Ecobank calls for more cross-border business

Ecobank is calling for increased cross-border trade. The pan-African bank with a presence in 36 African countries said providing financing, innovative trade and payment solutions to customers was vital to facilitate cross-border trade and mobilise foreign direct investment.

Mr Samuel Ashitey Adjei, Ecobank Group Regional Executive for Central, Eastern, and Southern African (CESA) countries – consisting of 18 subsidiaries – said Trade & Commodity Finance solutions were key towards promoting regional trade and creating positive trade relations between neighbouring countries.

“We are working to see Africa’s trade markets grow thus bringing products and services to a convergence for business growth,” Adjei said during a recent Ecobank conference on Trade Opportunities in the Central, East and Southern Africa.