President’s Message
George Agyekum DONKOR, PhD, DBA
President and Chairman of the Board of Directors
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has metamorphosed into a fully-fledged development finance institution (DFI) over the years. As a major regional DFI, the Bank, for over forty years, has focused on helping Member States to meet infrastructural, social and institutional challenges in the ECOWAS sub-region, through financing projects under its private and public sector windows. With each intervention, we have always endeavoured to achieve our vision of being “an effective instrument for poverty alleviation, wealth creation and job promotion for the well-being of the people of the sub-region”.
After operating as the Community’s DFI for well over forty years, the Bank has accumulated the requisite knowledge and expertise to postulate evidence-based solutions to the challenges that beset Member States…
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Dr Anthony EHIMARE, Head of Risk Management Department for EBID, received the Gold Award of the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI), during their Annual General Assembly on 22 May 2023 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. He was awarded
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President’s Message for Ecowas Day 2023
Today, May 28, 2023 marks the 48th anniversary of the signing of a historic multilateral treaty by the then 16 Member States in Lagos, Federal Republic of Nigeria, followed by the subsequent signing of a revised Treaty in Cotonou, Republic
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EBID Director of Risk Management Department, Anthony Ehimare, receives AADFI Gold Award
Dr Anthony EHIMARE, Head of Risk Management Department for EBID, received the Gold Award of the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI), during their Annual General Assembly on 22 May 2023 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. He was awarded
President’s Message for Ecowas Day 2023
Today, May 28, 2023 marks the 48th anniversary of the signing of a historic multilateral treaty by the then 16 Member States in Lagos, Federal Republic of Nigeria, followed by the subsequent signing of a revised Treaty in Cotonou, Republic
Embrace innovation in the face of Global Economic Challenges
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EBID sets up IT Backup Site in Cabo Verde
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President’s Message for International Workers’ Day 2023
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Dr Donkor Re-appointed for a Second Term of Office
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EBID wishes all Togolese an excellent celebration on this 63rd anniversary of Togo’s Independence.
Let us celebrate Togo around the values that form the foundation of the country: Work, Freedom, Homeland!
EBID is celebrating with the people of Sierra Leone, the 62nd anniversary of the nation’s accession to national sovereignty
Let us celebrate Sierra Leone around the values that form the foundation of the country: Unity, Freedom, Justice!
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