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African Development Bank approves $19.85 million grant for emergency support to the most vulnerable in Sudan’s conflict areas

This Bank crisis response operation, implemented in collaboration with the ICRC, goes beyond short-term humanitarian interventions to invest in long-term resilience and sustainable development The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $19.85 million grant…

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Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire Launches West Africa’s First Gender Bond to Accelerate Financial Inclusion for Women Entrepreneurs

This five-year bond provides an attractive annual interest rate of 6.5% with a two-year capital repayment grace period Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire, a subsidiary of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the leading Pan African Bank, takes a major step forward in its commitment…

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The Ecobank Group expands its gender-financing offer to facilitate access to financing for Africa’s women entrepreneurs (1)

The Ecobank Group expands its gender-financing offer to facilitate access to financing for Africa’s women entrepreneurs

With this expansion, individual entrepreneurs – including those in the formal and informal sectors – can now fully benefit from its enhanced financial and non-financial solutions ​To bridge the gender financing gap for Africa’s women entrepreneurs, Ecobank, the leading pan-African…

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