The Honorary President of the Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID), Dr George Agyekum Donkor, has urged DFIs and Exim banks to take proactive measures to support trade diversification and infrastructure development. According to Dr Donkor, strategic investments in key sectors can build resilient economies capable of withstanding global shocks. He, […]
The Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) held its 88th Ordinary Session on July 11, 2024. During this session, the Board approved a total of XOF 117.4 billion and USD 62.7 million for four public sector projects in the areas of commerce, infrastructure and rural development. For the private […]
The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr George Agyekum Donkor, received a courtesy visit from the Egyptian Ambassador to Togo, His Excellency Ahmed Mohamed Eid Moustapha Ahmed, on Thursday, July 4, 2024, at the Bank’s headquarters in Lome, Togolese Republic. Dr Donkor began […]
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and the EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce (EUACC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed primarily at resource mobilisation, project financing and technical cooperation for the benefit of ECOWAS Member States. The MOU, which was signed on June 28, 2024, at the 36th Annual Session of the […]
The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr George Agyekum Donkor, who was invited as the Guest of Honour at the 36th Annual Session of the Crans Montana Forum, held in Brussels, Belgium, has advocated the enforcement of existing legislation in various countries in […]
The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr George Agyekum Donkor, received a courtesy visit from Her Excellency Muteber Kiliç, Ambassador of Turkiye to Togo, on Friday, June 7, 2024, at the headquarters of the Bank. The visit, aimed to reinforce the collaboration between EBID […]
Every 28th May, we commemorate a pivotal event, which is the signing of a historic multilateral treaty among the then 16 Member States in Lagos, Federal Republic of Nigeria, followed by the subsequent signing of a revised Treaty in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, on 24 July 1993 by the Heads of State and Government of […]
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID)is organising a webinar coupled to a workshop on the thematic topic, “Addressing West Africa’s Youth Unemployment Conundrum” on May 30, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m GMT on Zoom. A panel of development experts and practitioners will outline practical ways to address the various employment needs […]
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has strengthened its transformative partnership with the Republic of Ghana by committing to inject USD 200 million into the Ghanaian economy through strategic alliances with the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) and GCB Bank PLC. This was contained in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Dr. George […]
International Workers’ Day was first proclaimed by the International Congress of Socialist Parties in Europe on July 14, 1889, in Paris, France. The commemoration on May 1st, also known as Labour Day, honours the tragic Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago, USA, in 1886, where workers were striking for an eight-hour workday. The seemingly peaceful […]
