By Stanley Onyeka, Lagos
Ecobank Group, the leading private pan-African financial services group with unrivalled African expertise, is proud to be named as the Best Trade Finance Provider Bank in Africa, at the Global Finance Trade Finance & Supply Chain Finance Awards 2025.
Additionally, its affiliates in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda were also recognised as the Best Trade Finance Provider in their respective markets.
According to the judges for the Global Finance awards, Ecobank was selected for the trade finance provider award based on input from industry analysts, corporate executives and technology experts.
Other considerations were based on objective and subjective factors such as Ecobank’s trade-related transaction volume, the scope of its global coverage, customer service, competitive pricing, risk management and innovative products, services and technology.
Ecobank was presented with its trophies at the awards ceremony during the BAFT Europe Bank-To-Bank Forum in Amsterdam on March 12.
Speaking, EcoBank’s Group Executive Corporate and Investment Banking, Michael Larbie, was quoted as saying: “We are focused on delivering a wide range of trade finance solutions and excellent trade services to our clients, leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area’s single market.
This is exemplified by our innovative “Ecobank Single Market Trade Hub”, which digitally connects buyers and suppliers across the continent and a gateway to our comprehensive suite of trade finance products and services.
“At Ecobank, we are relentless in our efforts to be the bank of choice for Africans and their businesses and in our absolute commitment to delivering a Better Africa.”
Ecobank provides comprehensive trade solutions to its customers using various payment methods to facilitate cross-border and domestic trade throughout and beyond its network of 35 sub-Saharan African countries.
The Award was based on Ecobank’s trade-related transaction volume, the scope of its global coverage, customer service, competitive pricing, risk management and innovative products, services and technology.
