{"id":74294,"date":"2023-07-27T00:06:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=74294"},"modified":"2023-07-27T00:06:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:06:17","slug":"ecobank-once-again-wins-coveted-euromoney-award-as-africas-best-bank-for-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ecobank-once-again-wins-coveted-euromoney-award-as-africas-best-bank-for-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecobank, Once Again, Wins Coveted Euromoney Award As Africa\u2019s Best Bank For SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ecobank, the leading pan-African Banking Group, has been named Africa\u2019s Best Bank for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) by the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence for the second year running, having also won the accolade in 2022.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Awori, Chief Executive Officer, Ecobank Group, said: \u201cThis award reflects Ecobank\u2019s absolute commitment to supporting African SMEs and our continuous suite of innovations \u2013 financial and non-financial \u2013 to spur their growth and success. We aim to be the bank of choice for Africa\u2019s SMEs. Undoubtedly, these SMEs are the key drivers for Africa\u2019s economic growth, as they create jobs, generate prosperity while eliminating poverty across the continent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ecobank has launched major initiatives for the benefit of SMEs during the last 12 months including:<\/p>\n

The Ecobank Single Market Trade Hub, which supports the AfCFTA\u2019s single African market. The hub is a one-stop shop providing information about the AfCFTA, access to Ecobank\u2019s full range of trade facilitation products and solutions (covering trade finance, advisory, payments and collections) as well as a marketplace for products, services and businesses across Africa.<\/p>\n

RapidCollect, which enables Ecobank\u2019s business customers to receive payments from their clients in their home country and across Ecobank\u2019s network of 33 affiliates, instantly and at a lower cost than any other cross-border solution.<\/p>

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The partnership with Mastercard Farm Pass through which we have digitised the agricultural value chain for smallholder farmers, simplifying and better securing the process for obtaining a fair price for produce.<\/p>\n

Ellevate Equip Leadership Programme for our women led or focused business customers. Modules include emotional intelligence; leading with authenticity; defining strategic leadership; mastering influence, decision-making; and negotiating for results.<\/p>\n

The Financial Literacy Series equipping SME Managers and owners with necessary financial education. The first in the series was \u2018Preparing SMEs for the Capital Markets\u2019 and it attracted nearly 3,500 registered participants.<\/p>\n

In selecting Ecobank as Africa\u2019s Best Bank for SMEs the judges based their decision on Ecobank\u2019s longstanding and unwavering commitment to satisfying the needs of SMEs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ecobank, the leading pan-African Banking Group, has been named Africa\u2019s Best Bank for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) by the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence for the second year running, having also won the accolade in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":32300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[2868],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-74294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-ecobank-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nEcobank, Once Again, Wins Coveted Euromoney Award As Africa\u2019s Best Bank For SMEs - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ecobank, the leading pan-African Banking Group, has been named Africa\u2019s Best Bank for SMEs (small and medium-sized\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ecobank-once-again-wins-coveted-euromoney-award-as-africas-best-bank-for-smes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ecobank, Once Again, Wins Coveted Euromoney Award As Africa\u2019s Best Bank For SMEs - 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