$50,000 Prize on Offer in the Ecobank FinTech Challenge 2024
Are you a startup with groundbreaking solutions tailored to meet the diverse needs of the African population and its diaspora? If yes, you’re invited to participate in the 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. This competition, an initiative of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, aims to drive innovation and spur economic development across the African continent. Read more […]
Apply For The 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Are you a fintech startup looking for grants to scale up your business? Apply for the 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The program, which is set for its seventh edition, is an initiative of Ecobank aimed at helping startups and early-stage businesses. Read more about Grants It is a platform for startups and early-stage companies […]
The Ecobank Associate Program 2024
Ecobank, a leading pan-African financial institution, is accepting applications from suitably qualified candidates who want to apply for a place in its associate program. The bank is interested in hearing from young graduates who want to begin a career in banking and would like to learn the ropes by being exposed to real-world tasks. […]
The Ecobank Nigeria Entry Level Development Program 2023
Ecobank is inviting smart young Nigerians who want to build a career in the banking industry to apply for a place in its Entry Level Development Program (ELDP). According to the bank, this program will enable it to build a pool of talent from which it will recruit leaders to fill vacancies within it. […]
$50,000 Prizes on Offer in the Ecobank FinTech Challenge 2023
Are you building a FinTech startup that solves some of the most pressing issues across Africa? And would you like to win funding, resources, and access to markets for your venture? If you’ve answered in the affirmative to these two questions, you should consider entering the Ecobank FinTech Challenge. This contest offers you just […]
Apply For The Ecobank Ellevate Leadership Training Program For Women-Owned Businesses
If you’re a female entrepreneur and you would like to sharpen your business leadership skills, you should consider applying for the Ecobank Ellevate Leadership Training Program. Read more about Opportunities Ecobank has designed this program for businesses owned and managed by women. It also targets enterprises in which women make up a large percentage of […]
Win Up To $15,000 In The Ecobank FinTech Challenge 2021
Applications are now open for the Ecobank FinTech Challenge 2021. FinTechs in Africa is invited to enter the competition, which will see winners secure a grand prize of $15,000, and the opportunity to reach all 33 countries in which Ecobank has a presence. Read more about Opportunities Ecobank sees the competition as a vehicle […]
Ecobank And Microsoft Collaborate To Help Convert African SMEs To Digital Businesses
The realities of the pandemic and extended lockdown are already making business owners redraw their business strategies. Many are now considering approaching the market via online channels and solutions providers are helping these businesses achieve their aim with the assistance of tech. Read more about Tech The extended lockdowns particularly disrupted supply chains, shrunk […]
Win Up to $10,000 in the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2020
Entries are now open for the 2020 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Startups working in financial technology from across Africa are invited to pitch their ideas to Ecobank, in order to win the funding and support they require to scale. Participating fintechs are expected to present solutions in key areas of concern listed by […]
Ecobank is Partnering USAID and Robobank to Double its Loans to Farmers
Ecobank says it’s entering a partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Netherlands-based Robobank to expand its loan facilities to Nigerian farmers. According to officials in the bank, this collaboration will lead to a doubling of its assistance to players in the country’s agricultural industry. Read more about Ecobank. Reports say […]
Nigeria’s Banking Industry: Ecobank
Ecobank Nigeria is part of a pan-African network of financial institutions, with offices in more than half of the countries on the continent. The parent company, Ecobank Transnational, offers a full range of banking and financial advisory services through its subsidiaries, and has established itself as a leading banking brand in West Africa. Close to […]
Did You Know? Nigeria’s Billion Dollar Companies
How much are Nigeria’s bigger corporations worth? The answer to this question depends on where you choose to draw the line. As you would expect, the number of companies on your rich list falls as the value-stakes are raised higher. Are we looking at firms raking in hundreds of millions of naira, or mammoth business […]
Announcing the 2nd National FinTech Conference in Nigeria
We invite you to be part of 2nd National FinTech Conference, holding from 25th to 26th January 2018, taking place in Landmark Centre, Plot 2&3, Water Corporation Road, Victoria Island, Lagos -Nigeria. This is coming on the heels of the hugely successful 1st edition held in April 2017, which was a sold out event with […]
The Ecobank Fintech Challenge: Up to $500,000 In Startup Funding To Be Won
Ecobank is calling on developers and innovators with bright ideas for financial technology to share their vision of creating Africa’s next big fintech solution with them. And there’s prize money at stake for this- up to $500,000 will be won by technopreneurs who successfully pitch the most interesting and viable solutions. This, in summary, is […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Thursday, Nov 10th 2016
1. Lagos airport, Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2, has launched a mobile app- MMA2, to enable users book flights and receive live flight information. 2. Emzor Pharmaceuticals has launched a new product, Emzor Para 1000, with enhanced relief and absorption to ensure quick relief from aches and fever. 3. To boost LPG storage and consumption in […]
Ecobank Launches Mobile Banking App
Mobile banking has gained much traction in Nigeria and it has generally improved the banking experience of Nigerians as regards payments, fund transfers and other transactions. Ecobank recently announced their mobile app at a big event that held in Lagos which was well attended by Ecobank customers, staff and business professionals. The new mobile banking […]