Lomé, Togo, 28 August 2025 – Ecobank, the leading pan-African financial services group with unrivalled expertise across Africa, is pleased to announce that it has been named Best Digital Bank and Best Bank for SMEs in Africa at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025. In addition, Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire was named Best Bank in Côte d’Ivoire, underscoring the Group’s consistent leadership and commitment to innovation across its Pan-African footprint.

Powering Africa’s Digital Banking Revolution

Ecobank’s selection as Best Digital Bank reflects its bold, customer-centric digital transformation. In 2024, the bank accelerated digital onboarding, enhanced user experience, and deepened digital engagement across its platforms. Its One Bank model, deployed across its large pan-African footprint, ensured seamless, real-time service delivery to millions of individual and business customers.

Strategic partnerships, including those with Nium and TransferTo extended Ecobank’s real-time cross-border payment capabilities to over 100 countries, making it a trusted hub for international transactions. In the same spirit, the recent collaboration with Google Cloud plays a central role in accelerating the Bank’s digital transformation by leveraging Google Cloud’s advanced technologies and AI to enhance Ecobank's digital offerings, empowering individuals and businesses across the continent and beyond.

Championing SMEs and Women-Led Businesses

Ecobank was also recognised as Africa’s Best Bank for SMEs for combining digital enablement, tailored services, and ecosystem support to foster SME growth. The bank recorded resilient growth in SME client volumes, offering an agile, scalable platform to help businesses thrive despite a challenging macroeconomic environment.

In 2024, Ecobank supported over 1.3 million SME clients, strengthened financing partnerships, and expanded its enhanced Ellevate by Ecobank programme. This flagship initiative offers tailored financial and non-financial solutions to African women entrepreneurs, a key pillar of Ecobank’s inclusive growth strategy.

According to Euromoney, Ecobank offers “one of the most attractive SME banking propositions in Africa, combining financial scale, product diversity, and a deep commitment to innovation and inclusion.”

Recognition of Regional Excellence

Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire’s award as Best Bank in Côte d’Ivoire highlights the Group’s strong local leadership and customer focus. By aligning global digital standards with local market needs, the subsidiary delivered innovative products and sustained growth across retail, SME, and corporate banking.

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About Ecobank

Ecobank Group is the leading private pan-African banking group with unrivalled African expertise. Present in 34 sub-Saharan African countries, as well as France, the UK, UAE and China, its unique pan-African platform provides a single gateway for payments, cash management, trade and investment. The Group employs over 14,000 people and offers Consumer, Commercial, Corporate and Investment Banking products, services and solutions across multiple channels, including digital, to over 32 million customers. For further information, please visit www.ecobank.com