Ecobank Kenya on Wednesday (April 11th) launched the Emerald Ecobank Business Club to expand opportunities for its small and medium-sized business (SME) customers by creating direct links between business operations in 33 African markets with more than 12.8 million of customers.
With the club, the bank will provide SMEs with direct networking platforms, market information as well as consulting services to key companies, associated partners, foreign trade facilitation and preferential banking.
The Emerald Ecobank Business Club will focus on strengthening intra-African trade in the Bank’s presence in 33 African markets, enabling SMEs to leverage Ecobank’s customer book to authenticate and validate business partners across the country. continent.
The club’s launch is part of the agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), signed by 44 African countries last month and expected to create a $ 6.7 trillion market from here 2030.
The club is already operational in Ghana, Nigeria and Ivory Coast, among others, with launch projects throughout East Africa over the next two months and all 33 markets of Ecobank now until 2020.
