned banker, Mr Moses Kurenjekwa, as its new Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Cluster Head. Having been managing director of Ecobank Zimbabwe since November 2016, he will now oversee the overall Ecobank business within the Sadc cluster, covering the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, […]
Re: Daniel Ofori vs Ecobank and others
Daniel Ofori We act for Mr Daniel Ofori in respect of a suit against Ecobank Ghana Limited. Following a writ of fieri facias (fi-fa) which we caused to issue against the bank for its failure to pay the sum of GH₵96, 304,972.41 which the Supreme Court, has ordered them to pay Mr Ofori, based on […]
Ecobank Wins Big at Nigeria’s BAFI Awards
Ecobank Nigeria was the cynosure of all eyes at the prestigious Banks and Other Financial Institutions’ (BAFI) Awards 2021 held in Lagos weekend. At the keenly contested awards, Ecobank Nigeria emerged winner of the ‘Market Confidence and Capital Structure Transaction of the Year’ via its unsecured $300 million bond, a fixed-rate five-year US dollar-denominated bond […]
End of the 1st West African Startup Summit: several award-winners and the draft charter for MSMEs adopted
Images Of The Gala Night The 1st West African Startup Summit organised by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with the support of UNIDO, ECOBANK and the African Solidarity Fund (ASF), ended with the adoption of the draft charter for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the presentation of award of the […]