Ecobank, the leading African financial services Group, has just been named Best Bank in Africa for the year 2025.
The bank won the accolade during the Global Finance’s World’s Best Banks 2025 Awards.
The Awards also selected Ecobank Gambia and Ecobank Togo as the Best Banks 2025 in their respective countries.
The Chief Executive Officer of Ecobank Group, Jeremy Awori, stated that driving intra-African trade is an important focus of the bank’s Growth, Transformation and Returns strategy.
“And we are continuously leveraging technology and partnerships to further enhance our continental digital payments platform and to position Ecobank as Africa’s trade bank of choice,” Awori added.
“These awards are a testament to Ecobank’s intense focus on putting our customers at the center of our decision making, and the quality of our comprehensive suite of financial products, services and solutions that we provide to global and regional corporations, financial institutions and international organizations.”
He added that their expertise and integrated coverage, which is networked across Ecobank’s 35-African country footprint, enable them to structure complex local and cross-border transactions.
“We maximize our impact across our markets by deploying our key product pillars of cash management; trade finance; fixed income currencies and commodities; loans and liquidity; investment banking; and securities, wealth and asset management.”
In selecting the best bank winners, Global Finance’s judges considered factors including growth in assets, profitability, geographic reach, strategic relationships, new business development and innovation in products.
They also sought the opinions of equity analysts, credit rating analysts, banking consultants and others involved in the industry, and held extensive consultations with corporate financial executives, bankers, banking consultants and analysts.
The winners are banks that attend carefully to their customers’ needs in difficult markets and accomplish strong results while laying the foundations for future success.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Ecobank Gambia and Ecobank Togo will be presented with their awards at the Global Finance Awards Ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington DC, in the United States.
The event will take place on 18 October 2025, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) Annual Meetings.