Ecobank provides a classic example of the value of a regional financial institution.

Ecobank provides a classic example of the value of a regional financial institution. With its head office in Lome Togo, the collection has 12 subsidiaries in West and Central Africa. With 60 branches and 1670 employee it is the largest bank in the Franc girdle and the 56th largest in Africa.

Its succes despite intermittent periods of economic difficulty as well as regional political and social instability, is a tribute to the power to be derived from regional integration and co-operation.

Ecobank's strategy of 'one bank' for all markets has allowed it to transcend existing political, economic and