Ecobank Transnational Incorporated and Mold Mutual Emerging Markets have announced that enhanced strategic agreement, which was designed and developed to strengthen the relationship between the Pan-African Bank and the corporation. Read More »

The African Development Bank recently held a discussion with the government of Cote d’Ivoire on the country’s water sector. Louis-Andre Dacoury-Tabley, the minister of Water and Forests, and Anne Ouloto, the minister for Urban Safety and Sanitation, led the event. The leaders deliberated on how water can help job creation with Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Read More »

In a recent two-day visit to Tokyo, Akinwumi Adesina underscored the need for more Japanese private investments in Africa. Adesina met with the governor of the Central Bank of Japan, Haruhiko Kuroda; the president of JICA, Shinichi Kitaoka; the chair of the Sasakawa Group, Jiro Hanyu; and the executive vice president of JETRO, Katsumi Hirano as well as several other business leaders. Read More »

Samuel Adjei was promoted to managing director for the company's CESA region. “I have spent the last 25 years of my life, contributing to and helping to build this great institution of ours – Ecobank," Adjei said. "But the real credit goes to the many great men and women alongside whom I have worked in Ecobank Ghana, the West African Monetary Zone region and Ecobank overall." Read More »

The West African Development Bank (BOAD) recently set an ambitious goal of attracting $500 million in international investment during the final quarter of 2015. Read More »

Jibril Aku, Ecobank Nigeria Limited's managing director, will step down from that post and begin working in another senior role at the bank in early 2016, Ecobank Nigeria said recently. Read More »

Ecobank Nigeria Limited Managing Director Jibril Aku will step down at the end of 2015 after a five-year tenure, in accordance with bank policy on term limits, and assume another senior management position at the bank in early 2016. Read More »

Islamic Development Bank signed two developments financing agreements worth $91 million (USD) with Tajikistan and Togo during the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings in Lima, Peru. The first agreement, totaling $70 million (USD), established between Tajikistan Minister of Finance Abdusalom K. Kurboniyon and IDB Group President Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali. Read More »

Togo and United States have announced the establishment of a bilateral Open Sky agreement between the two countries. Read More »

Lifting Businesses manufacturer Konecranes has received an order for 13 Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes from Bolloré Group. Read More »