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Ecobank sees resilient East African economies enjoy sustained economic growth

Observed improvement in East Africa’s economic prospects is forecast by Ecobank’s research team in the newly published East Africa section of its flagship financial website, AfricaFICC. Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are the regions’ economic powerhouses and are enjoying a…

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Africa’s facts now at fingertips as Ecobank’s African markets website goes live

…Profiling Francophone W’Africa as leaders in intra-regional trade Francophone West Africa leads in intra-regional trade with trade hotspots around Dakar, Abidjan, Cotonou and Lomé, according to analysis by Ecobank’s research team in its new website, AfricaFICC. Country guides for the…

Fintech boosting financial inclusion across Africa—Ecobank

Leading independent pan-African banking group and main sponsor of the 2018 Africa Tech summit in Kigali, Rwanda, Ecobank has revealed that although over 80% of Africans have mobile phones, only around one quarter (28%) of them have bank account. However,…